Downs Explorer

Downs Explorer
Map
Established1996
LocationWarwick
Coordinates28°12′58″S 152°02′31″E / 28.216°S 152.042°E / -28.216; 152.042
TypeRailway museum
Websitedownsexplorer.org.au
External videos
video icon Southern Downs Steam Railway - Warwick to Stanthorpe

Downs Explorer (originally known as Southern Downs Steam Railway) was founded in 1996, initially to restore the former Queensland Railways locomotive depot in Warwick.[1][2]

In 2000, a C17 class steam locomotive was purchased and restored to operational condition with passenger operations commencing in January 2009.[1][2]

The museum regularly operates services on the Southern line from Warwick to Toowoomba and Wallangarra.[3] It is an all-volunteer railway.[4]

  1. ^ a b About SDSR Southern Downs Steam Railway
  2. ^ a b "Level Crossing Safety: Warwick to Wallangarra" Railway Digest April 2013 pages 40-43
  3. ^ Tours Southern Downs Steam Railway
  4. ^ "Railway finds its puff again". Star Community. Star News Group. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.