Suburban train with diesel engine and wooden carriages, Chelmer Station, 1972

The Ipswich to Bowen Hills 8.30 am express train with diesel engine and wooden carriages arrives at Chelmer Station, Brisbane in 1972. Electrification of the Brisbane suburban train network began in 1979, with the last diesel passenger train running in 1999. Slide by Laurel Murdoch, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.