On this day

21 November

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

  1. 1952

    • IGE DEL1215 [31095] entered service.

  2. 1963

    • EEA DEL1614 [A.077] entered service.

  3. 1966

    • Clyde DEL1724 [66-506] entered service.

  4. 1975

    • IGE DEL1155 [31095] removed from traffic. First 1150-class removed from traffic.

  5. 1983

    • Clyde DEL2209 [83-1173] entered service.

  6. 1988

    • EEA DEL1284 [A.107] removed from traffic.

    • EEA DEL1288 [A.114] removed from traffic.

    • Last of its class EEA DEL1299 [A.131] removed from traffic.

  7. 1993

    • Clyde DEL1765D [68-645] worked 8F69 NORMANBY-NORMANBY as last train in original livery.

  8. 1994

    • FISHERMAN IS, Fisherman Is Bch, BMT (Brisbane Multimodal Terminal) opened

  9. 1996

    • Clyde DEL1742D [67-524] corporate livery & worked S708 MOOLABIN shunt as first train in corporate livery.

  10. 1997

    • Clyde DEL1571H [76-818] corporate livery.

  11. 1999

    • Clyde DEL1750D [67-564] destroyed accident MACKAY, NCL, & subsequently removed from traffic on 30 Nov 1999.

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