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Queensland Rail
Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Queensland Rail is owned by the Queensland Government, and operates both Commuter rail, suburban and Regional rail, interurban rail services in South East Queensland, as well as Inter-city rail, long-distance passenger train services connecting Brisbane to regional Queensland. Queensland Rail also owns and maintains rolling stock, in addition to approximately of track and related infrastructure. History Early history Queensland Railways was the first operator in the world to adopt a narrow gauge (in this case ) for a main line, and this remains the system-wide gauge in Queensland. The Separation of Queensland, colony of Queensland separated from New South Wales in 1859, and the new government was keen to facilitate development and immigration. Improved transport to the fertile Darling Downs region situated west of Toowoomba was seen as a priority. As adequate river transport was already established betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Multiple Unit (Queensland Rail)
The Electric multiple unit (EMU) is a class of electric multiple units manufactured by Walkers at Maryborough for Queensland Rail between 1979 and 1986. They were the first EMUs in Queensland and are progressively being retired from the Queensland Rail Citytrain network. History To provide rolling stock for the electrification of the Ferny Grove and Darra section of the Brisbane rail network, in 1976 Queensland Rail issued a tender for 13 three-carriage electric multiple units. Bids were received from Clyde Engineering, Comeng, General Electric, Goninans and Walkers, with the latter awarded the contract with electrical equipment to be supplied by ASEA. The first was delivered in May 1979, entering service on 17 November 1979 with all in service by October 1980. Before the first had been delivered, a further 11 units were ordered for the electrification of the Shorncliffe to Kingston section. The first was delivered in November 1980. These differed from the first orde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigge's Camp
Grandchester is a rural town and locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Grandchester had a population of 467 people. Geography Grandchester is located west of the Brisbane CBD. The district historically known as Hidden Vale (or Hiddenvale) is within the locality, approx south of the town of Grandchester where Hiddenvale Road has its junction with the Grandchester Mount Mort Road (). Although unofficial, the name persists in the road name, St Anne's Hidden Vale (Anglican church), Spicers Hidden Vale (a rural resort), and the Hidden Vale Wildlife Centre (jointly operated by the resort and the University of Queensland). The terrain varies from above sea level. There is one named peak, Mount Grandchester, in the north of the locality () rising to . It is part of the Little Liverpool Range. The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation. The West Moreton section of the Main Line railway passes through the locality, enterin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Electrification In Queensland
In the late 1970s and 1980s, a significant rail electrification program was completed in the Australian state of Queensland. The electrified Rail transport in Queensland, Queensland network is the largest in Australia with over 2,000 kilometres electrified, the next biggest is Rail transport in New South Wales, New South Wales with 640 kilometres, that is served mainly as passenger operations. Today all suburban passenger services in South East Queensland are operated by Queensland Rail electric multiple units, as well as Electric Tilt Train, electric tilt train services as far as Rockhampton railway station, Rockhampton. An extensive network of freight lines are operated to service the Aurizon#Queensland coal networks, Central Queensland coal networks is operated by Aurizon. The two networks are joined by the electrified North Coast railway line, Queensland, North Coast line from Brisbane to Rockhampton railway station, Rockhampton, and the entire system is energised at 25 kV AC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMU At The Opening Of Queensland Rail Electrification
The emu (; ''Dromaius novaehollandiae'') is a species of flightless bird endemic to Australia, where it is the tallest native bird. It is the only extant member of the genus ''Dromaius'' and the third-tallest living bird after its African ratite relatives, the common ostrich and Somali ostrich. The emu's native ranges cover most of the Australian mainland. The Tasmanian, Kangaroo Island and King Island subspecies became extinct after the European settlement of Australia in 1788. The emu has soft, brown feathers, a long neck, and long legs. It can grow up to in height. It is a robust bipedal runner that can travel great distances, and when necessary can sprint at . It is omnivorous and forages on a variety of plants and insects, and can go for weeks without eating. It drinks infrequently, but takes in copious amounts of fresh water when the opportunity arises. Breeding takes place in May and June, and fighting among females for a mate is common. Females can mate several t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Queensland Branch Line Locations
This is a list of the location of sections concerning branch lines embedded in other articles. Branch lines with separate articles are listed in the box below in the 'Country branch lines' section. Branch line terminus stations Aramac Tramway - Central Western railway line, Queensland#Branch lines Ballara - Great Northern Railway (Mt Isa line)#Branch lines Barakula - Western railway line, Queensland#Branch lines Blair Athol - Central Western railway line, Queensland#Branch lines Broadmount - North Coast railway line, Queensland#Branch lines Brooloo - North Coast railway line, Queensland#Branch lines Clermont - Central Western railway line, Queensland#Branch lines Dajarra - Great Northern Railway (Mt Isa line)#Branch lines Dayboro - Ferny Grove railway line Ebenezer - Main Line railway, Queensland#Branch lines Emu Park - North Coast railway line, Queensland#Branch lines Greenvale - North Coast railway line, Queensland#Branch lines Kilcoy - North Coast railway line, Quee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normanton To Croydon Railway Line
