Quilpie?

[Alan]

Hi. We had a member of our local model railway club who visited Australia several years ago. He rode a train to a place called Quilpie, I think, but I don't know where the line went from on th coast, so don't know where to look on the map. I think it was in the east (a large area http://www.trainboard.com/smile.gif)

He was allowed to ride on the front porch of the locomotive for part of the journey, so I guess it was not a main line railway! I seem to remember him saying it was narrow gauge.

Can anyone pinpoint this line, and give some details, please? Is it still there, and does it use modern power and stock.

Thanks.


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Alan

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[Gats]

Quilpie, an opal mining town, is a fair way inland in a WNW direction from Brisbane, Queensland - over 400 miles. It is about 80-100 miles west of Charleville.
The map I found at http://uk.multimap.com/world/ found it. Shows rail lines, etc, but is only 500x300 in size.
The line is 3'6" and if it is in operation, I can't say, but Quilpie is the terminus of that branch.

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Gary A. Rose
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N to the Nth degree!

[Alan]

Thanks Gary,

I use multimap all the time to find out where any new customers live, mainly in the States, but it never crossed my mind to use it to find Quilpie http://www.trainboard.com/smile.gif

I had an email giving me information on the line, and a great Australian web site. I have asked the sender if he will post it here. It may be of interest to other Aussie fans.

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Alan

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[Alan]

The e-mail referred to above was sent to me by Trevor Gibbs. He said:
"Quilpie is west of Brisbane about 700 kms or so. Queensland crews are
about the friendliest around and cab rides were easy to get. He would
most likely have ridden a 1700 or 1720 class diesel as these were the
branch line unit. You can folow links through http://www.railpage.org.au and checking the locomotive links."

He asked me to post it as he could not get it to work from his computer. The website is a great place for information on Australian rails and especially locomotives, with photographs and full details and statistics. - Well worth a look!!

Thanks, Trevor. Keep trying with your posts http://www.trainboard.com/smile.gif

Alan