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Beaudesert railway line
The Beaudesert railway line (also known as the Upper Logan railway line) is a disused branch railway in South East Queensland, Australia. The first section opened in 1885 between Bethania and Logan Village, the line completed in 1888 with the extension to the terminus of Beaudesert and operated as a Queensland Government Railways (QGR) line until 1996 (Passenger service ceased in 1961). A heritage operation was undertaken from 2002 to 2005. The QR Canungra branch line junctioned from the Beaudesert branch at Logan Village and operated between 1915 and 1955, and the Beaudesert Shire Tramway connected with the terminus between 1903 and 1944. A study was undertaken in 2010 by the Queensland government concerning a potential Salisbury-to-Beaudesert rail corridor as a long-term potential proposal.
The 43 kilometre-long line commenced at Bethania railway station (27°41′18″S 153°09′31″E / 27.6884°S 153.1585°E) 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Brisbane. It branches off the Beenleigh Line at a triangular junction immediately south of Bethania station (27°41′24″S 153°09′36″E / 27.6901°S 153.1600°E) then progresses generally south-west to Jimboomba and then generally south to its terminus at Beaudesert, on the following route.
In 1877, a line was proposed from Wacol to Logan Village, Beaudesert and Tamrookum. A trial survey was taken around 1881 with the route commencing from Goodna. This line proposed 1-in-30 (~3.3%) grades, the steepest on the QGR system at the time, as well as requiring a bridge over the Logan River.
The line as built commenced at Bethania on the Beenleigh railway line, south of the Logan River and had the advantage of being a shorter distance of new construction. The section from Bethania to Logan Village was opened on 21 September 1885, with the Logan Village to Beaudesert section opened on 16 May 1888.
Initially trains were 'mixed' (i.e. consisting of both passenger carriages and goods wagons) until 1929, from when passenger services used rail motors.
Use of the passenger services declined with the increasing ownership of cars following World War II, leading to the termination of passenger services in 1961. However, the Beaudesert abattoir and local dairy farmers continued to use the freight services on the line until freight services terminated on 20 May 1996.
The line was unused until Beaudesert railway enthusiasts obtained an Australian Government grant to establish Beaudesert Rail to operate the line as a heritage tourism service.
In 2001, a grant provided by the federal government was approved for local group ‘Beaudesert Shire Railway Support Group’, trading as Beaudesert Rail (BR). Their aim was to provide a heritage rail experience along the length of the branch. The group acquired rolling stock from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, an ex-Queensland Rail C17 number 967 from Alice Springs, NT and an 11 class diesel locomotive, number 1105, purchased from former Tasmania’s Emu Bay Railway. The rail bridges were strengthened, most evidently at Waters Creek, Beaudesert to permit the use of a class C17 steam locomotive; a locomotive having previously never seen use on this particular branch due to its axle loading exceeding the rating of the railway. Originally the branch only permitted PB15s, B13s, B15s and 60t diesels to traverse the line. Track work was contracted to Queensland Rail to re-sleeper and ballast the 43km branch line. Local community members and work for the dole programs constructed new platforms, restored rolling stock and station buildings, and tended to gardens. A new station building at Logan Village was erected, the former Park Road, Platform 1 station building. Local Beaudesert metal fabricators were tasked with rebuilding C17 967 with the aid of fitters from Ipswich Workshops and Boilerland, Virginia restoring the boiler for 967.
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Beaudesert railway line
The Beaudesert railway line (also known as the Upper Logan railway line) is a disused branch railway in South East Queensland, Australia. The first section opened in 1885 between Bethania and Logan Village, the line completed in 1888 with the extension to the terminus of Beaudesert and operated as a Queensland Government Railways (QGR) line until 1996 (Passenger service ceased in 1961). A heritage operation was undertaken from 2002 to 2005. The QR Canungra branch line junctioned from the Beaudesert branch at Logan Village and operated between 1915 and 1955, and the Beaudesert Shire Tramway connected with the terminus between 1903 and 1944. A study was undertaken in 2010 by the Queensland government concerning a potential Salisbury-to-Beaudesert rail corridor as a long-term potential proposal.
The 43 kilometre-long line commenced at Bethania railway station (27°41′18″S 153°09′31″E / 27.6884°S 153.1585°E) 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Brisbane. It branches off the Beenleigh Line at a triangular junction immediately south of Bethania station (27°41′24″S 153°09′36″E / 27.6901°S 153.1600°E) then progresses generally south-west to Jimboomba and then generally south to its terminus at Beaudesert, on the following route.
In 1877, a line was proposed from Wacol to Logan Village, Beaudesert and Tamrookum. A trial survey was taken around 1881 with the route commencing from Goodna. This line proposed 1-in-30 (~3.3%) grades, the steepest on the QGR system at the time, as well as requiring a bridge over the Logan River.
The line as built commenced at Bethania on the Beenleigh railway line, south of the Logan River and had the advantage of being a shorter distance of new construction. The section from Bethania to Logan Village was opened on 21 September 1885, with the Logan Village to Beaudesert section opened on 16 May 1888.
Initially trains were 'mixed' (i.e. consisting of both passenger carriages and goods wagons) until 1929, from when passenger services used rail motors.
Use of the passenger services declined with the increasing ownership of cars following World War II, leading to the termination of passenger services in 1961. However, the Beaudesert abattoir and local dairy farmers continued to use the freight services on the line until freight services terminated on 20 May 1996.
The line was unused until Beaudesert railway enthusiasts obtained an Australian Government grant to establish Beaudesert Rail to operate the line as a heritage tourism service.
In 2001, a grant provided by the federal government was approved for local group ‘Beaudesert Shire Railway Support Group’, trading as Beaudesert Rail (BR). Their aim was to provide a heritage rail experience along the length of the branch. The group acquired rolling stock from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, an ex-Queensland Rail C17 number 967 from Alice Springs, NT and an 11 class diesel locomotive, number 1105, purchased from former Tasmania’s Emu Bay Railway. The rail bridges were strengthened, most evidently at Waters Creek, Beaudesert to permit the use of a class C17 steam locomotive; a locomotive having previously never seen use on this particular branch due to its axle loading exceeding the rating of the railway. Originally the branch only permitted PB15s, B13s, B15s and 60t diesels to traverse the line. Track work was contracted to Queensland Rail to re-sleeper and ballast the 43km branch line. Local community members and work for the dole programs constructed new platforms, restored rolling stock and station buildings, and tended to gardens. A new station building at Logan Village was erected, the former Park Road, Platform 1 station building. Local Beaudesert metal fabricators were tasked with rebuilding C17 967 with the aid of fitters from Ipswich Workshops and Boilerland, Virginia restoring the boiler for 967.
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