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Line 100: The first recorded use of a locomotive hauled tramway for sugar cane transport in Queensland was at a plantation at [[Morayfield]] (now an outer suburb of Brisbane) in 1866 using {{Track gauge\|3ft}} gauge. The plantation was not a success, however another tramway built at Maryborough in the same year was successful. A {{Track gauge\|42in}} gauge tramway was established at the Pioneer Mill near ~~Mackay~~Townsville in 1875, and in 1881 a {{convert\|50\|mi\|adj=on}} tramway network had been established to service [[CSR Limited\|CSR]] [[Homebush]] and [[Victoria (Australia)\|Victoria]] mills. The Herbert mill had an {{convert\|8\|mi\|adj=on}} network by 1882, and further tram networks were established as the sugar industry expanded, all {{Track gauge\|2ft}} gauge with the exception of the Pioneer Mill system. At the end of [[World War I]] surplus equipment that had been used to rail supplies to the trenches was used to expand the sugar cane networks.

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