Infrastructure Gallery

To view the full size image, simply click on the thumbnail image then use the "back" button on your browser to come back to this page. A significant and rare survivor of the earliest railway infrastructure in Queensland the Heiner Road Railway Overpass was constructed around 1864 over the line that connected the government wharf on the Bremer River with the original North Ipswich Railway workshops. After some controversy the remaining sandstone abutments of the bridge were preserved and they now stand in the precint of the Riverlink shopping centre. Photo taken 9th November, 2007. Also taken on 9th November 2007 this shot of the Heiner Road Overpass looking north shows the old preserved tarpaulin store in the background which was also part of the original North Ipswich Railway Workshops. The store is now vacant except for a bank on the bottom floor on the eastern side of the building. Taken on Saturday 21st July 2007, from the open air area of the Riverlink Shopping Centre food court, this shot shows the northern approach of the Bremer River Rail Bridge at Ipswich. Part of the Workshops, now Workshops Museum Line, this bridge is the third that has been built on the site with the first bridge (a combined road rail bridge) being built in 1864. Note the old lower quadrant semaphore signal. Thanks to the Workshops Rail Museum, you can Click Here for more information on the three Bremer River Bridges that were built. 17th October 2005. Helensvale Railway Station on the Gold Coast Line as seen looking east from the from the new Helensvale Westfield Town Centre. Opening only a few days earlier on 13th October 2005, the new Town Centre is significant in that it now makes Helensvale Station part of the group of the precious few stations on the Brisbane Suburban system, that have immediate access to a major shopping precint. Taken on Saturday 17th September 2005, during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers, the Old Station Masters House at Spring Bluff on the Toowoomba Line, now a very pleasant cafe, looks resplendent against the multitude of flowers adorning the station complex. Also taken on Saturday 17th September 2005, is what I believe to be old accomodation quarters for fettling gangs on the Toowoomba Line at Spring Bluff. I am certain it would not have been painted pink in its day and certainly would not have been surrounded with all those flowers! :) Wallangarra Railway Station on the Queensland, New South Wales border where the break of gauge meant a change of trains! This shot of the southern end of the station shows the Queensland 3'6" (1067mm) line to the left of the picture and the New South Wales standard gauge platform to the right. Though little used now, the Queensland line is still open all the way to Brisbane whereas the New South Wales line truncates only a few hundred metres or so south of the station and the border. Recently refurbished, the station now houses a museum and cafe.14th August 2005. The old Station Masters House at Wallangarra Station. At the time the picture was taken on the 14th August 2005 a number of the locals had informed me that it was up for sale. Just as passengers had to change trains at the break of gauge at Wallangarra so too did goods. This picture taken again on the the 14th August 2005 is of the goods platform and shed where in its heyday would have been a hive of frenzied activity as goods were transferred from one train to the other! Used for the watering of standard gauge locos this watering tower stands little used at Wallangara Station. Note the very rusty lever set beside it. Picture taken 14th August 2005. Once again at Wallangarra Station on the 14th August 2005 this lever set, which is still in use, sits opposite the northern end of the station just across the Queensland 3'6' (1067mm) line.

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