After overhaul/re-engineering at Redbank Workshops, EMU 87 performs a 250km Reliability Run to Caboolture and Ipswich running almost spot-on time as CityTrain #21A1. This Unit still bears the sca... (more)

On his first mainline run, fellow RailPictures Member and Trainee Driver for Queensland Rail, Peter Reading, gives a wave and a smile for the camera as SMU 208 approaches Carseldine Station on Cit... (more)

Queensland Railways 1461 hauls an empty stock train into Cooroy on 31st July 1991.This locomotive was named "Centennial" and painted in a commemorative gold colour scheme for QR's centennary celeb... (more)

These days, many railroads refuse to carry anything with legs – people, livestock and furniture. Queensland Rail still carries all three. QR 2213 heads a loaded cattle train across the savanna... (more)

QR CityTrain #T972 worked by IMU 107/109 departs the new Elimbah Station on the North Coast Line. This line was originally scheduled to open over the Australia Day Weekend but delayed almost four... (more)

QR's brand new LORAM C21 Stone Grinder creeps up to a red signal in the loop at Beerwah to cross a QRNational Freight Train. This 184 metre long track machine was formally accepted by QR after te... (more)

QR's brand new LORAM C21 Stone Grinder eases through Beerburrum station on the North Coast Line. This 184 metre long track machine was formally accepted by QR after testing at Roma Street on Apri... (more)

At the end of a long day, BB18¼ 1079 The Bety is turned on the turntable at Mary Valley Heritage Railway before being placed in the Shed overnight. Over the next four months, the Q150 Steam Trai... (more)

After a decent 175km (110mi) run up the North Coast Line from Brisbane to Gympie, BB18¼ 1079 The Bety is re-coaled before being turned and placed in the Shed at the Mary Valley Heritage Railway. ... (more)

BB18¼ 1079 The Bety pauses briefly next to a WO Water Wagon which has been specially decorated for the four month Q150 Steam Train Tour around Queensland. More photos of the Q150 Steam Train more)

The new high-speed 160km/h (100mph) alignment between Caboolture and Beerburrum opened on Easter Monday in 2009. BB18¼ 1079 The Bety was the first Steam Locomotive to pass through the new Elimba... (more)

Scores of excited passengers scream as Train Drivers Brian and Peter give the whistle a good blast approaching Roma Street Station with Steam Train #M433 to Gympie. Over the next four months, BB1... (more)

Queensland Rail are currently fitting door buttons to their Electric Multiple Units which entered service between 1979 and 1987 in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act. Here, the doo... (more)

A group of locals (possibly half the population of the township of Howard) waits patiently as Electric Tilt Train 303/304 City of Rockhampton approaches the platform at Howard on the North Coast L... (more)

Late in the afternoon, EMU 41/84 make a station stop at historic Sandgate station just a couple of kilometres from their destination of Shorncliffe. In days gone by, Sandgate was a popular locati... (more)