The Workshops Rail Museum will commemorate a significant milestone in Queensland's rail history with a special steam train event on Thursday 31 July.
On this date in 1865, four A Class locomotives steamed from the Ipswich Railway Workshops out to Bigges Camp, now Grandchester, marking the start of the railway in Queensland.
For this commemorative excursion, passengers will board one of QR's restored heritage trains, departing from The Workshops Rail Museum's own platform for a one and a half hour round trip to Grandchester, followed by a traditional roast lunch in the Museum's Trackside Cafe.
Director of The Workshops Rail Museum Andrew Moritz said he was delighted that the Museum was able to celebrate such an important date in the state's rail history in such a unique way.
"This steam train event is a wonderful chance for people to experience for themselves the excitement and sense of occasion that passengers would have felt on the same day 143 years ago," Mr Moritz said.
"It will also be a chance to relive the romance and grandeur of steam train travel and appreciate the craftsmanship and engineering feats of the early rail workers." -- www.qm.qld.gov.au
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