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Seen at Cairns Coach Station in Queensland is Greyhound Pioneer's 447 with an
unusual 'Super Express' maroon trim. It is one of the American style Australian
built Austral Tourmaster coaches with a GM rear engine,
now being retired from the fleet. Not surprisingly the vehicle is headed south,
ostensibly to Brisbane, though coaches are switched at the Townsville interchange.
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Also wearing maroon trim, this Denning built coach, with Detroit engine, 329 (702DME) is seen
at the Airlie Beach coach stop in the Whitsundays. The vehicle had worked
north from at least Brisbane, and though purporting to go to Cairns, it was
switched at Townsville and ultimately ended up at Tennant Creek in central
Australia.
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Difficult to discern, but here is
Denning 329 at Tennant Creek Transit Centre around 40 hours later waiting to
head back to Cairns (if it gets that far) via Mount Isa and Townsville.
Shouldering it are the connecting services North to Katherine and Darwin and
South to Alice Springs and Adelaide - both new Scanias.
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Taking its breakfast stop at the BP Roadhouse in Katherine is that North-bound
Darwin coach. The fleet of Scanias is slowly replacing the Detroit powered
vehicles and is believed to be proving up to the heavy job demanded of them by
Greyhound Pioneer. Many Australian operators have found that European coach
chassis are quite capable of sustaining long distance cross-terrain services.
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A better view of new Scania 505 at Townsville Transit Centre which is shared
with rivals McCafferty. It shows that it is not just the older coaches
that have the maroon flash.
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