On this day

29 November

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

  1. 1947

    • B18¼ N°916, last of the class, entered service

  2. 1967

    • EEA DEL1302 [A.163] entered service

  3. 1968

    • Clyde DEL1523 [68-647] entered service.

  4. 1985

    • Class Leader Goninan DEL2600 [58] entered service. First Goninan-built DEL to enter service.

  5. 1990

    • Clyde DEL1559 [75-805] reno.1559D after DOO conversion.

  6. 1993

    • Last calcium limestone train (last mineral 4-wheel wagon traffic)

  7. 1996

    • Com-Eng EL3239 corporate livery.

  8. 2000

    • Goninan DEL2612 [70] worked 9E16/9217 TOWNSVILLE JETTY-YURBI-TOWNSVILLE JETTY as first train in corporate livery.

    • Clyde DEL2208D [83-1172] worked 6844 NORMANBY-FISHERMAN IS as first train in corporate livery.

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