Yeerongpilly

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from Australian Railway History 2009, two locos near the Yerongpilly Down Home colour light signals

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Ronny Webb's photos. For a change some steam.
3801 at Yeerongpilly loco from 23-28/3/89.  1) outside south end of shed. 2) nose to nose nearly with 4461 on departure road, 44228 on 1 road. 3) on turntable road & 4423/44215 on departure road. 4) 4501 on 1 road & 3801 in shed 2 road, with Yeerongpilly driver Wally Ogrosznechek ( Wally O).

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Ronny Webb photo's. RM 402 at Yeerongpilly loco. Whilst on the north coast doing radio tests. 1) on 1 road outside shed. 2) on turntable road, with old brake down van behind. 3) On departure road, with 4487 on 1 road. No date supplied.

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Ron Webb's photo. From his cab of 4502, view of Yeerongpilly loco. With Candy 45 on turntable road, 45 outside shed on 1 road, plus a 48 on departure road. Also a QR railmotor heading towards Corinda from Yeerongpilly Station, 26/3/1985.

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These photos are from retired driver Ronny Webb from Yeerongpilly. Fireman Phil Duffy with 8049 which got away from him at Yeerongpilly depot on 8/2/87.

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Ron Webb's photo.  Yeerongpilly depot, 4472/8006 heading out of the departure road with yellow on the signal. No date supplied.

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Ronny Webb, photo. N1 Limited or Express, with driver hand exchanging staff at Yeerongpilly, for South Brisbane. Can see the old signal box. No date supplied.

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Type : Depot
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 979.787km
Location : -27.525387, 153.013782
Opened : 26th September 1930
Closed : n/a
Status : In use
Name meaning : By the water or by the water or possibly 'Yeerongpilly' is likely derived from the Aboriginal words 'yurong' meaning rain, and 'pilly' meaning a gully.
Notes : Yeerongpilly was opened on 26 September 1930 as the Queensland end of the NSW locomotive operations on the North Coast Line. The Locomotive Depot was a sub-depot under the control of Casino. Three 9-inch water columns were provided in the Loco Yard from opening. A respirator set (two respirators, two hoods, four gauntlets) was provided at Yeerongpilly Loco Depot for tunnel working between Glenapp and Border Loop from 1932. The signal box operated the Clapham–Yeerongpilly and Yeerongpilly–South Brisbane sections. Park Road Siding (under South Brisbane control) was established at Mileage 611m 41c between Yeerongpilly and South Brisbane in November 1942. The Intercolonial Boring Company Ltd. siding at Yeerongpilly was removed by 1961. The Tennyson–Yeerongpilly–Corinda Section siding (Brisbane City Council) was taken over by the Southern Electric Authority of Queensland on 1 January 1963. Yeerongpilly Loco Depot became the SRA of NSW Locomotive Depot from 1983 (Station Code 12255). The mechanical signal box was abolished by Queensland Railways on 17–18 April 1982; standard gauge signals transferred to Clapham signal-box and Mayne Control Centre control. The Yeerongpilly Loco and Wagon Repair Sidings continued to operate under yard conditions.

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4471/44??/48??, on the departure road Yeerongpilly loco on a dark stormy morning in 1980. (Philip Tatarinov)

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Yeerongpilly from June 1967 (Mike Quirk)

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Yeerongpilly, 1950 (State Archives)

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Yeerongpilly loco shed, 1970 - 5035, 4470, 4479 & 4818 (Records NSW)

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Yerongpilly Up Brisbane Limited Express 4406 4448 4445
30 October 1966.
Photo: Weston Langford

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Yeerongpilly depot 1965 (Eric Marggraf)

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"108129: Yerongpilly Up Brisbane Limited Express 4406 4448 4445. Photo taken: 30 October 1966."(Ack:© westonlangford/images/photo/108129/: CC-BY-ND-4.0 License)