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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.

Horse power

The tramway was intended to be operated by horses.

Characteristics

Gradients

Original proposed MBT company gradient was 1 in 25 (4.0%). The original gauge was 1435mm with horse drawn motive power.

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 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.
  • April – An early mention of the constructing firm of Moreton, Peto and Brassey.
  • November – An advertisement for the company's prospectus in a Sydney newspaper.
  • November – An advertisement for the company's prospectus in a Brisbane paper.

1861

1862

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

1863

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

1865

  • 29 March 1865 – three large shareholder taken to Supreme Court for not paying calls on contributing shares.

The three are:

  • Coote,
  • Stephens,
  • Buckley.

References