Railway locomotive and rollingstock drawings

Research Guide to railway locomotive and rollingstock drawings records at Queensland State Archives.

This research guide provides an overview of the drawings produced by or for the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Branch (or Locomotive Branch) of the Railway Department. These railway drawings trace the development of Queensland railway locomotive and rollingstock from 1864. Not all drawings proposed for or adopted by Queensland Rail (QR) were transferred to QSA. Most of the drawings consist of general arrangement and working drawings for the construction of rollingstock.