Moreton Bay Tramway Company

The Moreton Bay Tramroad Company was a private enterprise attempt to establish railways in the new colony of Queensland. It was stillborn.

People

  • Coote,
  • Stephens,
  • Buckley.

Land Grant Railway

It had been proposed to fund it as a Land Grant Railway.[1]

Horse power

The tramway was intended to be operated by horses.[2]

Characteristics

Gradients

The later railway along the route of the tramway has ruling gradients of 1 in 50. This might be rather steep for horse operation, unless unloaded in uphill direction.

Rails

The line was originally to use 35 pounds per yard (17 kg/m) rail.

Nomenclature

The Tramway company is sometimes called a Tramroad.

Timeline

1859

  • Queensland separated from New South Wales on 6 June 1859. Some very preliminary railway plans had been prepared by the New South Wales Government which were handed over to the new Queensland Government.

1860

  • April – An early mention in a political platform of the need for railways or tramways in Queensland.[4]
  • April – An early mention of the constructing firm of Moreton, Peto and Brassey.[5]
  • November – An advertisement for the company's prospectus in a Sydney newspaper.[6]
  • November – An advertisement for the company's prospectus in a Brisbane paper.[7]

1861

1862

  • April – coal deposits reported next to the proposed route.[8]
  • 29 May – Tramway assets taken over by Government.[9][10]

1863

  • Insolvent Court[11]
  • 9 May – the Government Railways Bill repeals the Tramway Act, except for court actions already in action.[12]
  • 20 August – Railway Bill in parliament[13]

1865

The three are:

  • Coote,
  • Stephens,
  • Buckley.

References

  1. ^ "Advertising". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 11 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Advertising". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 11 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  3. ^ "The Courier". The Courier (Brisbane). Vol. XVIII, no. 1826. Queensland, Australia. 31 December 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 30 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Classified Advertising". The Moreton Bay Courier. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 17 April 1860. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Colonial Parliament". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 25 April 1860. p. 5. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Sydney News". The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser. NSW: National Library of Australia. 8 November 1860. p. 3. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Classified Advertising". The Moreton Bay Courier. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 10 November 1860. p. 1. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Advertising". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 5 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  9. ^ "Latest Intelligence". North Australian and Queensland General Advertiser. Ipswich, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 29 May 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Latest Intelligence". North Australian and Queensland General Advertiser. Ipswich, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 29 May 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  11. ^ "Queensland". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 2 January 1863. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  12. ^ "The Government Railway Bill". The Courier (Brisbane). Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 9 May 1863. p. 3. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  13. ^ "The Railway Bill". The Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser. Toowoomba, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 20 August 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  14. ^ "Queensland". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 29 March 1865. p. 3. Retrieved 8 September 2012.


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