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Rosewood Railway Museum

Coordinates: 27°36′38″S 152°33′44″E / 27.61042°S 152.56214°E / -27.61042; 152.56214
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Rosewood Railway Museum
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Established1984
Coordinates27°36′38″S 152°33′44″E / 27.61042°S 152.56214°E / -27.61042; 152.56214
TypeRailway museum
Websitehttps://www.rosewoodrailway.org.au/

The Rosewood Railway Museum is located near Rosewood, Queensland, Australia on the former railway to Marburg first opened in 1909. The museum utilises a station and yard located at Kunkala as its base.

Marburg railway line
Woodlands Sugar Mill
Marburg Fernvale Road
William Street
Lousia Street
Warrego Highway
Marburg
Edmond Street
Rosewood Marburg Road
Malabar
Rosewood Marburg Road
Birru
Kraatzs Road
Arndt Road
Talegalla
Talegalla Road
Frog's Hollow
Keates Road North
Kunkala
Keates Road
Cabanda
Rosewood Marburg Road
Perrys Knob
Oakleigh Colliery Road
Oakleigh Colliery Road
Rosemount No. 4 Mine
North Rosewood
John Street
Glencoe Colliery
Karrabin Rosewood Road
Museum Junction
Railway Street
Western Line at Rosewood

Operations

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History

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The Marburg branch opened from Rosewood in 1912 and saw primarily coal traffic for most of its life. As traffic declined the line was slowly closed in sections. Marburg to Birru was the first to close in 1964, followed by Kunkala in 1970, Cabanda in 1973 and to Perry's Knob in 1979. During the 1974 floods, the bridge carrying Rosewood-Marburg road collapsed onto the line, splitting Perry's Knob from Rosewood and cutting the line in half.

In 1984, the ARHS Queensland Division began work on returning the upper section of the line to service for the purpose of running heritage tours. The station site at Kunkala became the site of what is now the Rosewood Railway Museum.

They began running tours on both the lower and upper sections of the now split railway, opening a new station at Museum Junction in 2004.

Rolling stock

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Diesel Locomotives
Type Image Built Notes
1179 1957 Stored
DL3 1960 Operational, named 'Mount Surprise'
1614 1963 On loan to Archer Park Rail Museum
DH38 1969 Operational
Steam Locomotives
Type Image Built Notes
C17 720 1922 Stored pending overhaul, named 'Ken Biggs'
PB15 738 1926 Stored
C17 763 1927 Stored Frogs Hollow
D17 855 1938 Stored Frogs Hollow
Railmotors
Type Image Built Notes
RM2033 1970 Stored Perrys Knob
RM2038 1971 Stored Perrys Knob
RM1815 1953 Stored, only remaining 1800 motor car.
RMd 55 1930 Operational, named 'Red Fred'
RM64 1938 Overhaul being completed at Ipswich Workshops
PL72 1930 Operational, used with RMd55
PL48 1928 Stored, Former Aramac Tramway rolling stock, moved to Kunkala in 1986[1]

[1] B. Pezet, "The Aramac Tramway Trailer Car - Aramac to Kunkula", Sunshine Express No 241, April 1986, 367-372

References

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  1. ^ a b B. Pezet, "The Aramac Tramway Trailer Car - Aramac to Kunkula", Sunshine Express No 241, April 1986, 367-372
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