kolej-i-drogi: Construction of Queensland railways

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Queensland's railway construction commenced in 1864, with the turning of the first sod of the Main Line by Lady Diamantina Bowen, the wife of Queensland's first governor Sir George Bowen at Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. A narrow gauge of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) was selected due to cost savings in providing a rail link to Toowoomba. Despite being built with bridges wide enough for standard gauge, and the fact that most other lines did not require heavy earthworks, the gauge remained the Queensland system norm. In 1890 there were 11 separate systems being operated by Queensland Railways. The duplications of workshops and other facilities and the inability to transfer locomotives and rolling st…

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Roma is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre of the Maranoa Region. The town was incorporated in 1867 and is named after Lady Diamantina Bowen (née di Roma), the wife of Sir George Bowen, the Governor of Queensland at the time. In the 2021 census, the locality of Roma had a population of 6,838 people.

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Sandstone Railway Culvert is a heritage-listed culvert at about 130 metres (430 ft) west of the corner of WM Hughes Street and Musgrave Street, North Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built between 1864 and 1865. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 13 November 2008.

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War Department Light Railways of the First World War. This paper recounts some experiences on the Western Front of two men who had worked at the Ipswich Railway Workshops before the First World War. Lt. Colonel A. C. Fewtrell , who trained as a cadet engineer at Ipswich Railway Workshops, and was involved in the operations of a light railway unit on the Western Front presented a paper about his experiences to some graziers in New South Wales in 1920. Major S. H. Hancox had been in charge of the powerhouse at Ipswich Railway Workshops before enlisting and being sent to France where he worked on the construction of a section of the 60 cm gauge light railways during 1917. Hancox relates some o…

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The T1 Ipswich/Rosewood line is an interurban commuter railway line in South East Queensland. Operated by Queensland Rail, the line runs for 56.2 kilometres (35 miles) from Rosewood to Roma Street, where services continue on the Caboolture and Nambour/Gympie North lines.

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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 the Brisbane central business district and extends 161 kilometres (100 mi) west 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 (Murphys Creek),Swansons Rail Bridge and Bremer River Rail Bridge are also heritage listed.

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The Sandstone Railway Culvert is a heritage-listed railway culvert at Wulkuraka, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built c. 1865. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 24 June 2005.

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The Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway (QPSR) is located near Ipswich, Queensland, Australia and runs through the former West Moreton pioneering coal fields. It was first opened in 1881 by colliery proprietor and politician Lewis Thomas (1832–1913) as a tramway to his coal mines. The right-of way was later taken over by Queensland Railways and extended to take in over 20 mines before reaching to its present terminus at Swanbank Loop where it served the Swanbank Power Stations. The branch remains the oldest continuously operating branchline in Queensland. Since 1978, Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway has operated passenger trains on this branch line using heritage rollingstock.

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The Queensland Museum Rail Workshops (formerly the Workshops Rail Museum) is a railway museum in Ipswich, Queensland, located within the Queensland Rail owned North Ipswich Railway Workshops and tells the story of more than 150 years of railways in Queensland. Exhibits are spread out across a number of the complex's original buildings housing a collection of historic steam and diesel locomotives and other rolling stock that operated on Queensland Railways, as well as general interest exhibits and ones tailored specifically for children. The museum, which opened in 2002, is part of the Queensland Museum network, and highlights include the oldest working locomotive in Australia and the larges…

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North Ipswich Railway Workshops is a heritage-listed current Australian railway workshop at North Street, North Ipswich, Queensland. It was built from 1878 to 1980s. It is also known as the Queensland Museum Rail Workshops. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 April 1997. The original site was built in 1864, then expanding to its current location by 1885 with continued expansion until the 1980s. The front third of the current site is run by Queensland Museums. Behind this Queensland Rail still operate and have continuously operated this site since 1864/1865. It is the oldest continuously operating railway workshop in Australia. (Any information found saying it has closed a…