Moreton Bay Tramway Company

• Coote, • Stephens, • Buckley. • Abraham Fitzgibbon engineer, who was assistant to William Doyne on the Dun Mountain Tramway in Nelson, New Zealand. == 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 ==