10-BLRM-BLs Australian Heritage Railway Stations and Infrastructure News 2021.

Good afternoon, Today is Thursday the 28th of February, 2019. Here is a write up about the Station and the town. My Partner and I have visited the town twice in our travels The first time we had lunch at the Bakery, while traveling from Ilfacombe to Augthella. The second time we visited the Wool Scour, which is still operational. The Station is now located in the main street and is used as a display and a Tourist info centre. A great place to visit as there is lots of History to look at. The Railway arrived in Blackall in 1908. The town was first settled in 1864. By 1877 the town had 7 hotels. www.aussietowns.com.au/blackall-qld  This Railway Station Has been re-purposed. It has a Tourist information centre, a Museum and many Australian Displays. Blackall, is on the Jericho to Yaraka Branch line, with Yaraka being the Termius. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Western-railway-line._Queensland

Good Morning, Today is Sunday the 24th of February, 2019. This is a write up about the Ilfracombe Railway Station, which is 27 kms from Longreach in Out back Queensland. There are actually two Stations, an old one and a new one. This is the town with the Machinery Mile, very interesting and very old, lots of Australian History. It has a great Caravan Park, which My Partner an I have stayed at twice. https://www.facebook.com/ilfyvanpark/   In the early days the town had it's own Wool Scour. The Spirit of the Outback stops there if required to pick up or put down Passengers. You can use the town as your base and travel to places like Blackall, Yaraka, Isisford, Barcaldine, Aramac and Muttaburra www.aussietowns.com.au/town/ilfracombe-qld   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilfracombe,_Queensland The Central Western railway line reached Ilfracombe in 1891. The Post Office opened on the 7th of December 1891. The town currently has a great ...

Good morning, Today is Wednesday the 6th of Feruary, 2019. This is a write up about the Roma Railway Station in Queensland. We were traveling from Ilfracombe to Toowoomba/Ipswich in Sept/October 2014.  Was trying to get photos of the Westlander, had to go to the Station at 11.30pm to get some pics. More Photos and Information to follow. Have a great day. I will be doing a more detailed write up when I do a story on the Westlander train which is still operational. The train Stops at Roma at around 11.00- 11.30 at night on return to Brisbane.

Good Morning, Today is Monday the 4th of February, 2019. This is a write up about the Winton Railway Station. We have been fortunate to visit this Station twice, in 2014 and 2015. More Photos and Information will follow. Winton was a lucky outback town, at one stage you could travel on two different trains to reach it. The line from Hughenden to Winton opened on the 5th of July 1899. In September 1928, a railway line from Longreach, reached Winton. Here is a link to more info about the Railway Line to Winton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Mt_Isa_line)