Tension on the track: ABC

The Melbourne-to-Brisbane inland rail line is touted as the Snowy Hydro Scheme for the modern era — a nation-building infrastructure project that will bring huge benefits to the bush.

But the $10 billion venture to build a freight network for the next century won’t save the scores of dying, tiny towns along its route.

And there are concerns taxpayer money would be better invested in newer technologies.

The ABC travelled the 1,700-kilometre corridor by train, car and foot to hear the hopes, fears and ideas of those whose lives could be affected the most.

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