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8 Feb, 14 tweets, 8 min read
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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…
An account of the Tivoli to Mt Crosby railway
is at this archived web site. Although a private tramway it was 3' 6" gauge and well built.
web.archive.org/web/2012101410…

Mount Crosby weir
queenslandplaces.com.au/exhibit/book/f…
Wagons were hauled up 1 in 8 slope across the weir to the pumping station.
Workshops railway yard 1968 .
The Tivoli branch was towards bottom right.
qm.qld.gov.au/~/media/Docume…
John Wright's Eclipse Collieries, Tivoli, near Ipswich
queenslandplaces.com.au/exhibit/book/f…
Abermain railway cutting, Mt Crosby Road and Church Street, Tivoli, Ipswich, 1991
trove.nla.gov.au/work/238571656…
Mount Crosby pumping station, 1911 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/10… - #slqdigital @slqld
The tramway from Tivoli was used to supply coal for this pumping station.
Mount Crosby pumping station complex
Photograph c. 1947
arts.qld.gov.au/case-studies/m…
Aerial view of Ipswich Railway Workshops in the 1950s (Courier Mail)
thomblake.com.au/projects/?p=15
The Tivoli branch can be discerned top right.
The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld) Fri 28 Nov 1913 Page 4
TIVOLI RAILWAY
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
Interesting article.
Abermain Colliery one of the trucks built specially for the tramway to the river can be seen standing in front of the coal bunkers, (Queensland Government Mining Journal. 1914, Vol, 15, p, 4,)
espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_207543…
View of the Rothwell Haig Coke Ovens and yards, Tivoli, ca. 1908. State Library of Queensland. Image number: 7834-0001-0005
slq.qld.gov.au/blog/queenslan…
Note narrow gauge tramway for coke transport in front of ovens. 3' 6" on the left.
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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… Image
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Highest point on the line was at Kunkala
railshop.com.au/the-rosewood-r…
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Laidley - Mulgowie (Laidley Valley) line.
Opened in 1911, and was only 11 km in length.
audaxqld.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/new…
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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
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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
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c. 1922
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Darlimurla - Boolarra Up Goods J 539
Weston Langford 31 December 1964
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Mirboo North branch line
Mirboo North Up Goods J 539
Weston Langford 31 December 1964
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Mirboo North Up Railcar 8 RM and J 539
Weston Langford 13 February 1962
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Passenger services ceased in 1968, goods 1974 on the branch.
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'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
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