Random Bollocks From A Semi-Retired Foamer!: Millmerran

Thursday, March 3, 2022

QUEENSLAND - PART 4

Sightings: April 1998

Photos: Various Dates

DATE 1998	LOCOS	TRAIN	LOCATION	TIME	NOTES: 4490 4520 4306 BRISBANE TOUR

11-4-1998	2185 -	Shunt	Acacia Ridge	08:48
	2419 -	-	Normanby	09:25
	2109 1009	-	Mayne	09:38
	1709 -	Shunt	Mayne	09:38
	1527 2173 2109 2407	Depot	Mayne Depot	11:43
	2146 2412 2415 2481	Depot	Mayne Depot	"
	2133 1557 1525 2131	Depot	Mayne Depot	"
	1746 2100 2462 1519	Depot	Mayne Depot	"
	2196 1728 1556 2807	Depot	Mayne Depot	"
	1009 -	Tour	Gatton		Chased from Brisbane.
	1745 1753 2194 1722	Depot	Willowburn		Night Visit
	2503 2118 2505 2199	Depot	Willowburn		Night Visit
	2466 1772	Depot	Willowburn		Night Visit
	NR24 NR13 NR119	BS2	Acacia Ridge	22:23
12-4-1998	4306 4490 4420	Tour	Greenbank		Tour to Murwillumbah and Sydney

2192 2373 Mollasses Yukan

Photo: Brad Peadon

2137 at Jililan sporting the much nicer original type cab.

The driver only rebuilds really uglified them.

Photo: Brad Peadon

2212 Sugar Brandon

Photo: Brad Peadon

2146 sitting in Redbank workshops. Blue locomotives were few and far between by this time.

Photo: Brad Peadon

Evidently, this night we decided to take a run from Roma Street to Beenleigh station for some reason.

Glad I took photos of everything, as I sure as heck don't remember half of it. :-)

Photo: Brad Peadon

Spart 224 at Beenleigh station.

Photo: Brad Peadon

1769 inside Redbank LMD during a late-night (authorised) visit.

Photo: Brad Peadon

2488 inside Redbank LMD during a late-night (authorised) visit.

Photo: Brad Peadon

Not actually in Queensland, but very close to it.

The Broadwater Sugar Mill in northern New South Wales.

Photo: Brad Peadon

2212 Sugar Brandon

Photo: Brad Peadon

1556 at Mayne loco depot in Brisbane.

The unit was later rebuilt to 2302.

Photo: Brad Peadon

EMU205 departing Strathpine (Brisbane).

Photo: Brad Peadon

Remains of the once busy Newstead industrial branch in suburban Brisbane. At the time of taking these, I remember being glad they chose to retain the tracks as a reminder of the past.

However, research for a social media post lead me to find the two spots on Google Streetscape, and thus to the sad realisation that the surviving trackage all appears to be developed over.

Photo: Brad Peadon

Brookstead (Millmerran branch line).

Opened 1887.

Photo: Brad Peadon

Yandilla (Millmerran branch line).

Opened 1887.

Photo: Brad Peadon

Terminus of Millmerran (Millmerran branch line).

Opened 1911, after being extended from Pittsworth.

Services, which were mostly grain in the end, were suspended some time ago. It is believed the track is still in place.

Photo: Brad Peadon

Texas, which was the terminus of a branch line from Inglewood.

Opened 1930 - Closed 1994.

Photo: Brad Peadon

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Texas & Inglewood Heritage Railway Society Inc

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Thanks:

David A Phillips (Bundy Colonel)

Stations Past

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Thursday, August 12, 2021

Given I currently live in the virus infested city of Sydney, I've had little to do for the last 6 weeks, and now the next eleven it would seem, other than go through even more photographic memories of the once greater times we all enjoyed.

The station series normally focuses on one station at a time. However, given travel will now gain you a spanking from the authorities, either real ones, or the self-appointed railfan type, we will just look at some images I prepared earlier.

You're welcome.

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Thirlmere, New South Wales

Picton to Mittagong Loop Line

Home of whatever the 'NSW Rail Transport Museum' is called this week.

Names after a lake some 24kms south-west of Penrith (Cumbria, England)

Werris Creek, New South Wales

Main North Line

Opened: Current site in 1880.

Comes from the Aboriginal name for the area 'Weia Weia', which was corrupted as 'Werrie's Creek', than later to 'Werris Creek'.

Millmerran, Queensland

Terminus of branchline from Wyreema (Wallangarra line).

Opened October 1911

The branch is not thought to be in use.

The name is believed to be derived from the Aboriginal words 'meel' (eye) and 'merran' (to look out).

Cowra, New South Wales

Blayney to Demondrille line

Opened November 1986

An Aboriginal word for rocks.

The line is not currently in operation, however the locally based 'Lachlan Valley Railway' are believed to be set to restore local heritage train services.

Monarto South, South Australia

Adelaide-Wolseley (on to Melbourne) line.

Former junction for the line to Sedan.

The station was removed as part of the 90s standardization project.
The station building has been moved to the 'Old Tailem Town Pioneer Village'.

Cootamundra West, , New South Wales

Cootamundra - Temora line

Opened: March 1911

Cootamundra comes from the Aboriginal word 'Low Lying Place'.

The train seen is the former Griffith Speedfreight which passed though, early evening on weeknights, destined for Sydney.

While this line remains a very busy one, the Cootamundra West station has not seen regular passenger trains since the 80s.

Moss Vale, New South Wales

NSW Main South Line

Opened: December 1867 (Suttons Forest)

Renamed: 1877

The Moss Vale name came from a Jimmy Moss, the only resident of a little valley near the station.

Robertson, New South Wales

Unanderra - Moss Vale line

Opened: August 1932

Named after former NSW Premier Sir John Robertson. Our 5th state Premier.

Homebush Abattiors, New South Wales

Opened: 1926

Moved site: 1938

This whole area has since been redeveloped as Olympic Park in Homebush Bay.
These photos were all taken some three years after closure in 1984, during a walk around the former line that served here and the State Brickworks.

The weather in these shots makes it hard to believe that, not all that long prior, we had to take refuge in a toppled Brickworks signalbox as a massive storm hit.