As is often the case, I find myself with another large selection of scanned photos to place on the interwebs.
This time it is a collection of shots of the now closed Moreton Mill in Nambour (Queensland).
Not all the dates have been worked out as yet, but they would be from between 1994 and the mill closure in 2003.
The lift span has been dropped down and JAMAICA makes her way across the Maroochy River.
Photo: Brad Peadon
DUNETHIN has just crossed the David Low Bridge and is destined for the Finland Road (North Punt if you wish) line with a rake of empty bins.
Photo: Brad Peadon
BLI BLI arrives at Howard Street yard in Nambour.
Photo: Brad Peadon
BLI BLI climbing up towards Bli Bli Cutting in Bli Bli.
Photo: Brad Peadon
BLI BLI passing through the beautiful Dunethin Rock Picnic Grounds..
Photo: Brad Peadon
Sprinkler wagon. Now preserved at Woodford.
Photo: Brad Peadon
PETRIE busy shunting the mill.
Photo: Brad Peadon
BLI BLI and MORETON entering the Howard Street yard.
Photo: Brad Peadon
One of the few times I got COOLUM outside of Nambour.
Seen here passing under the Bruce Highway at Rosemount, it will now drop down to the Racetrack.
Photo: Brad Peadon
JOE at the mill in the final year of operation.
Photo: Brad Peadon
The Twins MAROOCHY and VALDORA also having a rest in the Moreton Mill loco shed.
MAROOCHY is privately preserved locally, while VALDORA is preserved operational by the Australian Sugar Cane Railway in Bundaberg.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Comeng locomotives JAMAICA and DUNETHIN also having a rest in the Moreton Mill loco shed.
Photo: Brad Peadon
COOLUM shunting inside the Moreton Mill yard.
Photo: Brad Peadon
BLI BLI approaching River Depot.
Photo: Brad Peadon
JAMAICA on the Maroochy River lift bridge.
Today the locomotive is privately preserved around the Bundaberg region.
Photo: Brad Peadon
The lesser known lift bridge across Petrie Creek on the Clarks line.
It is thought this was removed in the later half of the 90s.
It is thought this was removed in the later half of the 90s.
There are a few remains surviving, these appearing in the link above.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Safeworking for sugar trains crossing the David Low Bridge at Bli Bli.
Photo: Brad Peadon
The exit from Howard Street yard, onto the street of the same name.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Maroochy River lift span bridge a year after closure.
The lift span section has thankfully been saved by the Nambour Historical Museum, while the majority of the rest was washed away in a flood.
Photo: Brad Peadon
With demolition work commencing at Moreton Mill, locomotives JOE and DUNETHIN take shelter in the loco shed.
DUNETHIN is now based in Lautoka (FIJI), while JOE made a shorter move to the nearby Nambour Historical Museum where it has been preserved.
Photo: Brad Peadon
One of the two road/rail bridges on the Coolum line.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Maroochy River lift span bridge during the last year of regular operation.
It would still see use during the removal of the system.
Photo: Brad Peadon
The sun rises over Nambour as COOLUM hauls a rake of cane down Howard Street.
Photo: Brad Peadon
The main reason for this photo was the tractor, well part of a tractor, in the background.
It met up with locomotive PETRIE in a nearby cane field and was split in two.
Photo: Brad Peadon
COOLUM with another rake of fulls destined for the mill.
Photo: Brad Peadon
The old shed at River Depot.
The old lift bridge (see above) was just behind the trees to the left of the above shot.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Junction for the Punt line, just north of Bli Bli cutting (in background).
The mainline is at right, the Punt line on the left.
Photo: Brad Peadon
BLI BLI at Colley Bros (139) at the very end of the Fischers Line.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Search 'Moreton Mill' on this site to find much more content taken over the years.
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Video: PETRIE On The Punt Line.
Video: PETRIE @ Bli Bli.
Video: Bisinella (100) in 2018.
Video: Moreton Mill Farewell BBQ (2003).
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