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Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway (QPSR)

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25.01.2022 This weekend the Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway will play host to The BBQ Roadshow Low'n'Slow presented by The World Food Markets. These guys cook up a storm that will make for a great breakfast, morning tea or lunch out by the Swanbank Lake before or after your train trip with us. Bookings for the 1hr steam train trips departing at 9am, 11am and 1pm each day can be made at www.QPSR.org Adults $24... Children (over 3) and Concessions $13 Families $55 Join us for a great day out!

24.01.2022 Cameron Hawes, got this great shot on Sunday of our vintage diesel and HBA's vintage bus passing each other at the level crossing. Both vehicles where built around the same time and this shot could have easily been taken back in the middle of last century. The HBA 10 minute bus tours around the lake are a great $2pp add on to a train trip on selected weekends.

23.01.2022 Like helping people? Like educating and engaging with people? enjoy local history, enjoy dressing in 1900's attire? Want to learn more about trains? Get involved as an onboard Volunteer today!... With our increased operation post Covid 19, Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway's onboard volunteers who ensure passengers have an safe, informative, comfortable and enjoyable trip are needing a bit of a boost to their numbers. It's more then just riding in the carriages, the onboard volunteers are responsible for ensuring passengers from all over Australia and the world have an enjoyable trip and point out various points of interest along the branch line while being responsible for the wellbeing of those in your carriage. Its also a great way to form lasting friendships with the rest of the volunteers who have a common interest in helping to keep steam trains running in South East Queensland for future generations. The Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway has proudly been entirely volunteer operated for 42 years and continues to, so that people are able to enjoy and experience the grand old railways as they were. Join today at http://www.qpsr.org/join-us.html Membership is only $25

20.01.2022 Join us on the 11th of October when we take veteran locomotive 1616 out on a Co-vid safe picnic train. This one and a quarter hour round trip from Swanbank to Swanbank takes in the old West Moreton Coal Mining region. Trains depart at 9am, 11am and 1pm.... Bookings are essential and can be made at www.qpsr.org

20.01.2022 Meet Terry and his small business Mini-Cat Bobcat & Tipper Services. Terry has been helping the railway for the last 20 as a volunteer and has been responsible (with the help of his trusty excavator, bob cat and and truck) for most installing most of the sleepers that have gone in to the branch line, the green space at the station, the earthworks of the platform extension and foot paths, the recoaling of the locomotives, the placement of new building foundations and pathwa...ys. In short if its had to be dug or lifted the chances are he's done it! This tirelessly effort to make sure that the railway keeps going from strength to strength over such a long time is a real credit to him. If your ever after some earth moving, this man is a wizard at the controls!

19.01.2022 Join us on Sunday 11th of October when we take veteran locomotive 1616 out on a Co-vid safe picnic train. Queen of Cupcakes will have a variety of picnic favourites available for purchase on the green square at Swanbank Station. This one and a quarter hour round trip from Swanbank to Swanbank takes in the old West Moreton Coal Mining region, horse paddocks, bushland and hobby farms.... Trains depart at 9am, 11am and 1pm. A:$24 C:$13 F:$55 Bookings are essential and can be made at www.qpsr.org

17.01.2022 We are Grateful to the Queensland Government via its Gambling Community Benefit Fund. for providing us with funding for a long term overhaul facility. Though a basic design, it will give the volunteers a safe area to undertake major strip down and repair work of Locomotives and Carriages, as well as provide working areas for woodwork, parts cleaning and storage for unique spare parts.

17.01.2022 There are still some seats (but not that many) available on tomorrows 9am, 11am and 1pm Steam Train trips from Swanbank Railway Station. Located 35 minutes from the Brisbane CBD, join us on a rail journey through the coal mining past of the Blackstone region. See our friends at Queen of Cupcakes for some picnic supplies and enjoy a lakeside lunch or maybe take a trip on one of the Heritage Bus Association inc.'s lovely old Buses around the lake. Book your seat today at www.qpsr.org

13.01.2022 Meet Graeme and Desley. If you have travelled with us in the last 6 years, the chances are you have met them at the station. After a both spending their lifes in local medicine, this husband and wife team have been involved with station, bookings and catering on the railway during their retirement years.... Graeme also moonlights as the railways treasurer, ensuring the railways finances are never allowed to fail the group - a difficult task during covid. Retired and looking for a sea change? Join us as a volunteer at QPSR http://www.qpsr.org/join-us.html Photo Lance Castle

11.01.2022 Are you one of our UK Fans? Griff's Great Australian Adventure is showing on ITV4 at 8pm on Ep 1 - Mon 16th Nov... Ep 2 - Mon 23rd Nov Ep 3 - Mon 30th Nov (QPSR featured) Ep 4 - Mon 7th Dec Ep 5 - Mon 21st Dec Ep 6 - Mon 28th Dec See more

09.01.2022 Hello Monday This weekend just passed saw Kilrie having her final boiler examination. Passengers on the 11am train got to have a symphony of sound as they passed Box Flat, with PB15 448, Kilrie and 5802 all blowing whistles!

