Tickets are now on sale for a special steam train journey to commemorate 150 years of rail in Queensland. Read Today's Paper Tributes & Notices. Rewards. Subscribe for $4.

"There was the steam trains, then the rail motors, then the diesel and then the electric ones," he said. Today, Bety, or BB18 ¼ 1079 - the pride of Queensland Rail's heritage fleet - steamed out ...

The steam train engines were withdrawn from service with Queensland Rail after diesel engines were introduced in 1969. Happy Valley Class 17 steam locomotive used as play structure, Caloundra ca 1971.

THE end of an era was celebrated on December 21, 1969 when the last steam train locomotive in Queensland was run in Mackay. Read Today's Paper Tributes & Notices. Rewards. Subscribe.

AS Queensland celebrated its 150th birthday, 30 students left Brisbane's Roma St station aboard a steam train to spread goodwill messages across the state.

THE nostalgic era of steam train travel returns to the tropical north next year as Queensland Rail celebrates 150 years. Travel and tourist executive general manager Martin Ryan said it would be a ...

THE nostalgic era of steam train travel returns to the tropical north next year as Queensland Rail celebrates 150 years. Travel and tourist executive general manager Martin Ryan said it would be a ...

AFTER years of hard work, the Mackay Heritage Railway group is one step closer to achieving its dream of opening a heritage railway museum. Read Today's Paper Tributes & Notices.

Jon Broderick from Kallangur driver incharge ph 0427573886 with a steam train at Ipswich .As part of the 150th anniversary of Queensland Rail, an old steam train will chug up to Cairns to recreate ...

NEW Hope Group employee Andre du Preez took a step back in time with Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway recently, to celebrate 10 years of coal donations by the Ipswich-based mining company.

You know him as a former deputy prime minister, but Tim Fischer may be Australia's most well-known train spotter.