railways

Queensland Railways blouse, c1980

Queensland Railways blouse, c1980

Location

Australia

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R4807

Queensland Museum

23 November 2010

Australia

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Decorative crest for locomotive smokebox, 1934

This crest was mounted on the front of the locomotive used during the Queensland leg of the visit to Australia by the Duke of Gloucester in 1934.

Location

Australia

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R1111

Queensland Museum

Ipswich Railway Workshops

1 January 1934

23 November 2010

Australia

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Dimensions

545mm

25mm

Railways destination roll, Wallangarra

Railways destination roll, Wallangarra

Destination rolls listed a number of locations along rail routes and were wound by hand to indicate the train destination.

Location

Australia

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R4482

Queensland Museum

23 November 2010

Australia

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Queensland Railway Refreshment Rooms price list, 1972

This framed menu is from the Queensland Railways Refreshment Rooms at Toowoomba Station.

Location

Australia

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R4084

Queensland Museum

1 January 1966

23 November 2010

Australia

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Programme for the inauguration of the Queensland railway, 1864

Programme for the inauguration of the Queensland railway, 1864

Location

Ipswich, QLD

Australia

27° 36' 50.7348" S, 152° 45' 30.4992" E

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R6048

Queensland Museum

Ipswich

25 February 1864

23 November 2010

Ipswich, QLD

Australia

27° 36' 50.7348" S, 152° 45' 30.4992" E

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Dimensions

517mm

290mm

21mm

Travelling distance by rail from Brisbane Central, 1938

1 January 1938

22 November 2010

Brisbane

Sydney G. Hughes

Collection of the National Library of Australia

Travelling distance by rail from Brisbane Central, 1938. Detail from Pocket map of Brisbane, 1938. Published by Sydney G. Hughes, Invicta House, Brisbane. Collection of the National Library of Australia

Railways, 1948

Australia

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1 January 1948

19 November 2010

Location

Australia

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19 November 2010

Collection of the National Library of Australia

Queensland railways showing all railways open for traffic, under construction and approved by Parliament. Prepared for the Commissioner of Railways, Brisbane, 1948. In Queensland there were several unlinked railway systems. Families using the Queensland Bush Book Club would make their way to the nearest railway station to collect their parcels. Those living a long distance from the rail depot, made arrangements with private carters or the postal service for the next leg of the journey. Collection of the National Library of Australia

Railways and roads, 1935

Australia

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1 January 1935

19 November 2010

Location

Australia

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19 November 2010

Collection of Queensland State Archives

This map produced by the Main Roads Commission shows a comparison between the extent of roads and railways in Queensland, as at 30 September 1935. Roads are shown in solid line, with dotted line for railways. Collection of Queensland State Archives

The Sunshine route along the coast to Cairns, 1936. Sunshine and Queensland became synonymous when the railway to Cairns, called the North Coast Railway, opened in 1924.

Collection of the State Library of Queensland

Stock routes and head stations, Queensland, 1892

Australia

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1 January 1892

2 November 2010

Location

Australia

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2 November 2010

Brisbane

Surveyor General's Office

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Stock routes and head stations, Queensland, 1892. Map shows stock routes and main roads, railway lines, railway stations, stock trucking yards, artesian bores and tanks. Head stations throughout Queensland are indicated by a small black square. The inset map shows railway lines. Surveyor General's Department, Brisbane. Collection of the Queensland State Archives