31E1E Donnybrook Tramway

FROM ABOVE: DONNYBROOK TRAMWAY AREA Overlay: QGIS vectors (Alister J Cameron) Underlay: Qld Globe (Ausmap) (A) Modern opencut area (B) Old mine area (C) Area disturbed by pipe line construction (D) Underpass structure at site of Mt Crosby Tramway crossing. (E) Allignment to Tivoli Yard cutting
PLAN TIVOLI YARD AREA 1914 Shiows the tramway at the time when the Mt Crosby Tramway was constructed. Aust Railway History July 2005
(A) OPENCUT AREA 2019 Photo: Alister J Cameron
(B) OLD MINE AREA 2017 Some relics still remain. Photo: Alister J Cameron
(B) OLD MINE AREA FURTHER SOUTH-EAST 2017 Photo: Alister J Cameron
(B) REMAINS OF RIVETED WATER TANK IN SAME AREA 2017 Photo: Alister J Cameron
LIGHT-GUAGE RUSTED CABLE EAST OF DONNYBROOK MINE AREA 2017 Photo: Alister J Cameron
MORE MODERN AND THICKER UNRUSTED CABLE IN SAME AREA 2021 Photo: Alister J Cameron
MISCELLANEOUS, PROBABLY OLD MINING REMAINS NEARBY 2017 Photo: Alister J Cameron
(B) POSSIBLE SITE OF TRAMWAY ALLIGNMENT 2017 Depression heads south-east. Photo: Alister J Cameron
(B) LOOKING SOUTH-EAST ALONG TRAMWAY EMBANKMENT 2017 Heavily overgrown and difficult to trace. Photo: Alister J Cameron
(C) LOOKING EAST ALONG AREA DISTURBED BY PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION 2017 Trajectory of tramway was from bottom left of photo to tree line uphill on right. Photo: Alister J Cameron
(D) TRAMWAY CUTTING CROSSING A TRACK 2017 A short distance to the right are the remains of an underpass. Photo: Alister J Cameron
(D) LOOKING NORTH ACROSS UNDERPASS REMAINS 2018 Double Donnybrook tramway ran through between the supports. The Mt Crosby Tramway ran over the top on the embankment. Photo: Alister J Cameron
(D) SAME UNDERPASS LOOKING DIRECTLY NORTH-WEST ALONG CUTTING 2018 Photo: Alister J Cameron
(E) FURTHER SOUTH-EAST LOOKING ALONG ALLIGNMENT 2019 Remains of underpass can just be seen and track crossing further in distance. Photo: Alister J Cameron
(E) LOOKING SOUTH-EAST ALONG PROBABLE ALLIGNMENT 2019 Hardly any signs of tramway remain here. Directly uphill is a spoil heap and beyond it the Tivoli Yard cutting. Photo: Alister J Cameron
BRICK ARTEFACTS FROM DONNYBROOK TRAMWAY AREA