WORKING PLAN & SECTION: FASSIFERN JNC TO CHURCHILL STATION NTH DATE UNKNOWN
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Churchill to Ipswich Workshops
WORKING PLAN & SECTION SANDY CK TO NEW SALEYARDS DATE UNKNOWN
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Churchill to Ipswich Workshops
MINING MAP CHURCHILL AREA (SANDY CK TO NEW SALEYARDS) 1955
Qld Government Geological Survey
cr_55434_12 1955
CHURCHILL AREA FROM ABOVE
Underlay: Qld Globe
Overlay: QGIS Vectors (Alister J Cameron)
Sandy Creek Bridge
EMBANKMENT LEADING TO SANDY CREEK BRIDGE SOUTH OF MOFFATT STREET 2019
White barrier at end marks where bridge formerly commenced.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
TRAIN HEADING NORTH AFTER CROSSING SANDY CREEK BRIDGE DATE UNKNOWN
The Workshops Rail Museum
Keith McDonald Collection
SAME LOCATION IN 2019
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING BACK NORTH ALONG EMBANKMENT TOWARDS MOFFATT STREET 2019
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING SOUTH ACROSS SANDY CREEK 2011
Railway telegraph pole still remained.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING DOWN INTO THE GULLY THE CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS OF THE FORMER BRIDGE CAN STILL BE SEEN 2011
Photo: Alister J Cameron
EXCURSION RAILMOTOR CROSSING THE BRIDGE 1987 (LOOKING SOUTH) 1987
Ian Stephens?Queensland Government Railways, Days Gone By.
VIEWED FROM BELOW ANOTHER EXCURSION TRAIN PASSING NORTH OVER SANDY CREEK BRIDGE 1993
Photo: R. Dow
Rail Back On Track
FROM A SIMILAR POSITION IN 2011
Photo: Alister J Cameron
VIEWED FROM THE SOUTH-WEST AN EXCURSION TRAIN CROSSES THE BRIDGE LATE 1980s OR EARLY 1990s
In the far distance remnants of mining can still be seen on Denmark Hill.
Ian Stephens?Queensland Government Railways, Days Gone By.
SANDY CREEK BRIDGE VIEWED ALSO FROM THE SOUTH-WEST BUT FURTHER BACK DATE UNKNOWN
Photo: D. G. Taylor
ARHS Bulletin 376 February 1969, p29
SIMILAR SCENE IN 2011.
The concrete foundation with the trees growing out of it reputedly are the remains of a World War 2 Italian POW Camp.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
Churchill
OLD CATTLE YARDS SIDING 1963
Station yard plans & tracings "E" series
Qld State Archives 649237
WORKING PLAN & SECTION OF OLD CHURCHILL CATTLE YARDS SIDING
Shows 1971 deviation of line.
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Working Plan & Section
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Churchill to Ipswich Workshops
OLD CATTLEYARD AREA LOOKING NORTH 2011
On right side is original allignment; on left the deviation.
Sandy Creek is out of sight in the distance before the treeline.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
TRAIN FACING SOUTH ON ORIGINAL SIDING ALLIGNMENT 1967
Robert Bushby Qld Govt Rways Days Gone By
SIMILAR PERSPECTIVE IN 2011
Rubbish marks the site of the deviated siding.
Alister J Cameron
A STEAM LOCO FACING SOUTH THIS TIME BUT PROBABLY ABOUT TO TAKE ITS WAGONS BACK TO IPSWICH WHILST IN REVERSE 1967
Robert Bushby Qld Govt Rways Days Gone By
SIMILAR LOCATION IN 2011.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
JUST SOUTH OF THE YARDS THE TWO TRACK BEDS CAN CLEARLY BE SEEN: THE ORIGINAL ON LEFT AND DEVIATION ON RIGHT 2011
FURTHER SOUTH EXCURSION TRAIN IS FACING NORTH ON THE MAIN LINE 1969.
Cattle siding branches off to the right.
The Club House of the Sandy Gallop Golf Course can be seen in the distance.
Bob Elbourne
Qld Govt Railways Days Gone By
SAME LOCATION IN 2011
Only the Club House remains.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CHURCHILL STATION LOOKING SOUTH 1961
Became the terminus of the branch in 1964 when the rest of the branch was closed in 1964
Photo J Armstrong
ARHS Bulletin 376 February 1969, p30
SAME LOCATION FROM ACROSS LOBB STREET 2023
Approximate location of station building is the area of vegetation behind telephone pole (now part of golf course). House on far right is still there.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CHURCHILL STATION DATE UNKNOWN.
Frank Crisp
Lost Ipswich
SAME LOCATION IN 2022
Google Street View
LOOKING SOUTH ALONG EMBANKMENT OF FORMER CHURCHILL SIDING 2016
Photo: Alister J Cameron
TRAIN HEADING SOUTH AND ABOUT TO CROSS PERRY ST OPEN LEVEL CROSSING 1963
End of siding can just be seen to the left of the train.
