RAILWAY ARCHAEOLOGY IPSWICH (QLD)

  Alister J Cameron                  

31A2 Second Ipswich Station: 1887-1978

IPSWICH STATION FROM UNION STREET David Martin: 2020 Qld Government Railways Days Gone By
IPSWICH STATION FROM UNION ST 1977 Photographer: Martin, Brian James, 1941- Date of Photograph: 1977 Publisher: Ipswich Library & Information Service, Ipswich City Council Reference ID qips-2011-10-17-0026p.jpg
IPSWICH STATION PLATFORM EARLY 20TH CENTURY Ipswich Railway station circa early 20th century Matt Leese? Lost Ipswich
IPSWICH STATION PLATFORM AT END OF ITS LIFE 1978 Rob J Williams contributed to the album Ipswich Train Station 1978 demolition. Photos courtesy of The Queensland Times and kindly scanned by Picture Ipswich.
IPSWICH STATION WESTERN AREA 1927 Helen Munday Title: Bremer River in flood, looking over Ipswich Railway yards, Ipswich, January 1927 Photographer: Unidentified Contributor: Whitehead Collection
TRACK PLAN IPSWICH STATION MID 20 CENTURY "The Suburban Railways of Brisbane" by J.Knowles ARHS Bulletin 316, February 1964, p33
IPSWICH STATION EASTERN APPROACH Date Unknown Leo Kennedy Qld Govt Rways Days Gone By
IPSWICH STATION WESTERN APPROACH c1890 Reference code: 6446 Title: Photographs of Queensland Colonial Railways, 1890s Dates: ca. 1890 Creator: E. P. Jones, Brisbane Box 11136 O/S (A3) Repository: Heritage Collections State Library of Queensland
IPSWICH STATION WESTERN APPROACH c1914 Title: Postcard of signal box at railway station, Ipswich, ca. 1914 Photographer: Unknown Date of Photograph: ca. 1914 Publisher: Ipswich Library & Information Service, Ipswich City Council Reference ID qips-2013-3-14-0001p.jpg
IPSWICH STATION WESTERN APPROACH Paul de Sauty?Queensland Government Railways, Days Gone By.
IPSWICH STATION WESTERN APPROACH Date Unknown "Trains and Railways of Australia" Jim Powe New Holland, p143
IPSWICH TURNTABLE & SIGNAL BOX 1960s Photographer: Unidentified Publisher: Ipswich Libraries, Ipswich City Council Reference ID qips-2016-04-01-006p.jpg
IPSWICH STATION NORTH-WEST YARD 1986 Paul de Sauty?Queensland Government Railways, Days Gone By.
IPSWICH GOODS SHED AND TURNTABLE 1985 Photographer: Unknown Date of Photograph: 1985 Publisher: Ipswich Library & Information Service, Ipswich City Council Reference ID qips-2014-07-02-0072p.jpg
IPSWICH GOOD'S SHED 1970 Photographer: Smith, Kerry, 1950- Date of Photograph: 1970 Publisher: Ipswich Library & Information Service, Ipswich City Council Reference ID qips-2009-09-15-0026p.jpg

What Is Left Now

SECOND IPSWICH STATION SITE FROM ABOVE Ausmap Qld Globe background; QGIS vector overlay
IPSWICH STATION EASTERN APPROACH 2018 Car park built over the current station can be seen in the distance. Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSUP OF EASTERN APPROACH 2021 After East Street overbridge the rest of the station in under the building. Photo: Alister J Cameron
IPSWICH STATION ENTRANCE AT BELL STREET 2021 Lines pass at right angles under the street. Photo: Alister J Cameron
STATION ENTRANCE FROM ANOTHER ANGLE 2018 Photo: Alister J Cameron
IPSWICH STATION NOW UNDERGROUND 2013 Facing west. Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF NORTHERN PLATFORM 2019 The original brick wall can still be seen. Photo: Alister J Cameron
IPSWICH STATION WESTERN APPROACH 2011. Much of the second station's site has been overtaken by recent development but the signal box and the turntable behind it remain. Photo: Alister J Cameron
IPSWICH STATION NORTH-WEST YARD 2018 Photo: Alister J. Cameron
IPSWICH STATION WESTERN APPROACH 2018 Signal box has been removed but turntable remains. Photo: Alister J. Cameron
LOCATION OF DISMANTLED SIGNAL CABIN 2022 Ipswich Railway Workshops North Yard Photo: Alister J. Cameron