Laidley Valley (Mulgowie) railway line

[1] The line was the culmination of 30 years agitation to access the rich agricultural area along Laidley Creek.

The line was opened on Wednesday 19 April 1911 by the Queensland Treasurer, Walter Barnes.

[2] The line was never profitable, servicing an agricultural valley with a low population density.

[3] A possible extension to Thornton did not materialise, and once an all-weather road was constructed the uneconomic branch closed in 1955,[4] although 1.3 kilometres of the line to the Laidley cattle yards continued in service until 1969.

[3] Branching from the Main line at Laidley and passing through Cooper's Hill, Goothenda, Paree and Kullee, it terminated at Mulgowie.