Gympie Ultimate Steam Festival

The Valley RattlerThe Valley Rattler

The Valley Rattler heritage steam train will run run two half day tours to Amamoor/Dagun on Saturday and one full day tour on Sunday to Imbil down the old Mary Valley branchline.

Operating to the three country stations of Amamoor Imbil and Dagun, with great views and wine and cheese at Dagun, the experience is a relaxed journey into a relaxed past.


The train features a C17 class locomotive and original wooden carriages, with volunteer locals manning the train, as you gently make your way through Mary Valley scenery, starting from the historic Old Gympie Station.

Rattler

The C 17 class of locomotives weighed in at just over 80 tonnes and with eight driving wheels. The C 17 class was the mainstay of the Queensland Railways steam fleet. The C 17 worked almost any train Queensland/suburban passenger, goods or freight trains, shunt trains and even the air-conditioned trains in Western Queensland. It could handle secondary branch line work and also haul the mail trains of the Queensland Railways. 227 of this type of locomotive served with Queensland Railways, from 1920 through to 1969 when steam locomotives were finally withdrawn from service.

The Valley Rattler Tickets are available for purchase from the Valley Rattler Office at the Old Gympie Railway Station on Tozer Road or phone: 07 5482 2750 or email: rattler@mvhr.org.au

Train Driver - the Valley Rattler.

 


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The Valley Rattler & Red Rocket Train
Bookings: Phone 07 54 822 750

  Red Rocket Express
Adult $21.00
Pensioner $18.00
Children $10.50

  The Valley Rattler - Saturday Half Day Tour
Adult $33.00
Senior/Age Pension/Student $28.00
Children $10.00
Family
(2 Adults up to 4 children)		 $79.00

  The Valley Rattler - Sunday Full Day Tour
Adult $48.00
Senior/Age Pension/Student $41.00
Children $24.00
Family
(2 Adults up to 4 children)		 $123.00
Club Car add $15pp

Click here to visit The Valley Rattler Website.

Heritage Steam Attractions

 

 

 

 

 

  

Gympie Gold Mining Museum

Mining Museum

During the Steam Festival between 10am and 3pm each day, the Gympie Gold Mine and Historical Museum will be lighting the 20,000 litre Cornish Boiler to generate the steam to operate a 110 year old Walker Winding Engine as well as operating the Thompson steam powered 12 tool 2 stage air compressor and other steam equipment. Click to read more...

Gympie Woodworks Museum

Woodworks Museum

Woodworks The Forestry and Timber Museum in Gympie provides a fascinating insight into the role of timber in Queensland and the Gympie region’s colonial beginnings. Discover how the pioneers worked the timber and how the industry evolved over the decades up to the 1950’s – from axes and adzes, to chainsaws and saw mills. Click to read more...

 

   

The Valley Rattler

Valley Rattler

The Valley Rattler heritage steam train will run over the Gympie Ultimate Steam Festival. The train features a C17 class locomotive and original wooden carriages, with volunteer locals manning the train, as you gently make your way through Mary Valley scenery, starting from the historic Old Gympie Station.Click to read more...

Click here for information on the Mary Ann replica Steam Locomotive.

The Mary Ann

The Mary Ann is a faithful replica of the first steam locomotive built in Queensland in 1873, serving on timber lines in Cooloola National Park. Based in Maryborough, and operated by Volunteers, the replica is on its second visit to Gympie and will be running tours from Old Gympie Station during the festival. Click to read more...