Official opening of the "Kyogle Interstate Railway Line" by Mrs AE Moore, wife of Queensland Premier at South Brisbane, 27 September 1930.
3320 leads the first train from Sydney to Brisbane, 1930
South Brisbane signal box 1974 or 75. Brisbane Limited stowed behind the box..
South Brisbane (Philip Tatarinov)
Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 986.737km
Opened : 26th September 1930 (as Brisbane)
Closed : 21st June 1986
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After Sir Thomas Brisbane, the governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825
Notes : Original terminus for the line. SG platform was 193.5 metres on the Down side. The dead-end for the line was at 986.834km
8040/44216/44206
Brisbane Limited Express to Sydney awaits departure time at South Brisbane Interstate Station
7/8/1983 (Gordon Ross)
South Brisbane - overpass construction 1929 for the Kyogle-Brisbane line (JO Library)
South Brisbane, early 1980s (Anthony McLaughlin)
Ron Webb's photo's. 1) South Brisbane signal box for NSW. 2) QR shunters meal room/humpy. 3-4) 7314 & right side of South Brisbane NSW yard, left for covered wagons, centre for containers & right for open wagons. Can see QR South Brisbane station on right with red/maroon roof. 5) The curved platform of South Brisbane Interstate station. On 25/9/1984.
50 Class Locomotive shunts the Brisbane Limited late 1960s.at South Brisbane. (Allan Harris)
South Brisbane terminus, 1930
From Ron Webb. Fireman Bob Duncan, on 5247 shunting south Brisbane & can see South Brisbane signal box as well. 0n 17/1/1967.
Ron Webb's photo. 44236/44212 on NL1 Brisbane Limited, arriving at South Brisbane interstate station, on 1/4/1985.
The platform of the standard gauge station at South Brisbane, Qld, just after closure and just as demolition had commenced, August 1 1986.
South Brisbane was the northern terminus of interstate passenger trains from the opening of the standard gauge railway in 1930 until June 21 1986 when the standard gauge line was extended over the Brisbane River via the new Merivale Bridge and the one daily standard gauge passenger train, the Brisbane Limited from Sydney, was extended to Roma Street station.
So when this photo was taken, it was just 5-6 weeks after the last train had departed this platform. Quite clearly the demolition process was well underway.
Today the once daily interstate passenger train from Brisbane, the XPT to and from Sydney, arrives and departs Roma Street station. The site of South Brisbane Interstate station is now occupied by the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.
"3804 still in wartime grey but looking pristine nonetheless backs down to the platform at South Brisbane to take out N38 military special to Sydney on 20 July 1944."
3804 hauled a military test special from Sydney to Brisbane on 18 July 1944 (N33) and returned two days later. The train comprised DMC1902 (Dynamometer Car), 7 x FS and AK417 for a gross load of 332 tons. The running time on the down journey was 15 hours 50 mins (for an average of 39.5mph) and 16 hours 5 minutes (for an average of 38mph) on the up. There is a detailed log of both specials on pages 110 & 111 of the aforementioned book plus some performance details on p112 - most notable being a cylinder horsepower of 1860 recorded on the up journey while climbing the 1 in 66 in the McPherson Ranges.
Horse box KKG531 at South Brisbane (undated) (State Archives)
Up train at South Brisbane (undated) (State Archives)
4216 and 44217 haul the empty cars from the recently arrived Brisbane Limited Express across the Merivale bridge near South Brisbane, Qld, May 13 1989.
South Brisbane (Interstate) platform, serving the standard gauge line, 613 miles from Sydney, as seen by the mile post at left. Thursday, 14-9-1967. (Graeme Kirkby)
Interstate platform, South Brisbane, 1979 (SLQ Peter Fischmann)
The image displays passengers waiting for the Brisbane Limited amongst the pot plants on the interstate station platform in 1986. QR/QM Collection.