#SEQQRbranchlines
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.
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…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Edw…
Grand opening of the Kalbar-Mt. Edwards via Recta railway section
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c. 1922
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c. 1922
Train arrives for the opening of the Kalbar-Mt. Edwards railway section
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c. 1922
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c. 1922
Fred Muller family behind the Aratula Railway Station, 1947 - hdl.handle.net/10462/QBSC/der… - #slqdigital @slqld
Bullock wagon loaded with potatoes, Tarome, ca. 1920 - hdl.handle.net/10462/QBSC/der… - #slqdigital @slqld
Potatoes being transported from Tarome to Kalbar Railway Station before the line to Mount Edwards was completed.
Potatoes being transported from Tarome to Kalbar Railway Station before the line to Mount Edwards was completed.
Opening day of the Maryvale Railway 1911
'Via Recta The Railway That Never Was'
maryvaleqld.com.au/via-recta/
Final section, Maryvale to Mt Edwards – Never completed.
Detailed history at link.
Sign on PB 15 loco "TRAIN FOLLOWING"
big day at Maryvale ...
'Via Recta The Railway That Never Was'
maryvaleqld.com.au/via-recta/
Final section, Maryvale to Mt Edwards – Never completed.
Detailed history at link.
Sign on PB 15 loco "TRAIN FOLLOWING"
big day at Maryvale ...
Mt Edwards with Mt Mitchell, Cunningham's Gap and Mt Cordeaux in the background. Photo taken from Mt French
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Kalbar station.
Photograph G Cope flickr.com/photos/3253632…
The first section from Munbilla to Kalbar was in use from 1916, before the section Kalbar to Mount Edwards was opened in 1922.
Photograph G Cope flickr.com/photos/3253632…
The first section from Munbilla to Kalbar was in use from 1916, before the section Kalbar to Mount Edwards was opened in 1922.
The Brisbane Courier (Qld) Tue 3 Oct 1922
Page 9
KALBAR-MT. EDWARDS RAILWAY
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Page 9
KALBAR-MT. EDWARDS RAILWAY
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Crowds watch a steam train arrive at the opening of the Kalbar-Mt. Edwards railway section, Queensland - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/18… - #slqdigital @slqld 1922
Note the ribbon stretching across the track.
Note the ribbon stretching across the track.
Zilllmere Footbal Club trip to Kalbar, ca. 1921 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/40… - #slqdigital @slqld
On the ' platform ' outside the Station Master's office.
On the ' platform ' outside the Station Master's office.
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