Rosewood Railway Museum

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Rosewood Railway Museum
Rosewood Railway Museum
Established1984
Coordinates 27°36′38″S152°33′44″E / 27.61042°S 152.56214°E / -27.61042; 152.56214 Coordinates: 27°36′38″S152°33′44″E / 27.61042°S 152.56214°E / -27.61042; 152.56214
Type Railway museum
Website https://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.

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

Operations

History

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

Diesel Locomotives
TypeImageBuiltNotes
11791957Stored
DL31960Operational, named 'Mount Surprise'
1614 QR 1614 English Diesel Electric, Archer Park Rail Museum, 2016 02.jpg 1963On loan to Archer Park Rail Museum
DH381969Operational
Steam Locomotives
TypeImageBuiltNotes
C17 7201922Stored pending overhaul, named 'Ken Biggs'
PB15 7381926Stored
C17 7631927Stored Frogs Hollow
D17 8551938Stored Frogs Hollow
Railmotors
TypeImageBuiltNotes
RM20331970Stored Perrys Knob
RM20381971Stored Perrys Knob
RM18151953Stored, only remaining 1800 motor car.
RMd 551930Operational, named 'Red Fred'
RM641938Overhaul being completed at Ipswich Workshops
PL721930Operational, used with RMd55
PL481928Stored, 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

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References

  1. 1 2 B. Pezet, "The Aramac Tramway Trailer Car - Aramac to Kunkula", Sunshine Express No 241, April 1986, 367-372