Western railway line, Queensland
The Western railway line is a narrow gauge railway, connecting the south-east and south-west regions of Queensland, Australia. It commences at Toowoomba, at the end of the Main Line railway from Brisbane, and extends west 810 km to Cunnamulla, passing through the major towns of Dalby, Roma and Charleville, although services on the 184 km section from Westgate to Cunnamulla have been suspended since 2011. The Queensland Government was the first railway operator in the world to adopt narrow gauge for a main line, and this remains the system-wide gauge.
Mail train arriving at Chinchilla, 1908
Passenger train on the Bridge across Charley's Creek, Chinchilla during the 1921-22 floods
Muckadilla station, between Roma and Mitchell, ~1920
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