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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…
Stations - Cooper's Hill, Goothenda, Paree, Kullee, terminated at Mulgowie. Closed in 1955.
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.
The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947) Wed 19 Apr 1911 Page 3
LAIDLEY VALLEY RAILWAY. trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
Interesting to note that Mulgowie was the railway name, locals knew it as Burnside.
The line never was that successful. Initial twice-daily service reduced to once daily in 1918, reduced again to a twice weekly service1930s. First attempt to close the line was in 1930.
The Brisbane Courier Mon 22 Sep 1930 Page 3
MULGOWIE LINE CLOSURE trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
Queensland Times (Ipswich, Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Wed 24 Sep 1930 Page 5
LAIDLEY-MULGOWIE RAILWAY. trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
The local farmers agreed to a freight charge increase and the line remained opened.
Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1907 - 1954) Sat 15 Jan 1955 Page 1
6 State Branch Railway lines To Be Closed trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
The line battled on, only to be closed in 1955 without a grace period. The short run to the cattle yards remained opened to 1969.
There were attempts to get the line extended to Thornton. Had the extension eventuated it may have been more successful.
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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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.
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. facebook.com/QueenslandRail…
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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…