Rosewood Railway Museum

Rosewood Railway Museum

Established	1984
Coordinates	27°36′38″S 152°33′44″E
Type	Railway museum
Website	https://www.rosewoodrailway.org.au/

The Rosewood Railway Museum is located near Rosewood, Queensland, Australia on the former railway to Marburg first opened in 1909. The museum utilises a station and yard located at Kunkala as its base.

Marburg railway line
Woodlands Sugar Mill Marburg Fernvale Road William Street Lousia Street Warrego Highway Marburg Edmond Street Rosewood Marburg Road Malabar Rosewood Marburg Road Birru Kraatzs Road Arndt Road Talegalla Talegalla Road Frog's Hollow Keates Road North Kunkala Keates Road Cabanda Rosewood Marburg Road Perrys Knob Oakleigh Colliery Road Oakleigh Colliery Road Rosemount No. 4 Mine North Rosewood John Street Glencoe Colliery Karrabin Rosewood Road Museum Junction Railway Street Western Line at Rosewood

History

The Marburg branch opened from Rosewood in 1912 and saw primarily coal traffic for most of its life. As traffic declined the line was slowly closed in sections. Marburg to Birru was the first to close in 1964, followed by Kunkala in 1970, Cabanda in 1973 and to Perry's Knob in 1979. During the 1974 floods, the bridge carrying Rosewood-Marburg road collapsed onto the line, splitting Perry's Knob from Rosewood and cutting the line in half.

In 1984, the ARHS Queensland Division began work on returning the upper section of the line to service for the purpose of running heritage tours. The station site at Kunkala became the site of what is now the Rosewood Railway Museum.

They began running tours on both the lower and upper sections of the now split railway, opening a new station at Museum Junction in 2004.

Rolling stock

Diesel Locomotives

Type	Image	Built	Notes
1179		1957	Stored
DL3		1960	Operational, named 'Mount Surprise'
1614		1963	On loan to Archer Park Rail Museum
DH38		1969	Operational

Steam Locomotives

Type	Image	Built	Notes
C17 720		1922	Stored pending overhaul, named 'Ken Biggs'
PB15 738		1926	Stored
C17 763		1927	Stored Frogs Hollow
D17 855		1938	Stored Frogs Hollow

Railmotors

Type	Image	Built	Notes
RM2033		1970	Stored Perrys Knob
RM2038		1971	Stored Perrys Knob
RM1815		1953	Stored, only remaining 1800 motor car.
RMd 55		1930	Operational, named 'Red Fred'
RM64		1938	Overhaul being completed at Ipswich Workshops
PL72		1930	Operational, used with RMd55
PL48		1928	Stored, Former Aramac Tramway rolling stock, moved to Kunkala in 1986

B. Pezet, "The Aramac Tramway Trailer Car - Aramac to Kunkula", Sunshine Express No 241, April 1986, 367-372

External links

• https://www.rosewoodrailway.org.au/