Note: The Rosewood Railway has paused operations while work is undertaken. See the Rosewood Railway Facebook page 
for updated information.
Kunkala is a brown sign outside of The Rosewood Railway, one of two railway stations operated by the railway museum, the other is Cabanda Station.
Cabanda Station doesn’t have a brown sign for it but it has more parking available and you can catch one of their trains through to Kunkala Station during operating days, the last Sunday of each month.
Locomotives at Rosewood Railway have names, including DH38, a diesel-hydraulic locomotive called Warren, DL3, a diesel-mechanical locomotive called Mt Surprise, C17 720, a steam locomotive called Ken Biggs, RM64, a Ford v8 Flathead powered passenger railcar called The Bug, and RM55, a 38kW petrol powered passenger railcar called Red Fred.
Kunkala is on a branch line from Rosewood to Marburg, branching from Queensland’s first main line railway which first ended at Grandchester Railway Station 
. The steeply graded branch line opened in 1912.
During the 1974 floods, a bridge over Rosewood Marburg Road collapsed, severing the railway. In 1984, the restoration of a 3-kilometre section of track from Cabanda to Kunkala began.
The restored rail section is now used by Rosewood Railway using the restored and maintained locomotives at the museum.
Note: We discovered Kunkala late in the afternoon, arriving 15 minutes after their closing time. We later found The Rosewood Railway paused operations in June 2018. In August 2023, a Facebook post announced they have approval from QR to operate a mainline steam train trip. It appears Rosewood Railway itself have not yet resumed operations, in particular running days and mid-week charters, due to staffing issues. This is current on the website as of March 2025. Continue to check the Facebook page (link above) for the latest details and events.
