Train Numbering Guide
The QR train numbering system, in its present format, has been in use since the late 70’s. The first version was very limited. Mainly numeric but the letters A to F were used in the Brisbane Suburban...
View ArticleB17 Class
Total Number of Engines Built 21 First Engine Built 1911 Last Engine Built 1914 First Engine Written Off 1950 Last Engine Written Off 1960 Number of Engines in Class on the Books as at: 31/12/00...
View ArticleC13 Baldwin Class
Total Number of Engines Built 2 First Engine Built 1879 Last Engine Built 1879 First Engine Written Off 1900 Last Engine Written Off 1902 Notes These small engines were ordered for the Great Northern...
View ArticleCamp Mountain Disaster – Labour Day 1947
A special working time table had been prepared and Samford was to be opened as a Staff Station for safe working for the day. The ordinary Monday rnixed trains to and from Dayboro’ had been cancelled...
View ArticleEnglish Electric 1200 Class
The 1200 class was introduced in 1953. They were built at the Vulcan Foundry in the UK by English Electric and then imported to Australia. They were the only full width body loco used in Queensland....
View ArticleThe History of Bowen’s Railways
TWO LINKS IN THE NORTH COAST LINE (From a paper prepared for the Bowen Historical Society by Jess Cottrell) ‘Early in its existence, the infant Colony of Queensland realized the importance to its...
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