On this day

19 May

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

  1. 1863

    • First Railway Bill introduced into State Parliament.

  2. 1932

    • Side-loading bank provided on ML at SELENE, Gayndah-Monto Bch.

  3. 1970

    • Walkers DH59 entered service.

  4. 1993

    • DEL1760D emerged from RK Workshops after DOO conversion in corporate livery

    • DEL2486D left Townsville Workshops in corporate livery.

  5. 1995

    • DEL2140 entered RK Workshops for a corporate colour respray as part of overhaul.

  6. 1996

    • DEL2605 worked 9N50-9A51-9P10 PG-NS-PG as its first train in corporate colours.

  7. 1999

    • Service suspended: Section MURGON-BYEE, Byee [Proston] Bch; fork from GYMPIE end of MURGON to Byee [Proston] Bch, Kingaroy Bch; section COLTON-TAKURA, Takura [Pialba-Urangan] Bch; and section BUNDABERG-Bunda St, Bunda St Bch, BUNDABERG Yd

    • EL3269 worked E122-EG23-EJ22 Jilalan-Sarina-Jilalan as its first train in corporate livery.

  8. 2000

    • Walkers SMU236 entered service.

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