| 词条 | Beaudesert Shire Tramway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Beaudesert Shire Tramway | image = StateLibQld 1 111364 Train on the Beaudesert tramway halted at Rathdowney Station, 1912.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_alt =Beaudesert Shire Tramway mixed train at Rathdowney station in 1912 | caption = Beaudesert Shire Tramway mixed train at Rathdowney station in 1912. | type = Industrial tramway | status = Closed | locale = Beaudesert Shire | open = {{start date|1903|10|10|df=y}} | close = {{start date|1944|09|30|df=y}} | owner = Beaudesert Shire | operator = Beaudesert Shire | tracklength_mi= 39.36 | gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|al=on|lk=on}} | speed_mph = | map = {{Beaudesert Shire Tramway}} | map_state = collapsed }} The Beaudesert Shire Tramway was a narrow gauge tramway which operated from Beaudesert to Lamington and Rathdowney in Queensland. It was one of 15 light railways built and operated by Divisional Boards and Shire Councils in Queensland.[1] The line carried passengers and cargo. It operated from 1903 to 1944. It was initially profitable and seen as a great success for the local shire council. The tramway is credited with opening up the agricultural lands of the upper Logan River.[2] HistoryThe Tabragalba Divisional Board, predecessor of the Beaudesert Shire, proposed the construction of the Tramway in 1899.[3] Approval was granted on 23 October 1901 and the Beaudesert Tramway Committee was formed on 3 March 1902. The Tramway opened from Beaudesert to Innisplain and Lilybank on 10 October 1903 with Sir Herbert Chermside, Governor of Queensland, officiating at the opening ceremony at Tabooba Junction.[4] In August 1907, it was decided to extend the line to Rathdowney from Innisplain. At the same shire meeting an extension from Christmas Creek was also agreed upon.[5] In 1910, a loan for the extensions was granted.[6] The line was extended to Lamington in October 1910. A branch line from Tabooba to Rathdowney was opened in March 1911.[1] The total cost of construction was £92,770.[7] In 1918, residents of Urbenville in northern New South Wales unsuccessfully agitated for an extension from Rathdowney to the west of Mount Lindesay.[8] Services ran between Beaudesert and Rathdowney three times per week.[9] The main traffic was timber, dairy produce and livestock[7] which were transshipped to the Queensland Railways Beaudesert line. Early traffic was promising. For example, in the 1905-1906 financial year the Tramway carried 6,712 passengers, {{convert|75,375|impgal|USgal L}} of cream, 2,854 pigs, {{convert|743|LT|t ST}} of general merchandise, {{convert|260|LT|t ST|0}} of other agricultural produce and {{convert|9,669|LT|t ST}} of timber.[10] During the 1920s the movement of timber was gradually decreasing.[11] The tramway was used to transport postal mail to Rathdowney.[12] As the line to Kyogle was being built in 1926 it generated traffic on the tramway. This led to considerable delays with services unable to run to the timetable.[13] Rathdowney and nearby towns were served by the {{RailGauge|56.5in|allk=on}} interstate line from 1930. Traffic volume on the line experienced significant decreases starting from this time.[14] Following the "encroachment" of the standard gauge line and increasing competition from road transport, the Shire approached the Government of Queensland to take over the Tramway but the Minister for Railways declined.[15] With declining traffic, the Tramway ceased operations on 30 Sep 1944. The rails and rolling stock were sold,[16] and the Beaudesert Tramway Committee was abolished on 31 December 1945.[17] Locomotives
Rolling stockThe Tramway owned locomotives, passenger carriages capable of carrying 70 people and goods vans, with timber wagons and other rolling stock hired from Queensland Railways.[7] RemainsMuch of the Tramway reservation is now on private property, although substantial portions are visible from public roads such as the Mount Lindesay Highway. The Tramway station at Rathdowney still exists. Tramway Road at Christmas Creek is built on the former tramway reservation. Gallery{{Gallery|File:Beaudesert Tramway Station 1927.jpg|Beaudesert Tramway Station in 1927 |File:Beaudesert Shire Tramway 185.jpg|B13 class 185 at Beaudesert in 1944 |File:Beaudesert Shire Tramway Foden 1944.jpg|Foden rail tractor at Tabooba in 1944 |File:StateLibQld_2_232926_Upper_Logan_Terminal_Station_on_the_Beaudesert_Tramway,_1903.jpg|Upper Logan Terminal Station on the Beaudesert Tramway, 1903 |File:StateLibQld_2_232938_Workmen_travelling_on_top_of_the_carriages_near_the_ballast_pit_on_the_Beaudesert_Tramway_route,_1903.jpg|Workmen on a ballast train, 1903 }} See also{{Portal|Queensland|Railways}}
References1. ^1 {{cite book|author=Keith McDonald and Ray Ellis|title=Beaudesert Shire Tramway|publisher=Light Railway Research Society of Australia|year=1980|isbn=0909340110}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19710497 |title=Beaudesert Shire Tramway. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=16,698 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=19 July 1911 |accessdate=28 March 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^Tabragalba Divisional Board Minutes, 7 Nov 1899; QSA:SRS4983/1/5 4. ^{{cite news|title=Beaudesert-Lara Tramway: Official Opening|publisher=The Brisbane Courier|date=12 October 1903|page=4}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19371705 |title=Beaudesert Tramway Extensions. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |volume=LXIV, |issue=15,479 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=22 August 1907 |accessdate=28 March 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19730542 |title=The Upper Logan |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=16,945 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=4 May 1912 |accessdate=28 March 2016 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=The Beaudesert Tramway|publisher=The Brisbane Courier|date=14 January 1924|page=15}} 8. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article195149086 |title=Suggested Beaudesert Tramway Extension. |newspaper=Daily Examiner |volume=6, |issue=884 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 June 1918 |accessdate=28 March 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} 9. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21426306 |title=For the Man on the Land. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=22,296 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=13 July 1929 |accessdate=28 March 2016 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}} 10. ^{{cite news|title=Beaudesert Tramway: Report for 1906|publisher=The Brisbane Courier|date=12 September 1906|page=5}} 11. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21103818 |title=Beaudesert Tramway. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=21,545 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=14 February 1927 |accessdate=28 March 2016 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}} 12. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216104314 |title=Beaudesert Tramway |newspaper=The Beaudesert Times |volume=XVIII, |issue=983 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=18 March 1927 |accessdate=28 March 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} 13. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179972445 |title=Beaudesert Tramway |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |issue=16,784 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=17 September 1926 |accessdate=28 March 2016 |page=4 (City Edition) |via=National Library of Australia}} 14. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216235432 |title=Beaudesert Tramway. |newspaper=The Beaudesert Times |volume=XXII, |issue=1156 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=18 July 1930 |accessdate=28 March 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} 15. ^{{cite news|title=Beaudesert Tramway Hit Hard By Kyogle Line: Deputation to Minister|publisher=The Brisbane Courier|date=31 July 1931|page=4}} 16. ^{{cite news|title=Beaudesert Sells Its Tramway|publisher=The Courier-Mail|date=1 November 1944|page=4}} 17. ^Queensland State Archives Agency ID10855, Beaudesert Tramway Committee External links{{Commons category-inline|Beaudesert Shire Tramway}}{{Coord|28|10|28|N|152|54|13|W|display=title}} 7 : Railway lines opened in 1903|Railway lines closed in 1944|Closed railway lines in Queensland|3 ft 6 in gauge railways in Australia|1903 establishments in Australia|1944 disestablishments in Australia|Scenic Rim Region |
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