Tarong railway line

Tarong railway line
Overview
Status Dismantled
Termini Kingaroy,Queensland
Tarong, Queensland (Near Maidenwell, Queensland)
Operation
Opened 5 December 1915 (1915-12-05)
Closed 1961
Operator(s) Queensland Rail
Technical
Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Tarong Branch route map
Legend

0km KingaroyTo Theebine (left) To Nanango (right)

Taabinga Village

Boonenne

Goodger

Archookoora

Brooklands

Tarong

Tarong Branch Railway. Plans for this thirty kilometre branch line in south-east Queensland, Australia were approved on 12 December 1911 together with an undertaking to extend it further south to Cooyar.[1] Opened on 15 December 1915, the line passed through sidings at Taabinga Village, Boonenne, Goodger, Archookoora and Brooklands.

A mixed train ran thrice weekly but on 1 July 1961 the line suffered the same fate as the Windera branch with the promised link to Cooyar never materialising.


References

  1. Kerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Boolarong Press 1990

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