Current Status: 100% Restored – Mainline operational Built: 1937 Retired: 1986 Type: Evan’s Suburban (90 Economy seats) Weight: 23.4t Length: 15.360m Width: 2.620m Gauge: 1,065mm gauge (3ft 6in) Completely restored to mainline operations in December 2008. It is a sister carriage to BU 1297 which work is yet to be started on. The seats in this carriage […]
Current Status: 100% Restored / Mainline Operational Built: 1911 Retired: 1987 Type: Evan’s Suburban (80 First class seats) Weight: 23.4t Length: 15.360m Width: 2.620m Gauge: 1,065mm gauge (3ft 6in) Built in 1911 for the Brisbane suburban network, this style of carriage was known as the ‘Evan’s cars’ after the Railway Commissioner of the time. But […]
Current Status: Leased to Texas & Inglewood Heritage Railway Society Built: Original 1914 – SDSR replica 2003 Type: Panhard Levassor Rail Motor (12 seats in front + 20 seats in rear) Weight: 25.9t Length: 15.850m Width: 2.665m Gauge: 1,065mm gauge (3ft 6in) The result of a project to build an authentic replica of a 1914 […]
Current Status: In operation Built: 1958 (Comg-Eng) Type: Diesel locomotive Weight: 10 t Length: 10 m Gauge: 1,065 mm gauge (3ft 6in) This 30 ton diesel locomotive was built in 1958 at Com-Eng, Rocklea, Brisbane and spent it’s working life at the Mackay Bulk Sugar Terminal. It originally had a Rolls Royce engine but this […]