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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

Boonah Railway station 1908
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Departure from Boonah Railway Station of the first volunteers, World War I, 1916 - hdl.handle.net/10462/QBSC/der… - #slqdigital @slqld
Lest We Forget ...

Market day at Boonah railway yards - hdl.handle.net/10462/QBSC/der… - #slqdigital @slqld
The railway station is in the background. Early 1900s.

Roadvale Railway Station looking south towards Boonah - hdl.handle.net/10462/QBSC/der… - #slqdigital @slqld

Fassifern Branch Railway Memorial, Boonah, 2020. The memorial is on the site of the former Boonah railway station.
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After closure of the Churchill to Dugandan section in 1964 the line remained open Ipswich to Churchill until c. 1995. This photograph is a short livestock train on the Churchill branch as it became known. c. 1970s.
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DH locomotive.

In 1995 the AHRS conducted a tour Ipswich to Churchill. This is on the way to Churchill running through west Ipswich. DH motive power. This was shortly before the branch closed.
Photograph R Dow

This is the former Dugandan (Churchill) branch where it left the main line west of Ipswich Photographed from a Rosewood bound service leaving Ipswich.
R Dow 2011

RM49 Dugandan May 1964
Photograph Ken Biggs
ARHS-Q Sunshine Express March-April 1920
C17 background
Not long before closure.

Harrisville railway station 2009
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Fassifern Rail Trail
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Not yet complete.
32 1/2 mile marker. This is where Hoya railway station was.

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