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Toogoolawah – C17s N°994 & N°705 – 28.11.69 C17s N°994 & N°705 stand at Toogoolawah with 359Down goods train in the late afternoon of Friday 28th November 1969. Toogoolawah trainmen have just relieved their Yarraman counterparts and the SM and guard walk towards the fireman standing on the platform while three enginemen are crouched beside the leading engine having a chat. No doubt this discussion was tinged with nostalgia and some apprehension of the future as it was the last time such an exchange would take place as trainmen were withdrawn from both places with dieselization of the branch in two days time. The event has historical significance also because this train was the first of only two on the Brisbane Valley Branch to be worked with attached C17 engines. Previously only a PB15 engine was permitted to run attached to a C17on this line. Firemen’s shovels lean against the wall of the cream shed which had long been the accustomed place for enginemen to leave their equipment.
DD17 Nº 1046 climbs away from Grovely on 15th December 1968. The speed board on the right has been obscured due to a speed restriction being in place.
Jack Quirk of Huntingdon Valley Country Club (l) launches a tee shot as father John oversees on No. 16 at Blue Bell Country Club in the Father-Son (Younger).
PB15 N° 750 stands at N° 2 Platform Roma Street with an excursion train on 8th February 1969. The framework for the new SGIO building is in the background
OK, not the best quality, but the locals will no doubt never permit a pic from this location again, and I like it! Hand held, slide. Oh, well... and you can tell by the ties, it was frosty!
PB15 Nº 444 crosses the old Logan River Bridge between Bethania and Kingston with an excursion train on 20th April 1969. The bridge was replaced by a prestressed concrete structure in 1972.
Wacol DD17 N°1046 – 15.12.68 DD17 N°1046 takes water at Wacol on 15th December 1968. Tank engines working Goodna services watered at Wacol on the Up journey. Full tanks enabled them to work Wacol – Goodna – Central a distance of 18 miles (29km)
Beyer Garratt Nº 1096 stands at Platform 2 Roma Street on 23.11.68. The framework for the new SGIO Building rises in the background.
Roma Street DD17 N°951 27Dn – 3.7.67 DD17 N°951 departs Roma Street Platform N°8 with 27Down Shorncliffe passenger on the morning of 3rd July 1967. The busy Goods Shed is visible in the background
Dawes Range BB18¼ N°1077 & C17 N°974 – 1970 BB18¼ N°1077 & C17 N°974 climbing the Dawes Range in 1970