On this day

22 August

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

  1. 1885

    • EMU VALE-KILLARNEY [Killarney Bch] opened [18.5km].

  2. 1950

    • Steam loco BG.1009 entered service. First Beyer Peacock Garratt in service.

    • N°1009, the 1st Beyer Garratt entered service. Numerically, N°1001 was 1st engine of batch but it did not enter service until 11.10.50

  3. 1968

    • HELIDON, ML, official opening of new station building.

    • Walkers DH4 [586] entered service.

  4. 1970

    • Walkers DH70 [657] entered service.

  5. 1977

    • Goninan DEL1161 [M2014] removed from traffic after 21yrs 44dys service [destroyed in Dec 1989][orig.1311; reno.1161 in Jun 1965].

  6. 1986

    • Clyde DEL2116 [72-744] reno.2116A after lightening from 97t at REDBANK Workshops.

  7. 1990

    • Clyde DEL1566 [76-813] reno.1566D after DOO conversion at ROCKHAMPTON Workshops.

  8. 1993

    • Clyde DEL2464D [80-948] worked S0C1 MAYNE shunt as its first train in corporate livery & after overhaul.

  9. 1994

    • Clyde DEL1761 [68-641] worked 7044 MARYBOROUGH WEST-MAYNE as its last train in original livery & before DOO conversion.

  10. 1998

    • Walkers EL3504 emerged from ROCKHAMPTON Workshops in corporate livery.

    • Clyde DEL2177F [82-1107] entered REDBANK Workshops for a corporate livery respray as part of overhaul.

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