On this day

4 April

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

  1. 1966

    • Clyde DEL1495 entered service.

  2. 1971

    • First coal train [trial load of 14xG from 76m Ballast Sdg] on Goonyella System.

  3. 1986

    • Walkers-ASEA built EMU86 entered service.

  4. 1996

    • EL3219 entered ROCKHAMPTON Workshops for a corporate colour repaint

    • DEL1773D worked S213 TOWNSVILLE Shunt as its last train in original livery.

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