09.01.2022 Bookings are now available for our November 21st Co-vid Safe picnic train hauled by 113 year old locomotive PB15 448. Departing from Swanbank Train Station (110 Swanbank Coal road - only 35 minutes from the Brisbane CBD) at 9am, 11am and 1pm. Sit back and enjoy an hour and a quarter train trip in carriages that are over 100 years old as the bush land and old coal mining relics trundle past your window.... Before or after your trip, grab a bite to eat from the @QueenOfCupcakesAustralia at the station and picnic by the lake or take a 15 minute vintage bus trip past the Box Flat Memorial. Fares A $24 C $13 F $55 Bus Trip $2 Book now at www.qpsr.org

08.01.2022 Bubba has Landed! Thanks to Crane Hotline, Henry Plant & Equipment Hire Lithgow, Wyton Transport, Zig Zag Railway, Eagletech Engineering and Ipswich City Council. There's a few little bits of body work to get done but due to her fine mechanical condition we are expecting her on track early next year.

08.01.2022 Voulinteers Dale, Graeme and Jack have been working on building a brand new hardwood end veranda for one of the coaches during the covid break. The old deck had suffered considerable wood rot and the only option had been to create a brand new one to the original specs. All the work was all done by hand (only 1 band saw cut was made to shape the head piece), with chisels, wood mallets, sand paper and handsaws to get good clean joints that matching the original drawings.

08.01.2022 Now for a bit of a surprise! Thanks to the Ipswich City Councill, Bubba (the small 6 wheeled diesel locomotive) will be coming to Swanbank soon to call it home. Fairly shortly after her arrival she will start working with our existing locomotives to provide trips up the Swanbank branch. Thing is Bubba hasn't been given any colours or a livery (to be honest she's currently a little grey). ... So we thought we would ask all the kids out there (and some of the parents) to show us what livery and colours they think would suit her best of all. Our resident artist Maureen did up this lovely drawing of Bubba to use as your canvas

07.01.2022 Bookings are now open for our Covid Safe Picnic Trains on Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th. Join us for a 1hr journey from Swanbank to Racecourse and return, via the old coal mining sites of the Blackstone Region. Trains Depart at 9am, 11am and 1pm. Bookings are essential and available at www.QPSR.org. Tickets are $24 (A) $13 (C) $55 (F)... Each day we are meeting up with some other school holiday activities. On the 26th the 15th Regiment WW1 re-enactors will have a display at Swanbank Station and be on manoeuvres as they were in the early days of the great war. On the 27th hop the heritage bus ($4pp) on a shuttle service to the Cooneana Homestead's Family Funday ($5 per Adult) which can be booked separately at: https://www.discoveripswich.com.au//cooneana-heritage-cen/. Join us for a great day out learning about the way things were in Queensland at the turn of last century!

06.01.2022 Good morning Monday. Mark Dorman got this lovely shot this weekend just past of PB15 448 running around the top loop to turn. We can't wait to be able to offer the short loop line service again when the pandemic lifts. Currently our onboard volunteers are spending this portion of the train trip cleaning the carriage interiors to help stop the spread of covid.

06.01.2022 Only a few seats left on this weekends trains departing from Swanbank Station! Don't miss your chance to turn back the clock to the turn of last century in old wooden carriages hauled by 113 year old locomotive, 448. Book your seat while you can at www.qpsr.org

05.01.2022 Good Morning (well it's morning somewhere :P) Monday. Lance Castle got a great shot last month of PB15 448 passing over Bundamba Creek on her way back to Swanbank. We are looking forward to another full weekend of steam on the 17th and 18th if you want to join us for a trip back in time.

03.01.2022 A very good morning Monday! The maintenance team were doing steam testing on both Kilrie and the PB15 over the weekend. So for the first time in 9 years the pair are seen steaming on shed together.... Not long now until Kilrie starts making her way out on to the branch.

03.01.2022 Bookings are now available for our October 17th and 18th Co-vid Safe picnic train hauled by 113 year old locomotive 448. Departing from Swanbank Train Station at 9am, 11am and 1pm. Sit back and enjoy an hour and a quarter train trip in carriages that are over 100 years old as the bush land and old coal mining relics trundle past your window. Grab a bite to eat at a food van at the station and picnic by the lake or take a 15 minute vintage bus trip past the Box Flat Memorial.... Fares A $24 C $13 F $55 Bus Trip $2 Book now at www.qpsr.org

02.01.2022 Thanks to everyone who came on the weekends Trips, Don the bus man got this fantastic video of 448 taking on Elevator Hill!. We will be aiming to release October runs shortly

01.01.2022 Meet Rod, Growing up with a railway family in Hamilton next to the Broadmeadow area (Newcastle, N.S.W.), the sound track to his young evenings was the sounds of Beyer Garratts, the Mighty 38s and the Beyer-Peacock consolidation locomotives pulling heavy loads of all manner of cargos. His Grandfather wanted him to join the N.S.W.G.R., but he became an Accountant!... Rodney first started working at the railway on his retirement, painting lander carriages with his mate Neil, the railways head painter. Since moving up to the sunshine state and joining the railway, Rod has served as the railways secretary, a passenger service attendant, track worker, painter and restorer. He has also amassed a rather fine collection of vintage rear-wheel-drive Volvos.