Ian & Marg has added a photo to the pool:
Returning from Imbil to Gympie, the tourist train of the Mary Valley Heritage Railway, headed by a C17 engine (Number 967), crosses the Deep Creek Bridge between Monkland and Nashville.
The C17 locomotives were the most common class of Queensland engine and most often used on the Mary Valley Line during its years of operation as a freight line.
The C17 class of locomotive was a lightweight Queensland design that was suited to the lightweight track and sharp curves and was the mainstay of the Queensland Railways steam fleet.
After the closure of the Mary Valley branch line, this heritage railway recommenced services as a tourist and rail hobbyists attraction. At first it operated between Gympie and Imbil (40km), but eventually economics reduced the operation limiting it to Gympie to Amamoor (25km).




