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Railmotors
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Queensland Government Railways, or as it is known today QR has run a large number of Railmotors in its history. These have included some of the more popular 1800 Class , 1900 Class and 2000 Class railmotors; along with the more obscure McKeen Cars, Panhard Motors, etc. We are looking for assistance in filling in the gaps for the old red motors.
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Multiple-Units
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In November 1979, the first Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) took to the tracks of Brisbane between Darra and Ferny Grove, creating history for Brisbane's commuter network. This was the first progression in modernising QR's method of moving people around Queensland. Eventually the EMU class reached 88 units. As the network grew, so did demand and in 1994 the 12x Suburban Multiple Unit 200 series (commonly referred to as SMU 200 or SMU Mk1) were first introduced to the fleet which assisted in also eliminating a number of older locomotive hauled suburban trains. Between 1999-2003, the 30 strong Suburban Multiple Unit 220 series was introduced which effectively eliminated all locomotive hauled suburban trains in Brisbane. Along side the suburban developments, in 1996, 10x Interurban Multiple Units (IMU) were introduced to cater for the new Gold Coast Line providing express services between Brisbane and Robina, in 2001 the IMU120 class were introduced with 4 additional units for the new Airport Line opened in May that year.
Once electrification was complete between Brisbane and Rockhampton, QR introduced the InterCity Express (ICE) which ran the Spirit of Capricorn service between Brisbane and Rockhampton, and shorter services from Brisbane to Gympie North. The ICE has since been superseded by QR's 2 Electric Tilt Trains which have run the Brisbane to Rockhampton & Brisbane to Bundaberg since 1998.
In future developments, two new classes of electric multiple units will be introduced for capital developments in South-East Queensland. These include new IMU160 class units destined for the extension of the Gold Coast Line to Reedy Creek, and the SMU260 class for extra capacity when the Springfield line is introduced. The first of these units will hopefully be delivered by 2007.
The pages for the IMU160 and SMU260 classes are currently in development, we are gathering a little more info before we publish their respective articles just yet.
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Diesel-Hydraulic
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Diesel-Electric
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Starting in the early 1950s, Queensland Railways started investing in the new generation of motive power known as the Diesel-Electrics. These machines were a breath of fresh air for the crews with their fully enclosed cabins, heaters, good seating, and such; and more importantly economically sound machines which could haul a higher tonnage than steam locos.
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Diesel-Mechanical
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QR has used a number of Diesel Mechanical (ie. driveshaft driven direct from powerplant via a gearbox) locomotives since the mid-late 1930s. These locomotives were used mainly on light duties, most notably working trains on lightly laid branchlines in Far North Queensland and the west. Another group of these locomotives were used on cane railways, and continue to do so till this day.
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Steam
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This is a comprehensive guide on Queensland Government Railway's Steam
locomotives used since the start of the 20th Century to the present day
in preservation. Mike Quirk has provided his research expertise to
bring this section up to date.
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ARG - Standard Gauge
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From the beginnings as the Western Australian Government Railways to ARG today, there is a long history associated with the Australian Railroad Group. QRIG's focus is the recent history of the former. Wesfarmers/Genessee Wyoming Railroad owned operation when AWR and ASR were both combined to form the Australian Railroad Group (ARG) in 2003.
Unexpectedly in February 2006, ARG was split up with the infrastructure in WA going to Babcock & Brown while the locomotives and rollingstock were split up between Genessee & Wyoming Australia (GWA) & QRNational. We will out-line the rollingstock of the new ARG standard gauge operation here.
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NRR/Interail/QRNational
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QR's Standard Gauge operations started initially in 2004 with the
purchase of Northern Rivers Railroad, which then became a subsidiary of
QR known as Interail. During this time Interail operated its fleet
consisting mainly of ex SRA 421 and 422 class locomotives on various
coal contracts in the Hunter Valley, sub-leasing to other operators,
and various other freight duties in the Northern Rivers area. It wasn't
until the formation of QRNational in 2005 (an almagamation of the Coal
& Freight Services Group and Interail) that QR well and truely got
its finger stuck into the Interstate pie.
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Pacific National Queensland
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 Pacific National Queensland (PNQ) officially started narrow gauge
operations in Queensland in 2005 with the purchase of 3x ex Malaysian
Railways MKA class locomotives (which ironically are rebuilt ex-QR 1300
class locomotives). During this period an order was placed with
Downer/EDI Maryborough for 12x PN class AC traction locomotives for use
on their general freights between Cairns and Brisbane. They ended up
being almost identical to QR's 4000 class, with a few components
missing due to QR copyrights.
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Pacific National
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 Pacific National runs a wide range of trains between the mainland
capital cities of Australia, ranging from Brisbane through to Perth and
Darwin. The motive power used is wide and varied, however the NR class
is predominant on all intermodal trains in and out of Brisbane. Other
classes that show up are the BL class, 81 Class, DL class & AN
Class.
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