Mungar Junction to Monto railway line
The Mungar Junction to Monto railway line is a 267-kilometre (166 mi) railway in Queensland, Australia. Progressively opened in eleven stages between 1889 and 1928 the line branched from the North Coast line at Mungar Junction a short distance west of Maryborough and followed a westerly route towards Biggenden and Gayndah before turning north via Mundubbera and Eidsvold to Monto. It is also known as the Gayndah Monto Branch Railway. In 2012, the line was officially closed.
Chowey Bridge near Biggenden, 1905
Ministerial train arrives at Eidsvold, ~1920
Disused Level Crossing on the disused railway line in Aramara, Queensland, Australia. Photo taken on 29 September 2018.
North Coast railway line, Queensland
The North Coast railway line (NCL) is a 1,681-kilometre (1,045 mi) 1067 mm gauge railway line in Queensland, Australia. It commences at Roma Street station, Brisbane, and largely parallels the Queensland coast to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The line is electrified between Brisbane and Rockhampton. Along the way, the 1680 km railway passes through the numerous towns and cities of eastern Queensland including Nambour, Bundaberg, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Mackay and Townsville. The line though the centre of Rockhampton runs down the middle of Denison Street.
1911 view of Central station, Brisbane, designed by the former Colonial Architect, J J Clark
Locomotive on the recently constructed railway bridge over Grahams Creek (north of Mungar Junction), 1882
The half past two passenger train from Cooroy crossing the bridge just beyond the Butter Factory, Eumundi, 1915
3917 and another haul a northbound goods train on the NCL with Mount Tibrogargan in the background