On this day

17 October

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

  1. 1900

    • N°384, 1st of 6D13½ Abt Class engines entered service – numerically N°383 is 1st of the class but it did not enter service until 30.10.00

  2. 1949

    • B18¼ N°911 entered traffic painted green. 2nd engine of class to receive new colour scheme.

  3. 1966

    • Clyde DEL1720 [66-502] entered service. First 1720-class in service.

  4. 1968

    • Clyde DEL1761 [68-641] entered service.

  5. 1986

    • Walkers EMU58 entered service

  6. 1988

    • EEA DEL1320 [A.208] removed from traffic [sold ANR; to GLADSTONE, NCL, on 17 Oct 1988; shipped on 6 Nov 1988].

  7. 1996

    • TOWNSVILLE-MACKAY, NCL, approval granted fro 2800-class.

  8. 1997

    • Clyde DEL2455 [79-920] corporate livery

  9. 2000

    • Clyde DEL2400D [77-842] worked S250 TOWNSVILLE Shunt as last train in original livery & before maxi-conversion into 2330.

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