QUEENSLAND PART 2

 

Another dreary selection of photos and sightings.

January 1995

DATE 1995	LOCOS	TRAIN	LOCATION	TIME	NOTES
9-1-95	2117D 2118D	Bitumen	Pinkenba	07:47
	1475 -	Shunt	Pinkenba	07:50
	OLEM 44221	-	AMPOL Sdg	08:15
	1648 -	Shut Down	Hamilton Lands	08:40
	1526 -	Shunt	Lytton	09:20	AMPOL Terminal Branch
	1461 -	Shunt	Fishermans Is	09:45
	2499D 2193F	Coal	Fishermans Is	09:58
	1550 -	Light Engine	Mayne	10:47
	1509 1512 1519 1530	Depot	Mayne	12:11
	2112 2113 2114 2115	Depot	Mayne
	2116 2117 2118 2123	Depot	Mayne
	2199 2200 2212 2214	Depot	Mayne
	2419 2421 2465 2501	Depot	Mayne
	2505 1707 1710 1766	Depot	Mayne
	1769 1465 1477 DH73	Depot	Mayne
	3906 3908 3912 3915	Depot	Mayne
	3916 3917 3921 3923	Depot	Mayne
	3924 3925 3926 3929	Depot	Mayne
	1901 Railcar	Railcar	Mayne
	1051 1079	Steam	Mayne
	8106 8108 8119 8124	Depot	Yeerongpilly	14:15
	8136 8151 8213 8217	Depot	Yeerongpilly
	1760 1550	Up Conts	Yeerongpilly	14:20
	8181 -	Shunt	Acacia Ridge	14:50
	8213 8217	Light Engine	Acacia Ridge	15:03	From Yeerongpilly
	2450 -	Derailed	Acacia Ridge	15:03
	8113 -	-	Acacia Ridge	15:03
	DH06 DH08 DH09 DH15	Workshops	Redbank
	DH24 DH25 DH26 DH29	Workshops
	DH33 DH35 DH36 DH40	Workshops
	DH41 DH44 DH57 DH58	Workshops
	DH59 DH71 1622 1623	Workshops
	1627 1633 1636 1638	Workshops
	1640 1642 1643 1644	Workshops
	1650 1615 1455 1456	Workshops			1456 enclosed out back of workshops
	1472 1473 1200 1225	Workshops
	1263 -
	DH38 1614	-	Redbank
	2029 2027 2036 2040	Railcars	Redbank
	2030 -	Railcars	Redbank
	1649 -	Coal	Redbank Yd	16:29	3 hoppers
	3919 -	Up conts/vans	Petrie	19:13
					NOTES: Got X with Suburban and Capricornian cars.
					2 hauling suburban set
10-1-95	3921 -	Up L/E	Mayne	08:21	Into depot.
	2111 -	MT Pass	Bowen Hills	08:41
	1520 -	Shunt	Mayne	09:02	Carriage shed
	3919 -	Up L/E	Mayne	09:07	Into depot
	3908 -	Light Engine	Mayne	09:13
	3907 3904 3909	Up Conts/Vans	Mayne	09:19
	3907 3904 3909	Light Engine	Normanby	10:49
	1701 -	Shunter	Normanby	10:52
	2110 -	Oil	Normanby	10:56
	2193 2499	Light Engine	Normanby	11:35
	3913 3928 3922 3927	Containers	Normanby	12:30
	1769 -	Containers	Normanby	12:42
	1509 -	Light Engine	Normanby	12:48
	1497 -	Light Engine	Normanby	13:03	Into Normanby yard
	1514 2505	Light Engine?	Normanby	13:09	Depart with 2 or 3 containers
	8120 8121 8141 8157	Depot	Yeerongpilly	13:55
	8116 8143 8219 8234	Depot	Yeerongpilly
	1550 1760	Up Light Engine	Yeerongpilly	15:02
	2505 1514	Up Light Engine	Yeerongpilly	15:14
	1550 1760	Dn Light Engine	Yeerongpilly	15:14
	Set 62	Passenger	Strathpine	17:11	To Petrie
	Set 57	Passenger	Strathpine	17:14
	Set 23	Passenger	Strathpine	17:14
	3907 -	Passenger	Strathpine	17:28	Set 37: 1650 1651 1652 1649 1653 1654 1655
	2112 -	Passenger	Strathpine	18:03	Set 41
	3906 -	Passenger	Strathpine	18:10	Set 36: 1648 1647 1646 1642 1645 1644 1643 - Terminates
	3920 -	Up Freight	Strathpine	18:37
	3921 -	Dn Freight	Strathpine	18:55
	3913 -	Dn SOTO	Petrie	19:36	Spirit Of The Outback
	3903 -	Dn Freight	Petrie	19:23
	1477 -	Dn Freight	Petrie	20:29
11-1-1995	2501 -	Dn Passenger	Northgate	09:02
	3924 -	Up Freight	Eagle Junction	09:09
	2112 -	Dn L/E	Mayne Junction	09:15
	3920 3925 3916 3927	Depot	Mayne	09:16
	3922 -	Depot	Mayne	09:16
	2117 -	Up L/E	Eagle Junction	12:57
	1647 -	Up L/E	Northgate	14:04
	1754 -	Shunter	Pinkenba	17:05

