Queensland Railways Steam Engines and Steam Era Portfolio
by Kim Thurlow
Sydney Brisbane Mail train at Wallangarra
Class
BB18.1/4 #1043 or 1041 on Brisbane mail train
Class
BB18.1/4 at Warwick
Cunnamulla and the Westlander
Sydney Brisbane Mail train at Harristown
Class PB15 #143 at Cunnamulla
Brisbane Sydney Mail train at Harristown
Toowoomba Railway Station
Class C17 4-8-0
Toowwoomba Station - Level crossing and the bell-man
Class C16 4-8-0
Diesel at Toowoomba
Class C17 front view 4-8-0
Harristown- yards and tanker
Class C17 4-8-0 #921
Early diesel-electric road loco at Harristown
Class B18.1/4 at Baddow Junction
Interior photo of mail train compartment carriage.
Toowoomba Show - Miniature passenger Steam Train
Class PB15 and the "Flea" train at Quilpie, early 50's
The image at top is Queensland Railways class BB18.1/4 Pacific at the head of the Brisbane bound Sydney Mail circa 1960.
To the trains, image by image
Visit my poem to the steam engine.
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Links:
Interesting selection of Queensland rail images and commentary by Colin Power
My club - Union Pacific Model Railway Club, Brisbane Australia
Big engines - my N&W Portfolio on the steam era Norfolk and Western Railway, USA
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Link to my business web site, I sell Global Positioning Systems (GPS), in-car navigation, and related equipment.
I have no official connection with Queensland Railways corporate, past or present.
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