Main Line railway, Queensland
The Main Line is a railway line in South East Queensland, Australia. It was opened in a series of sections between 1865 and 1867. It commences at Roma St Station in Brisbane and extends west 161 km to Toowoomba. It is the first narrow gauge main line constructed in the world. The section of the line from the end of Murphys Creek railway station to the Ruthven Street overbridge, Harlaxton is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. The Murphys Creek Railway Complex, the Lockyer Creek Railway Bridge (Lockyer), the Lockyer Creek Railway Bridge and Swansons Rail Bridge are also heritage listed.
The railway at Lanefield, 2015
QR heritage locos of the (left to right) PB15, BB18¼ and C17 classes at Grandchester for the 125th anniversary of QR, July 1990
Ipswich station ~1895
Train climbing the Main Line near Harlaxton, 1914
Roma Street railway station
Roma Street railway station is located in the Brisbane central business district, Queensland, Australia. It is the junction station for the North Coast, Main, Gold Coast and NSW North Coast lines. The station is one of four inner city stations that form a core corridor through the centre of Brisbane.
Roma Street station as seen from upper Albert Street
The station in 1883
Roma Street station in 1983, prior to its expansion
The original station building