page_title: Gulflander
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Gulflander / History
caption_attribution_description: English: DL4 at Normanton, July 1991
context_page_description: The Gulflander is an passenger train operated by Queensland Rail on the isolated Normanton to Croydon line in the Gulf Country of northern Queensland, Australia.
context_section_description: Steam locomotives were used until 1929. By that stage railmotors had been introduced since 1922. By 1974 the line was under the threat of closure, earning just $3,000 in revenue but costing $64,000 to maintain.
  Today the line exists as a tourist attraction and is said to be more an adventure than a train ride. The crews are qualified guides and will stop the train and talk about points of interest. The present three-car railmotor set of RM93 Gardner diesel railmotor and carriages TP1809 and TP1811 is known as "the old Tin Hare".
caption: DL4 at Normanton in July 1991
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