The Normanton to Croydon railway line is a heritage-listed railway line in the Gulf Country of northern Queensland, Australia. The railway line linking Normanton, Queensland, Normanton in the Shire of Carpentaria to Croydon, Queensland, Croydon in the Shire of Croydon was built between 1888 and 1891 and is the last isolated line of Queensland Rail still in use. It utilises an innovative system of submersible track with patented steel sleepers and retains buildings of considerable architectural and technical interest at its terminus in Normanton. The only train to operate on the line is the weekly ''Gulflander'' service operated by a L. Gardner and Sons, Gardner Diesel engine, diesel propelled Railcar, railmotor and Passenger car (rail), carriages Queensland Railways 1800 class rail motor, TP1809 and TP1811. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History In 1867, William Landsborough investigated the Norman River area to select a port site to serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telegraph (Brisbane)
''The Telegraph'' was an evening newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was first published on 1 October 1872 and its final edition appeared on 5 February 1988. In its day it was recognised as one of the best news pictorial newspapers in the country.Daily Sun, Saturday, 6 February 1988 Its Pink Sports edition (printed distinctively on pink newsprint and sold on Brisbane streets from about 6 pm on Saturdays) was a particularly excellent production produced under tight deadlines. It included results and pictures of Brisbane's Saturday afternoon sports including the results of the last horse race of the day. History In 1871 a group of local businessmen, Robert Armour, John Killeen Handy ( M.L.A. for Brisbane), John Warde, John Burns, J. D. Heale and J. K. Buchanan formed the Telegraph Newspaper Co. Ltd. The editor was Theophilus Parsons Pugh, a former editor of the ''Brisbane Courier'' and founder of ''Pugh's Almanac''.Queensland Press Limited history report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Coast Railway Line, Queensland
The North Coast railway line (NCL) is a 3 ft 6 in gauge railways, 1067 mm gauge railway line in Queensland, Australia. It commences at Roma Street railway station, Roma Street station, Brisbane, and largely parallels the Queensland coast to Cairns railway station, Cairns in Far North Queensland. The line is electrified between Brisbane and Rockhampton railway station, Rockhampton. Along the way, the 1680 km railway passes through the numerous towns and cities of eastern Queensland including Nambour railway station, Nambour, Bundaberg railway station, Bundaberg, Gladstone railway station, Queensland, Gladstone, Rockhampton railway station, Rockhampton, Mackay railway station, Mackay and Townsville railway station, Townsville. The line though the centre of Rockhampton Street running, runs down the middle of Denison Street. History The first section of the North Coast Line was opened in 1881 and the final section in 1924, with over 60 sections opened during th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brisbane Courier
''The Courier-Mail'' is an Australian newspaper published in Brisbane. Owned by News Corp Australia, it is published daily from Monday to Saturday in tabloid format. Its editorial offices are located at Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner northern suburbs, and it is printed at Yandina on the Sunshine Coast. It is available for purchase both online and in paper form throughout Queensland and most regions of Northern New South Wales. History 19th century origins The history of ''The Courier-Mail'' is through four mastheads. The '' Moreton Bay Courier'' later became '' The Courier'', then the '' Brisbane Courier'' and, since a merger with the ''Daily Mail'' in 1933, ''The Courier-Mail''. The ''Moreton Bay Courier'' was established as a weekly paper in June 1846. Its first editorial promised to "make known the wants of the community ... to rouse the apathetic, to inform the ignorant ... to transmit truthful representations of the state of this unrivalled portion of the colony to o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moreton Bay Tramway Company
The Moreton Bay Tramroad Company was a private enterprise attempt to establish railways in the new colony of Queensland. It was stillborn. People * Coote, * Stephens, * Buckley. * Abraham Fitzgibbon engineer, who was assistant to William Doyne on the Dun Mountain Tramway in Nelson, New Zealand. Land Grant Railway It had been proposed to fund it as a Land Grant Railway. Horse power The tramway was intended to be operated by horses. Characteristics * Gradients The later railway along the route of the tramway has ruling gradients of 1 in 50. This might be rather steep for horse operation, unless unloaded in uphill direction. Rails The line was originally to use rail. Nomenclature The Tramway company is sometimes called a Tramroad. Timeline 1859 * Queensland separated from New South Wales on 6 June 1859. Some very preliminary railway plans had been prepared by the New South Wales Government which were handed over to the new Queensland Government. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gatton Railway Station
Gatton railway station is located on the Main Line railway, Queensland, Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Gatton, Queensland, Gatton in the Lockyer Valley Region. The station has two side platforms, opening in 1866. Services Gatton is served by Queensland Rail#Long Distance Trains, Queensland Rail Travel's twice weekly ''The Westlander, Westlander'' service travelling between Roma Street railway station, Brisbane and Charleville railway station, Charleville. Transport links Pulitano Group, Laidley Bus Services operates one bus route via Gatton station: *539: Helidon, Queensland, Helidon to Rosewood railway station, Rosewood station service - this service was once operated by McCafferty's (now operating under the auspices of Greyhound Australia) until the end of 1993, 539 used to travel to Toowoomba railway station, Toowoomba where it connected with 5R16 Railmotor Service to Roma railway station, Roma and its return service 5565. References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
