WORKING PLAN & SECTION IPSWICH SOUTH TO MIHI CREEK 1863
Southern & Western Railway
Section No.1 1st Division Contract No.1
General Plan
A Fitzgibbon
Commissioner of Railways
29 December 1863
Joined in editing (Alister J Cameron)
Source: Qld Railways Archives
ORIGINAL 1865 LINE FROM ABOVE
Solid red line: 1865 railway
Dashed line: Later 1800s rail lines
Overlay: QGIS Vectors Alister J Cameron
Underlay: Qld Globe (Ausmap)
The Original Ipswich Railway Workshops
THE ORIGINAL IPSWICH RAILWAY WORKSHOPS FROM ABOVE 1860s-70s
Now completely redevoloped for Riverlink Shopping Centre
Ausmap Qld Globe background; QGIS vector overlay (A.J.Cameron)
WORKING PLAN ORIGINAL IPSWICH WORKSHOPS 1877
Scale 40 feet to an Inch
Surveyed by Geo. Phillips
August 1877
Item 799911 QSA
ORIGINAL IPSWICH LOCO SHEDS & WORKSHOPS c1883
John Oxley Library (State Library of Qld)
Record: 139053
IPSWICH LOCO SHEDS & WORKSHOPS c1890
State Library of Queensland.
Reference: 6446
IPSWICH LOCO SHEDS c1890
State Library of Queensland
Reference: 6446
THE TARPAULIN SHOP NORTH IPSWICH 1978
Built 1879. Used firstly as stores for workshops, then admin offices, then tarpaulin shop, the in 1990 Ipswich Railway Historical Center until Workshops Rail Museum established. Only remaining building from original workshops.
Picture Ipswich Reference ID
qips-2011-10-17-0034p.jpg
REAR VIEW OF TARPAULEN SHOP 1991
Picture Ipswich Reference ID
qips-2011-09-27-0049p.jpg
Western End of Tarpaulin Shop 1992
Rail access can easily be seen.
Qld State Archives PR2107796 Series 20380
TARPAULIN SHOP NOW CONVERTED TO A MEDICAL FACILITY AS PART OF RIVERLINK COMPLEX 2011
Photo: Alister J Cameron
Ipswich North Yard 20th Century
IPSWICH NORTH YARD FROM ABOVE 1910s-1930s
Now completely redevoloped for Riverlink Shopping Centre
Ausmap Qld Globe background; QGIS vector overlay (A.J.Cameron)
WORKING PLAN OF IPSWICH NORTH YARD 1934
Source: Qld Railways Archives
IPSWICH NORTH YARD 1969
Loco in foreground has begun to ascend the Coal Stage ramp
Mike Quirk?Queensland Government Railways, Days Gone By.
IPSWICH NORTH YARD 1969.
Looking south towards the two Bremer Rail Bridges
Photographer: Smith, Kerry,
Source: Picture Ipswich
Reference ID
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IPSWICH NORTH YARD LOOKING NORTH 1969
Mike Quirk Qld Govt Rways Days Gone By
IPSWICH COAL STAGE 1963
Looking south towards the beginning of the ramp
Photo courtesy of Peter Bruce.
via Qld Govt Railways Days Gone By
IPSWICH COAL STAGE 1966
Looking north towards the Railway Workshops
The small concrete block at the base towards the end of the structure is still present today.
Robert Bushb y?Queensland Government Railways, Days Gone By.
THE NOW TOTALLY CLEARED IPSWICH NORTH YARD SIDINGS DATE UNKNOWN. Looking south.
Aerial Photos show the yard had been emptied by the year 2000.
Note the brick tarpaulin-stores shed far left and the single remaining Bremer Rail Bridge in the distance. On the right QR maintenance structures still remain.
Source: George Diesel?
Queensland Government Railways, Days Gone By.
IPSWICH NORTH YARD (PROBABLY SAME DATE)
Looking north towards the Railway Workshops
George Diesel ?Queensland Government Railways, Days Gone By.
AERIAL PHOTO IPSWICH NORTH YARD SITE EARLY 2000s
Construction of the Riverlink Complex is taking over former railway land.
Note the green pathway which denotes the rail line linking the Rail Bridge with the workshops. Also the Heiner Road abuttments can be seen on their reserved site.
Photo courtesy of Marketing Riverlink
What Is Left Now
FIRST OF THREE RIVERLINK CROSSINGS OF REMAINING NORTH IPSWICH LINE 2019
Pedestrian crossing connecting west and east malls.
It and other crossings always manned when trains traverse to and from the Workshops
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LINE WEAVING ITS WAY THROUGH RIVERLINK BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND CROSSINGS. 2018
Looking north
Photo: Alister J Cameron
SECOND RIVERLINK CROSSING 2018
Photo taken from a heritage train
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LINE BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD RIVERLINK CROSSINGS 2013
Looking north
Bus shelters are on the left.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
THIRD (LOWRY STREET) RIVERLINK CROSSING
Photo: Alister J Cameron
REMAINING CONCRETE FOUNDATION BLOCK FROM COAL STAGE 2011
On northern edge of Riverlink complex
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CONCRETE FOUNDATION BLOCK OF FORMER COAL STAGE FROM ABOVE 2018
Photo: Alister J Cameron
