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Queensland Museum Rail Workshops will take you on an eye-opening journey through the state's history as seen from the birthplace of rail in Queensland, the heritage-listed Ipswich Railway Workshops. Queensland Museum Rail Workshops administers this page as a forum to exchange stories, information, ideas and images that enhance the richness and variety of the collections and research outcomes of the Museum. Comments and other content posted by you on this page may be removed and the user banned by the administrator if it:

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It was not just the Ipswich Railway Workshops where special trains transported staff to work, the abattoirs at Cannon Hi...
14/10/2026

It was not just the Ipswich Railway Workshops where special trains transported staff to work, the abattoirs at Cannon Hill were also serviced by worker trains.

Here PB15 Class locomotive No.530 hauls a two-car train near Buranda on the 3rd of November 1966.

📷 Photograph Brian Martin.

What comes after the football season? The cricket season of course! Australia has a long history of workplaces forming s...
08/10/2026

What comes after the football season? The cricket season of course!

Australia has a long history of workplaces forming sporting teams to play in local competitions. In 1908 the Railway Department Head Office formed a side and played other teams across Brisbane. The staff at the Roma Street and Woolloongabba Locomotive Depots also fielded sides that year.

Here the Head Office team pose for their photo, along with other non-playing staff.

📷 QM/QR Collection.

While our museum remains temporarily closed, we'd love to help you discover some exciting experiences across Queensland ...
29/09/2026

While our museum remains temporarily closed, we'd love to help you discover some exciting experiences across Queensland Museum these school holidays!

🌸 Queensland Museum Cobb+Co Toowoomba
Celebrate Carnival of Flowers with the iconic Hanging Basket Display, special workshops and talks, plus spring-inspired treats in Cobb's Coffee Shop.

🔬 Queensland Museum Kurilpa Brisbane
It's your last chance to take a colossal crocodile adventure before Croc! leaves Brisbane on 5 October 2026.

✨ Queensland Museum Tropics Townsville
Experience Sea of Light, an immersive adventure where children use UV torches to create glowing underwater worlds as part of the North Australian Festival of Arts.

Whether you're heading to Brisbane, Toowoomba or Townsville these holidays, there's a Queensland Museum experience waiting to be discovered.
Find out more: qm.qld.gov.au

🚧Queensland Museum Rail Workshops Temporary Closure🚧Queensland Museum Rail Workshops remains temporarily closed while es...
15/09/2026

🚧Queensland Museum Rail Workshops Temporary Closure🚧

Queensland Museum Rail Workshops remains temporarily closed while essential restoration works continue across our heritage-listed site.

We understand this ongoing closure is disappointing for our community, and we truly appreciate your continued patience and support as we work towards reopening.

While we don't yet have a reopening date to share, we'll keep you updated here, on our website and by email as soon as more information becomes available.

Thank you for your continued support of Queensland Museum Rail Workshops. We look forward to welcoming you back when our doors reopen.

Spring Bluff Station is a popular destination during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. Queensland Rail began promoting ...
14/09/2026

Spring Bluff Station is a popular destination during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. Queensland Rail began promoting the beautification of stations from the 1910s, holding competitions for encouragement.

Spring Bluff Station was awarded numerous prizes and has long been known for its garden displays, shown here blooming in 1979. Since the 1970s, Queensland Rail has operated a heritage shuttle train between Toowoomba and Spring Bluff stations as part of the Carnival of Flowers event.

📷 Queensland Museum/Queensland Rail Collection

If you're planning a trip to Toowoomba for this year's Carnival of Flowers, be sure to visit Queensland Museum Cobb+Co

Electrification of the rail line between Shorncliffe and Kingston was completed in 1982, ahead of the Brisbane Commonwea...
08/09/2026

Electrification of the rail line between Shorncliffe and Kingston was completed in 1982, ahead of the Brisbane Commonwealth Games. Two EMUs were decorated for the lines official opening on 18 September.

📷 Queensland Museum/Queensland Rail Collection

From the first days of Queensland rail travel in 1865, the provision of food and drink to customers was widely endorsed....
31/08/2026

From the first days of Queensland rail travel in 1865, the provision of food and drink to customers was widely endorsed. Railway Refreshment Rooms became popular with travellers, as steam trains stopped regularly to take on water and service the locomotive.

The Toowoomba Station Refreshment Rooms, shown here in about 1930, had one of the best reputations in Queensland. The Toowoomba Rooms continued to operate until the 1980s, long after most rooms had closed with the advent of diesel and electric services which reduced the need for regular stops.

📷 Queensland Museum/Queensland Rail Collection

This view of the Hyne & Sons tramway shows part of the timber industry once active on K’gari (Fraser Island). A small ne...
25/08/2026

This view of the Hyne & Sons tramway shows part of the timber industry once active on K’gari (Fraser Island).

A small network of tram lines carried timber from forests to jetties for shipping until being replaced with motor vehicles in the 1930s. Kauri pine, Hoop Pine, Cypress Pine, Tallowwood and Blackbutt timber from K’gari was used all over the world until parts of the island became national parks in 1971 and logging ceased in 1991.

In 1992, K’gari was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Area and in 2021 the Queensland Government renamed the island K’gari, recognising Traditional Owners the Butchulla People.

📷 Queensland Museum/Queensland Rail Collection

20/08/2026

We're incredibly proud to be part of this exciting partnership with University of Southern Queensland - Australia, inspiring the next generation of STEM innovators.

A huge thank you to the students from Bellbird Park State Secondary College for bringing their curiosity, creativity and enthusiasm to Continuum: Inventing Tomorrow 🚂🔬✨

In 1978, passengers wanting to book travel on one of Queensland’s long-distance rail services called the booking office,...
17/08/2026

In 1978, passengers wanting to book travel on one of Queensland’s long-distance rail services called the booking office, or ‘Reservations Bureau’, at Brisbane Central Station.

The office had multiple call lines and operators, shown here, to take bookings. By the late 1970s, rail booking services more centralised, but remained manual and paper-based until booking systems became computerised during the 1980s.

📷 Queensland Museum/Queensland Rail Collection

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