Venerable
I know, with all the getting lost etc., we seem to have been heading to Jandowae for ages! This small former railway town at the end of its own branch line north west of Dalby, Queensland is in the middle of a grain growing and agricultural district. But like other towns (Bell for instance) changes to transportation meant the town lost its railway branch line that was used in latter days for bulk grain back in June 2013. Not all that long ago.
It's easy to sniff out the former railway station and yard as some infrastructure like this old crane still exists and it's all basically in the middle of town. The cranes, back in the day would have had adjacent sidings and used for loading wagons with general goods and dairy products and maybe bales of wool or bags of wheat before methods changed to bulk loads (see link below). The old crane sits as a silent sentinel to what was the normal way of life in country Australia and in fact, around the world back before bulk took on.
Jandowae has managed to retain an ex Queensland Railways steam locomotive of Class C17 and it can be found at the local caravan park.
Read about the closed branch line here
Venerable
I know, with all the getting lost etc., we seem to have been heading to Jandowae for ages! This small former railway town at the end of its own branch line north west of Dalby, Queensland is in the middle of a grain growing and agricultural district. But like other towns (Bell for instance) changes to transportation meant the town lost its railway branch line that was used in latter days for bulk grain back in June 2013. Not all that long ago.
It's easy to sniff out the former railway station and yard as some infrastructure like this old crane still exists and it's all basically in the middle of town. The cranes, back in the day would have had adjacent sidings and used for loading wagons with general goods and dairy products and maybe bales of wool or bags of wheat before methods changed to bulk loads (see link below). The old crane sits as a silent sentinel to what was the normal way of life in country Australia and in fact, around the world back before bulk took on.
Jandowae has managed to retain an ex Queensland Railways steam locomotive of Class C17 and it can be found at the local caravan park.
Read about the closed branch line here