31A3 Ipswich Third Station (Proposed) & Western Yard
Flour Mill Sidings
IPSWICH WEST YARD FREIGHT PLATFORMS 1918
Accessing Flour Mill Sidings
QSA Series ID 17582
SITE OF SIEMON & SONS & FLOUR MILL FROM BRISBANE ST 2016
Photo: Alister J Cameron
REAR VIEW OF FLOUR MILL & SIEMON & SONS SITE 1940s
Open doorway (at back of Flour Mill) would have accessed a long-gone railway platform.
Source: Picture Ipswich, Ips Council Library,Reference ID
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Ipswich Proposed Third Station (West Yard)
ILLUSTRATION OF PROPOSED (NEVER COMPLETED) IPSWICH 3RD STATION
Plan Courtesy QR
Ipswich in the 20th Century
Robyn Buchanan
2004
IPSWICH WEST YARD WORKING PLAN 1927
Unfinished platform for proposed station can be seen
Source: Qld Railways Archives
THIRD(PROPOSED) IPSWICH STATION SITE FROM ABOVE
Line arrangement 1920s-40s.
Dotted lines represent Flour Mill Sidings probably removed when station construction commenced 1914. Blue buildings represent Flour Mill and Siemons & Sons (Produce Stores) buildings
Ausmap Qld Globe background; QGIS vector overlay (A.J.Cameron)
What Is There Now
IPSWICH WEST YARD 1965
Looking east towards old timber Ellenborough St overbridge.
Part of Qld Railways Centennary celebrations.
Photo Francis Joseph Klein, via Picture Ipswich
IPSWICH WEST YARD 1986
Platform of incomplete station is clearly seen; as is pedestrian underpass. At this stage the E.M.U.s don't have a designated area.
Right hand sidings are still in existence, but railmotor shed has been removed.
Paul de Sauty, Qld Govt Railways Days Gone By
IPSWICH WEST YARD 1993
Looking east towards Ellenborough St overpass.
Former platform appears to have been removed.
Paul de Sauty Qld Govt Railways Days Gone By
IPSWICH WEST YARD 2017 LOOKING WEST FROM ELLENBOROUGH ST BRIDGE
E.M.U. Depot on site of Ipswich 3rd Station (Proposed)
Photo: Alister J Cameron
IPSWICH WEST YARD 2017 LOOKING EAST FROM WAGHORN ST BRIDGE
E.M.U. Depot on right is on site of Ipswich 3rd Station (Proposed)
Former sidings on far left have been removed.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS STILL REMAINING FROM INCOMPLETE IPSWICH THIRD STATION 2012
Photo: Alister J Cameron
