On this day

13 May

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

  1. 1965

    • EEA DEL1278 entered service.

  2. 1966

    • EEA DEL1291 entered service.

  3. 1988

    • Walkers EL3629 entered service.

  4. 1996

    • DEL2203 entered REDBANK Workshops for a corporate colour respray as part of overhaul.

  5. 1997

    • EL3502 worked EF06/ED05 CH-GD-CH as its first train in corporate livery.

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