G’day David
Yes – you picked it well. The stumps you saw were remnants of the railway line & bridge.
If you go to McCulloch Road, just south of that spot, it’s quite easy to see where the old railway line crossed the road. You can see history of old earthworks either side.
Although we weren’t really supposed to, we’ve ridden our bikes along some of the old railway line at Kobble Creek near Golds Scrub Lane. That’s worth a look if you haven’t done it yet.
Neil

Hi Neil, just came across your site when tracing the path of the Dayboro line past Ferny Grove after reading about the Camp Mountain train disaster.
I noticed where Mt Samon Rd crosses North Pine River the train line is marked as just east of the roadbridge, and it appears there is a pair of timber stumps just above the water surface that could well be evidence of the former line’s crossing there (just north of the Dayboro Water Treatment Plant).
Food for thought? Disagree/Agree?
Thankyou so much for publishing a map that wasn’t a jpg or other non-vector image, it was fantastic to be able to zoom in and out as needed while I compared with google maps current satellite view, particularly around the Yugar tunnel area.
Cheers!
David

G’day Matt

Congratulations on your purchase.

A few of us rode through that area a while ago when the dam levels were really low. Photos here: https://blog.neilennis.com/index.php/samsonvale/
I can’t tell you where the provincial school used to be, but the photos in the above article (and map) might give you a better idea of the lay of the land.

Also, there are some old maps from the 1920’s that might help you find the location of the school. You can down load them here:
Map 1
Map 2
Map 3
Index

Hope this helps.

Neil

Hey all reopening an old thread in a hope to keep the discoveries open and also looking for some help. We recently purchased vacant land on Mt samson road near winn Rd. Reading this has certainly sparked some interest and might explain some weir noises we have heard. Early last year we were camping on the block and were woken up early in the morning by a horrible noise sounded like metal grinding. We’d all had a lot to drink but 3 of the 6 of us all woke up at the same time. Giving me goose pumps now reading this story of the train crash and wondering if maybe it was related.
I’m trying to find the location of the original samsonvale provincial school as I have been told it may be on our block somewhere and the foundations of 2 sandstone posts from the front gate are somewhere as well. Would love to hear if anyone knows of where it was before it was relocated down near the translation across the road from the current state school. We also have a very large Moreton Bay fig tree which would be nearly 40 to 50m across the canopy and maybe also points to something of significance here for it to be still standing and the only fig tree on a large block where all surrounding area is cleared farmland.