Portfolio of Queensland Railways - Pictures from the 1950's and 60's.
Kim Thurlow's Album
At this time, all rail was flat bottomed, on locally cut hardwood (eucalyptus) sleepers. Main line rail was up to 90 pounds per yard, but a lot of the rail like in this photo, was as light as 40 pounds to the yard. In fact, in this shot, the engine is on the main loop, and I doubt if that rail is more than 60 to the yard.
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