On this day

26 May

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

  1. 1879
    • Section COMET-EMERALD, CL, opened [25m].

  2. 1980
    • Walkers EMU09 entered service.

  3. 1986
    • Section PT CURTIS-EDINDA closed [6.740km]. [somewhere between PARANA & ROCKHAMPTON]

    • Section GRACEMERE-YEPPEN, NCL, closed [4.480km]

    • Section ROCKLANDS-YEPPEN, NCL, opened [4.870km]

  4. 1988
    • Clyde DEL1455 removed from traffic after 30 years service [to QR Heritage for spares in 8-1997].

  5. 1993
    • DEL2485D entered Townsville Workshops for a corporate colour respray.

    • Clyde DEL1732D [67-514] worked S211 at TOWNSVILLE as its last train in original livery.

  6. 1995
    • Class leader EEA DEL1620 removed from traffic after 28 years service [retained for preservation].

  7. 1998
    • Walkers EL3908 worked C2C9 NORMANBY-ROCKHAMPTON as its last train in original livery.

  8. 1999
    • EL3168 entered Rockhampton Workshops for its turn for a corporate colour repaint.

  9. 2000
    • Class leader Clyde DEL4001 entered service.

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