Author: admin

New Goods Yard at Roma Street Railway Station, c 1936

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

The Courier Mail
Sat 6 Oct 1934

TRAINS COLLIDE AT ROMA STREET
Engine Derailed
Driver and Friemen Suspended

With a crash that could be heard for hundreds of yards, a goods train and an empty passenger train came into collision at the Southern end of the Roma Street goods yards early yesterday morning. The engine of the passenger train was badly derailed, its front portion being extensively damaged, and several waggons on the goods train received slight damage. No one was injured.

The collision occurred about 7.30am, the trains involved being the 41 down, a goods train from Toowoomba, and the 22 up, a passenger train running between Petrie and Central Station.

The Petrie train, after conveying its passengers to Central, was passing through Roma Street, en route to the Mayne Junction sheds, just as a goods train swung into the Roma Street yards, and was proceeding along another loop

See Full Post >>

Queensland Government Tourist Bureau window display promoting the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and North Queensland, George Street, Brisbane, c 1932

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

The Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau was established as a sub-department of the Chief Secretary’s Office in 1907. With the transfer of responsibility to the Railway Department in 1929, in approximately 1930 -1931 the name became Tourist Bureau, and in 1946 the name was again changed to Queensland Government Tourist Bureau. In 1978 it became part of the Tourism Department, a sub-department of the Harbours and Marine Department. Then in 1979 the Tourism Department was replaced by the Queensland Tourist and Travel Corporation. The Queensland Government Tourist Bureau ceased its lead role, but the Corporation’s sales arm continued to trade under Queensland Government Tourist Bureau.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 2540

See Full Post >>