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.
Operations
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 road bridge on the Rosewood-Marburg Road, which once carried traffic over the railway, collapsed onto the tracks below. The repairs to the road resulted in the removal of the railway line, permanently severing the rail connection between Cabanda and Perry's Knob
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 LocomotivesTypeImageBuiltNotes11791957StoredDL31960Operational, named 'Mount Surprise'16141963On loan to Archer Park Rail MuseumDH381969Operational +Steam LocomotivesTypeImageBuiltNotesC17 7201922Stored pending overhaul, named 'Ken Biggs'PB15 7381926StoredD17 8551938Stored Frogs Hollow +RailmotorsTypeImageBuiltNotesRM20331970Stored Perrys KnobRM20381971Stored Perrys KnobRM18151953Stored, only remaining 1800 motor car.RMd 551930Operational, named 'Red Fred'RM641938Overhaul being completed at Ipswich WorkshopsPL721930Operational, used with RMd55PL481928Stored, Former Aramac Tramway rolling stock, moved to Kunkala in 1986B. Pezet, "The Aramac Tramway Trailer Car - Aramac to Kunkula", Sunshine Express No 241, April 1986, 367-372 B. Pezet, "The Aramac Tramway Trailer Car - Aramac to Kunkula", Sunshine Express No 241, April 1986, 367-372
References
External links https://www.rosewoodrailway.org.au/