Brisbane’s original 1979 electric trains take one last journey

EMUs have retired from service since 2018. The latter made his last journey on the runway on Saturday at Queensland Rail’s line tour.

The tour left the three Roma Street Station Platform and ran on Caboolture, Ipswich, Ferny Grove and Shorncliffe lines, stopped all stations, to give the public a chance to ride an EMU.

Emu59 stayed at the platform 10 for 10 minutes on Saturday evening to let people take pictures and say goodbye.

Rob Hill, General Manager of Queensland Railway Operations, said the state was the symbol of progress in Queensland while developing its own identity.

“They will always be remembered for the role they play in shaping rails in Queensland, Hill said Hill.

The EMU fleet was produced in Walkers Maryborough and a total of 88 units were delivered between 1979 and 1987.

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Since each train promotion, he has traveled about 12 million kilometers on the Southeast Queensland network.

On Facebook, a woman released the memories of her father, a Queensland railway driver, and from time to time he took him to school on EMU trains.

Kelly said that they were the best to be driven, you actually felt you were using a train, ”he said.