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2 Feb, 6 tweets, 4 min read
'Roma Street Railway Station', Brisbane, ca. 1876 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/76… - #slqdigital @slqld
Roma Street station was not known as that until 1889 when Central opened. At this time the station was known as Brisbane Terminal Station. It was a terminus, opened 1875.
North-east end of the 'Roma Street Railway Station' in Brisbane, ca. 1879
trove.nla.gov.au/work/238268668
Brisbane Terminal station.
Roma Street Station and yards in Brisbane - 1890 hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/11… - #slqdigital @slqld
Marvellous photograph shows how Roma Street station quickly developed railway yard. The tracks through to Central can be seen. No longer 'Brisbane Terminal Station'.
Enlarged view of the locomotives from hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/11…
Appears the railway men were posing for the photograph.
Locomotives look like B13 class. These locos were 4-6-0, first of the class built in 1883.
Enlarged view of the tracks through to Central, which opened in 1889. From hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/11…
So about a years worth of soot on the bridge!

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