DH33 DH57 DHxx Withdrawn at Redbank Workshops.
Photo: Brad Peadon

Preserved 1620 on a tour to Yeppoon.

Lakes Creek
Photo: Brad Peadon

Preserved 1620 on a tour to Yeppoon.

Koongal
Photo: Brad Peadon

1640 1635 Withdrawn at Redbank Workshops.
Photo: Brad Peadon

1635 1623 Withdrawn at Redbank Workshops.
Photo: Brad Peadon

Preserved 1620 on a tour to Yepoon.

Yeppoon
Photo: Brad Peadon

Preserved 1632 at Gympie.

Photo: Brad Peadon

Preserved 1639 at Gympie.

Photo: Brad Peadon

Daven Walters in 2363 at Redbank Depot.

Photo: Brad Peadon

Millmerran yard in south west Queensland.

Photo: Brad Peadon

1172 back when preserved at Mt Morgan.

Today she is preserved by DownsSteam in Toowoomba.

Photo: Brad Peadon

2115 Withdrawn at Redbank Workshops.
Photo: Brad Peadon

This little whoopsie happened just before departing Brisbane at the end of my honeymoon. As a dedicated fan of the time, I begged permission to swing by there on the way back to Sydney.

None to sure I'd just waltz up onto the bridge like this in 2021.
Photo: Brad Peadon

1768 at Willowburn Depot (Toowoomba).
Photo: Brad Peadon

QLDP-34773 at Warwick.
Photo: Brad Peadon

The lovely Warwick station, with the cab of 2162 out front. The cab was destined for display at the Rockdale signal box in Sydney. However, the loss of the lease saw it later cut up, but numerous parts survive.
Photo: Brad Peadon

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DownsSteam Tourist Railway

Mount Morgan Railway Museum

 

The forthcoming duplication of the remaining single track section of the Botany line has motivated me to go out and photograph as much as still accessibly possible in 2021.

Last week it was the older bridges in Mascot. At this time, the future of two seem bleak, with the others unknown.  

1

Botany Road, Mascot.

Built for double track, with a deck that appears wide enough for two tracks already. 

The ARTC website lists no alterations to take place. 

2

O'Riordan Street, Mascot

ARTC mentions new and replacement bridges for this location.

3

ARTC mentions new and replacement bridges for this location. Though they both sound to me to be the same.

Unsure how you can have a new bridge here without it actually being a replacement.

This span is historically significant, reports saying that is is the first welded steel railway bridge to be built in New South Wales (1965).

Interesting to note the removal of the advertising (see below) from the south side of the bridge, revealing the old DHL advertising underneath. This has been done since this 2020 Google image, in preparation for the bridge replacement.

The phone number for Wiseman's Signs, who still exist, is in the old seven digit format. These changed to the current eight digits during the 90s.

Google image used as per Google terms and conditions.

4

QANTAS Drive Footbridge.

There has been almost as many reports of this footbridge being removed as there have been Botany line duplication announcements.

It now seems likely that both will finally occur in the near future. 

A wee little bonus look at the entrance to Mascot sidings, at the Port Botany end. This will soon be double track.

Botany Railway Line SIG