Millmerran railway line

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Line at Southbrook, 2014 Millmerran railway line at Southbrook.jpg
Line at Southbrook, 2014
Millmerran railway line
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71km
Graincorp siding
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70km
Millmerran
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59km
Yandilla
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Condamine River
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53km
Pampas
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Condamine River (north arm)
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47km
Brookstead
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42km
Cecilvale
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39km
Yarranlea
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26km
Pittsworth
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25km
Pittsworth East
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22km
Broxburn
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18km
Greenhills
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16km
Southbrook
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Umbriam
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The Hollows
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Southern Line from Wyreema

The Millmerran railway line is a 71 kilometre long branch railway in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia.

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History

Believed to be the opening of the Millmerran section, 1911. Note the incomplete station building (no roof) behind the loco StateLibQld 1 115440 Possibly the official opening of the new rail link between Pittsworth and Millmerran, 1911.jpg
Believed to be the opening of the Millmerran section, 1911. Note the incomplete station building (no roof) behind the loco
RM55 and trailer pause at Pittsworth Station on a special train to Millmerran to Celebrate the Centenary of the opening of the line to Pittsworth, September 1987 Dia 0178.jpg
RM55 and trailer pause at Pittsworth Station on a special train to Millmerran to Celebrate the Centenary of the opening of the line to Pittsworth, September 1987

The Queensland Parliament approved a railway line to link Pittsworth with the east via the Southern railway line from Toowoomba in October 1885.[ citation needed ]

The line branches off the Southern line in the township of Wyreema (then called Beauaraba) 17 km south of the major regional city of Toowoomba and opened on 19 September 1887. The Southern line branched from Gowrie Junction until the opening of the Drayton Deviation from Toowoomba direct to Wyreema in 1915.[ citation needed ]

Stops were constructed en route to Pittsworth at The Hollows, Umbiram, Southbrook, Greenhills and Broxburn.[ citation needed ]

An extension to the agricultural centre of Millmerran via Murlaggan, Yarranlea, Cecilvale, Brookstead, Pampas and Yandilla was approved in November 1909 and opened for business on 18 October 1911. Much of the line closely parallels the Gore Highway.[ citation needed ]

Grain traffic was substantial and has been the branch lifeblood all along. A rail motor service operated between 1928 and 1969. As occurred elsewhere, road transport took over much of the business with the result that only spasmodic grain transport remains.[ citation needed ]

The line was closed following the 2010–11 Queensland floods. [1] American operator Watco began operating grain trains to and from Brookstead in April 2022 on behalf of GrainCorp.

The line was laid with 30kg/m rail with an axle load of 15.75 tonnes. The maximum grade is 1 in 50 (2%) and the minimum radius curves are 160m. The line speed is 50km/h to Brookstead, and was 30km/h beyond.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Springborg slams line closure". The Chronicle. Toowoomba Newspapers. 11 November 2011. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.