On this day

12 December

7 events from Queensland’s railway history, researched by Peter Burkitt.

  1. 1931

    • Section MEANDARRA-GLENMORGAN [13.84 miles] on the Glenmorgan Branch opened to traffic.

  2. 1962

    • English Electric DEL1604 entered traffic.

  3. 1966

    • Clyde DEL1726D entered traffic.

  4. 1969

    • The last Rail Motor service ran to MILLMERRAN using 2000-class units.

  5. 1987

    • Class leader DEL1400 [originally 1230] removed from traffic.

  6. 1994

    • Export woodchip traffic commenced from OWANYILLA-GLADSTONE

  7. 1995

    • DEL1705D removed from traffic after accident at MARYBOROUGH WEST on 11-11-1995.

Researched and compiled by Peter Burkitt, with later additions as sourced. About this list, abbreviations and the full calendar