End of the line, end of the road.
The now closed Imbil railway station on the former Mary Valley branch railway from Gympie to Brooloo in SE Queensland. The line originally ran a few more kilometres to the ultimate terminus at Brooloo but when Queensland Railways withdrew services (last drinks were in 1994) and walked away, the whole line was threatened with abandonment or lifting.
Eventually the line reopened to Imbil shown here under the watch of the rail preservation group known colloquially as the Mary Valley Rattler which ran steam trains. However, the group suffered financial and maintenance problems and stopped running for quite a few years. When it reopened the restored services only ran to the foreshortened terminus at Amamoor to which they still operate today. Imbil is maintained by a separate group.
End of the line, end of the road.
The now closed Imbil railway station on the former Mary Valley branch railway from Gympie to Brooloo in SE Queensland. The line originally ran a few more kilometres to the ultimate terminus at Brooloo but when Queensland Railways withdrew services (last drinks were in 1994) and walked away, the whole line was threatened with abandonment or lifting.
Eventually the line reopened to Imbil shown here under the watch of the rail preservation group known colloquially as the Mary Valley Rattler which ran steam trains. However, the group suffered financial and maintenance problems and stopped running for quite a few years. When it reopened the restored services only ran to the foreshortened terminus at Amamoor to which they still operate today. Imbil is maintained by a separate group.