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The Beaudesert Shire Tramway was a narrow gauge tramway which operated from Beaudesert to Lamington and Rathdowney in Queensland. It was one of 15 light railways built and operated by Divisional Boards and Shire Councils in Queensland. ==History== The Tabragalba Divisional Board, predecessor of the Beaudesert Shire, proposed the construction of the Tramway in 1899.〔Tabragalba Divisional Board Minutes, 7 Nov 1899; QSA:SRS4983/1/5〕 Approval was granted on 23 October 1901 and the Beaudesert Tramway Committee was formed on 3 March 1902. The Tramway opened from Beaudesert to Innisplain and Lilybank on 10 October 1903 with Sir Herbert Chermside, Governor of Queensland, officiating at the opening ceremony at Tabooba Junction. The line was extended to Lamington in October 1910. A branch line from Tabooba to Rathdowney was opened in March 1911.〔 The total cost of construction was £92,770. The main traffic was timber, dairy produce and livestock〔 which were transshipped to the Queensland Railways Beaudesert line. Early traffic was promising. For example, in the 1905-1906 financial year the Tramway carried 6,712 passengers, of cream, 2,854 pigs, of general merchandise, of other agricultural produce and of timber. Rathdowney and nearby towns were served by the interstate line from 1930. Following the "encroachment" of the standard gauge line and increasing competition from road transport, the Shire approached the Government of Queensland to take over the Tramway but the Minister for Railways declined. With declining traffic, the Tramway ceased operations on 30 Sep 1944. The rails and rolling stock were sold, and the Beaudesert Tramway Committee was abolished on 31 December 1945.〔Queensland State Archives Agency ID10855, Beaudesert Tramway Committee〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beaudesert Shire Tramway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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