Hooper Soap Works is across the road to the far left.
Photo: E. Marggrafl
ARHS Bulletin 376 February 1969, p30
SIMILAR LOCATION: LOOKING SOUTH ALONG SITE OF FORMER CHURCHILL SIDING 2016
Photo: Alister J Cameron
HOOPERS SOAP FACTORY LATE 1940s-EARLY 1950s
Being across the road from the Churchill Siding it is likely that it was positioned to make use of the railway.
Photo: Susan McKinnon. Lost Ipswich
IN 2016 THE RE-PURPOSED BUILDINGS STILL SURVIVED. Photo taken from the former rail embankment.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
Churchill South (Original Allignment)
LOOKING NORTH ALONG LOBB STREET 2023
Original railway proceeded uphill along right edge of current road. Deviation veered off to the left after the sheds.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING BACK SOUTH ALONG LOBB STREET 2023
Original line was positioned on left edge of road.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
POSSIBLE CENTRE OF ALLIGNMENT LOOKING SOUTH TOWARDS JUNCTION WITH WARWICK RD 2023
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FURTHER ALONG PAST INTERSECTION, LINE PROCEEDED ON LEFT SIDE OF WARWICK RD 2023
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FURTHER SOUTH: ORIGINAL ALLIGNMENT WAS ON LEFT-HAND SIDE 2023
Later line was located at position of line of trees on right.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FURTHER SOUTH ORIGINAL LINE WAS ON THE LEFT AND THE LATER ONE ON THE RIGHT
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FURTHER ALONG, SITE OF NEW CHURCHILL SALEYARDS IS ON RIGHT 2023
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FURTHER SOUTH WARWICK RD CAN SEEN SEEN CURVING TO THE RIGHT IN THE DISTANCE. At that point both original trajectories came together.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
Churchill South (Deviation)
SPECIAL TRAIN HEADING ROUGHLY SOUTH DIAGONALLY ACROSS LOBB ST 1992. This is where the deviation veered west off the original allignment.
Source: Paul de Sautry Qld Govt Rways Days Gone By. ▼▼compare-below▼▼
SAME SCENE IN 2023
Photo: Alister J Cameron
ARHS TRAIN HEADING SOUTH AFTER HAVING JUST CROSSED LOBB ST DATE UNKNOWN
Source: Alvin Kathage, Lost Ipswich. ▼▼compare-below▼▼
LOOKING BACK IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IN 2011
The Lobb Street Sawmill can be seen on the far side. It commenced operations in the 1950s and could have made use of the railway.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE CURVE DATE UNKNOWN.
It was a popular photo site when the line was operational.
Source unknown
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SAME POSITION IN 2023
Photo: Alister J Cameron
TRAIN HEADING NORTH WHERE LINE RETURNED TO ITS ALLIGNMENT ALONG EDGE OF LOBB ST.
Date Unknown.
Source: Unknown
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SAME LOCATION IN 2023
Photo: Alister J Cameron
SOUTH OF WESTERLY CURVE THE ALLIGNMENT MEETS UP WITH WARWICK RD AGAIN 2023. Along this stretch there was a series of stockyards. By the late 1960s these were gone, possibly replaced by the new yards further south.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING BACK THE OTHER WAY 2023
I don't know whether there was a separate siding or whether stock were loaded on the main line.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FURTHER SOUTH THE LINE NOW PASSES ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF WARWICK RD 1986
Source: Paul de Sauty, Qld Govt Rways Days Gone By
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SIMILAR POSITION IN 2023
Photo: Alister J Cameron
New Churchill Saleyards Sidings
NEW CHURCHILL SALEYARDS SIDINGS 1977
Source: Anthony McLaughlin, Qld Govt Rways Days Gone By>>>>>>>>>>
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TRAIN OF RAIL ENTHUSIASTS AT PLATFORM DATE UNKNOWN
Source: Paul de Sauty, Qld Govt Rways Days Gone By>>>>>>
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ANOTHER ENTHUSIAST TRAIN ON SIDINGS 1986
Looking south
Source: Ian Stephens, Qld Govt Rways Days Gone By>>>>>>>
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SIMILAR SCENE IN 2023
Concrete platform still exists, marked by the two white signs.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
SIMILAR POSITION IN 2011,
Photo: Alister J Cameron
SIMILAR VIEW IN 2011
Photo: Alister J Cameron
TOUR RAILMOTOR LOOKING BACK NORTH TOWARDS STOCK RACE 1980s
Ian Stephens, Qld Govt Rways Days Gone By>>>>>>>
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A DIFFERENT RAILMOTOR AT SOUTHERN END OF SIDINGS DATE UNKNOWN
Source: Julian Hodson Qld Govt Tways Days Gone By
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LOOKING BACK TOWARDS THE NORTH DATE UNKNOWN
Photo: Alister J Cameron
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SIMILAR POSITION IN 2015
Not much remains of former sidings.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
