Train derailed in floodwaters at Nelia

Derek Barry
Updated February 8 2019 - 10:17am, first published February 7 2019 - 7:40pm
The scene of the derailed train at Nelia. Photo: Mark Bauman
The scene of the derailed train at Nelia. Photo: Mark Bauman

A freight train has been derailed at Nelia 60km east of Julia Creek.

Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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