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Caboolture - Kilcoy
Caboolture to Woodford 1909, Kilcoy 1913.
Wamuran to Kilcoy closed 1964.
Caboolture to Wamuran closed 1996.
Map 1939
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-232952…
More detail of the Kilcoy branch
blogs.archives.qld.gov.au/2015/07/17/ear…
Opening of Kilcoy Railway Station, December 1913
maps.bonzle.com/h/s/o/j/vchxk.…
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Bowen Hills (Mayne) to Dayboro
Line to Enoggera open 1899, Gaythorne 1916, Mitchelton 1918, Samford 1918, Samsonvale 1919, Kobble 1919, Dayboro 1920. Closed beyond Ferny Grove in 1955.
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-232952…
On the 5 May 1947 a packed excursion train derailed at Camp Mountain. Queensland's worst rail disaster, 16 people died, including the driver and fireman, and 38 people were injured.
R.I.P.

Detailed blog: Crash at Camp Mountain
qldstatearchives.shorthand.com/campmountain/
Dayboro - official opening 25 September 1920
dayborohistoricalsociety.com.au/oldphotos/Page…
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Bethania - Beaudesert (Upper Logan railway)
Opened to Logan Village 1885, Beaudesert 1888.
Passenger services ceased 1961, freight 1996.
Beaudesert Shire Tramway connected at Beaudesert between 1903 and 1944.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaudeser…
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-232952…
Beaudesert railway station looking north, ca. 1901
bonzle.com/pictures-over-…
A heritage group 'Beaudesert Rail' operated services for a short time in 2003 between Bethania and Beaudesert.

Railway station at Beaudesert, 1914
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rail…
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Logan Village on the Beaudesert branch - Canungra opened 1915 closed 1955
Timber was the mainstay on the line. WW2 Pacific War - Jungle Warfare training centre at Canungra est. 1942 > substantial rail traffic during the war.
Map 1929
blogs.archives.qld.gov.au/wp-content/upl…
For locations of stations nla.gov.au/nla.obj-337985…
Logan Village
Plunkett
Tamborine
Bromfleet
Boyland
Wonglepong
Benobble
Canungra
Map 1939 nla.gov.au/nla.obj-232952…
Official party on a visit to the Cunungra Railway, ca. 1911 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/33… - #slqdigital @slqld
This photograph possibly marks the beginning of the construction of the branch.
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Brisbane Valley line
Wulkuraka - Yarraman
Progressively opened between 1884 and 1913

Map 1920s blogs.archives.qld.gov.au/wp-content/upl…
Good description of the line > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_…
Map 1939
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-232952…
The line to Yarraman now forms the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail. One of the best in our nation. I was fortunate to travel to Yarraman by rail on the second last train.
It was a marvellous example of a Queensland branch line.
visitbrisbane.com.au/somerset/thing…
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Rosewood - Marburg branch completed 1911 official opening 1912. Length 9 miles (14.4km) extended from Marburg one mile to Woodlands Sugar mill ext. closed 1916. Line served a number of small coal mines. Regular passenger trains.
Map 1949
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-820413…
The Marburg branch
Highest point on the line was at Kunkala
railshop.com.au/the-rosewood-r…
This line is very well documented and numerous historical photographs are available.
The line closed in sections Marburg to Birru in 1964, to Kunkala in 1970, Cabanda in 1973 and to Perry's Knob in 1979. ARHS-Qld leased part of line from Kunkala to Cabanda and then to Perry's Knob.
Established 'The Rosewood Railway'
rosewoodrailway.org.au/about/
C17 720 – “KEN BIGGS”
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Laidley - Mulgowie (Laidley Valley) line.
Opened in 1911, and was only 11 km in length.

Stations - Cooper's Hill, Goothenda, Paree, Kullee, terminated at Mulgowie. Closed in 1955. audaxqld.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/new…
Image
Minister for Railways, the Honourable Walter Trueman Paget, makes a speech before turning the first sod Laidley Valley railway -1910
hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/10… - #slqdigital @slqld
There had been community advocacy for 30 years to get this line built, so quite a turnout.
Minister for Railways, the Honourable Walter Trueman Paget, turning the first sod for the Laidley Valley Railway Line, 1910
hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/10… - #slqdigital @slqld
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The Tivoli branch ran from North Ipswich railway workshops to Tivoli, a coal mining site. Open 1898 closed in 1965. An extension to Mt Crosby from Tivoli ( private tramway ) was opened in 1912 & closed in 1932.

nla.gov.au/nla.obj-232952…
Ipswich Qld / produced by Royal Australian Survey Corps 1949
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-820413…
Workshops bottom left, the line to Tivoli heads north/north east.
This views shows the formation for the tramway extension to Mt Crosby on the Brisbane River. Another short tramway formation back towards the Bremer river.
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-820413…
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Dugandan railway opened Ipswich to Harrisville 1882, to Dugandan in 1887. First ' branch line ' in Queensland. Also known as the Fassifern railway, Boonah railway. Churchill to Dugandan closed 1964.
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Dugandan Railway Station, near Boonah
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Locomotive B13 class 4-6-0 c. 1900
Early train on the Dugandan line - hdl.handle.net/10462/QBSC/der… - #slqdigital @slqld Locomotive is well turned out!
? coronation of Edward VII 1902
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Mount Edwards branch - was intended to form part of a via recta "straight route" between Brisbane and Sydney via break-of-gauge border town of Wallangarra.
Map 1939 nla.gov.au/nla.obj-232952…
Opened 1922 closed 1960. The connection to Maryvale was never built.
'The 25 km long line branched off the Dugandan line at the rural locality of Munbilla 38 km south of the city of Ipswich. The line then proceeded in a generally south-westerly direction to the locality of Mount Edwards near the village of Aratula.'
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Edw…
Grand opening of the Kalbar-Mt. Edwards via Recta railway section
bonzle.com/c/a?a=pic&fn=u…
c. 1922
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