A Queensland Rail tilt train service, travelling from Brisbane to Cairns with 157 passengers and staff onboard, derailed approximately 50 km north of Bundaberg at approximately midnight on 15 November 2004.

Seven of its nine carriages left the track in the derailment, resulting in the structural damage of; 120 metres of track sleepers and ballast; three overhead traction support poles and associated overhead wiring.

More than 100 passengers were transported from the accident site to Bundaberg, Hervey Bay and Gladstone hospitals by helicopter, ambulance and bus. There were no deaths.