Toogoolawah Railway Station

The line to Toogoolawah was completed and open for public traffic by 8 February 1904. When the line opened to Toogoolawah it had a station building, loop siding and cattle yards. A siding was put in for Nestle and Anglo Swiss Condensed Milk Company in 1903 and this was extended in 1913. The siding remained after the factory closed in 1929, and was used again by Nestle during the war. It was removed by 1952. In 1932 Toogoolawah Station had its Night Office position downgraded to a Porter. In 1932 small pig trucking yards were erected on a siding in the station yards. A short siding was put in for a rail motor in 1928, a turntable in 1935 and a forkline in 1939. Toogoolawah's longest serving railwayman was George Launder who was a stationmaster for thirty-three years and an Esk Shire Councillor for nine years, between 1943-1952.