Eagle Farm Railway Loop

No.3 Base Ordnance Depot Loop

The Eagle Farm Rail Loop was built for military purposes in 1943 as a limited extension to the Pinkenba line. It provided a rail supply connection to the Allied supply bases that had been established at Meeandah and Pinkenba.

Place information

Location

Soutter Street

Eagle Farm, QLD 4009

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Place type

Supply facility

History

Before World War Two, the Meeandah Station was the passenger terminus for the Pinkenba line. Beyond Meeandah the rail line handled only commercial traffic that ran to the Pinkenba wharves. In 1943, a rail loop situated further east of Meeandah Station was built at Eagle Farm by the Queensland Government’s Railways Department for the RAAF. The new track crossed Eagle Farm Road (now Kingsford Smith Drive) necessitating the construction of a level crossing.

The rail loop was built to service the new military supply bases that had been established close to the Pinkenba wharves. In particular, the loop was provided with...

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