Type : Intermodal Terminal
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 973.000km
Opened : After 1973
Closed : n/a
Status : In use
Name meaning : Unknown
Location
Ron Webb's photo's. 4506 on 2AR Acacia Ridge, shunting the steel coils outside the old GMH plant. Apparently this is Metpol now. Was converted to a warehouse. Also a truck of wool ready to go. No date supplied.
Ron Webb's photo. 4472 on N274 at Acacia Ridge on 21/9/1984.
Ron Webb's photo. 4520 on AR2 shunt (Acacia Ridge), shunting on the dual gauge, steel products. You can see the new boundary road overpass in back ground, use to block traffic severely at the road crossing until it was built. 10/5/1985.
Ron Webb's photo. 8046/80?? On NL1 Brisbane Limited Just passing Acacia Ridge signal box, with approximately 25-30 minutes left to South Brisbane. The windows above the 2nd 80class is the signalbox. 8/4/1987.
Ronny Webb photo. Three 45,s at the Ridge. L-R 4526 Candy on 2AR-4515, 9 Shunt (conveys loading between Acacia Ridge & South Brisbane)-4527 on 1AR, all in the new crane area, Acacia Ridge, on 6/6/86
Australian Railway History 2009, a NSW train is in the shunting neck north of Acacia Ridge. In the background, is the Boundary Rd overpass, installed around 1982/83, which replaced a level crossing. After the overpass was installed the Acacia Ridge yard was resignalled, in 1983 with hybrid signaling (QR like signals with position light shunt signals but with marker lights) for the standard gauge section
In mid 90's with National Rail. 8156/81?? , ready to depart Acacia Ridge yard - A track on BM4. The line on left is the main line goes into Roma Street Brisbane. (Philip Tatarinov)
Ronny Webb's photos. 1) 4506 shunting New Crane 3 road Acacia Ridge. 2) QR 2114 shunting New Crane 2 road. New Crane 1-4 roads were dual gauge to share. No date supplied.
Acacia Ridge - private sidings