On this day

22 April

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

  1. 1963

    • EEA-built DEL1609 entered service.

  2. 1966

    • EEA-built DEL1289 & Clyde DEL1496 both entered service.

  3. 1969

    • Walkers-built DH30 entered service.

  4. 1974

    • New Station opened at BLACKWATER, CL.

  5. 1987

    • Walkers-ASEA built EL3609 entered service

  6. 1991

    • Walkers-built DH16, DH31, DH36 & DH40 all removed from traffic after 23 [DH16] & 22 years [DH31, DH36 & DH40] service [DH16 sold Isis Mill, arr MARYBOROUGH on 24-9-93, delv. Walkers in 11-93; DH31 sold Mulgrave Mill, delv. Bundabery Foundry on 12-8-94; DH36 sold Cooks Construction, ex. REDBANK on 30-5-95; DH40 sold Sugar Research Ltd, Mackay, ex. REDBANK on 20-6-95].

  7. 1996

    • Harpurs Ck Deviation, NCL, electrification energised

    • Two Driver Operation introduced ACACIA RIDGE.

  8. 1997

    • Walkers-ASEA built IMU105 entered service.

  9. 1999

    • DEL2211F left REDBANK Workshops in corporate livery [also after collision repair] & worked 6243 NORMANBY-ROCKHAMPTON as its first train.

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