Downs Explorer (originally known as Southern Downs Steam Railway) was founded in 1996, initially to restore the former
Queensland Rail
Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Owned by the Queensland Government, it operates local and long-distance passenger services, as well as owning and maintaining approximately 6,600 kilometres of track and relate ...
ways locomotive depot in
Warwick
Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...
.
[About SDSR]
Southern Downs Steam Railway["Level Crossing Safety: Warwick to Wallangarra" '']Railway Digest
''Railway Digest'' is a monthly magazine, published in Sydney, covering contemporary railways of Australia.
Overview
The magazine's publisher is the Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS), NSW Division. The first issue was published in ...
'' April 2013 pages 40-43
In 2000, a
C17 class steam locomotive was purchased and restored to operational condition with passenger operations commencing in January 2009.
[
The museum regularly operates services on the Southern line from ]Warwick
Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...
to Toowoomba
Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 ...
and Wallangarra
Wallangarra is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia on the border with New South Wales. In the , the locality of Wallangarra had a population of 468 people.
It is the third-most southerly town in Queens ...
.Tours
Southern Downs Steam Railway It is an all-volunteer railway.
See also
* List of heritage railways in Australia
References
External links
Downs Explorer
Railway museums in Queensland
Warwick, Queensland
1996 establishments in Australia
Tourist railways in Queensland
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