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Abraham 'Abram' Fitzgibbon (23 January 1823 – 4 April 1887) was an Irish-born railroad engineer and a pioneer for narrow-gauge railways. ==Biography== He became the first chief engineer of Queensland Railways after a rise through the ranks in the early stages of the railway department development.〔 Armstrong observes the rise of Fitzgibbon over the rival engineers of the time〕 Despite opposition from contemporaries, he successfully advocated for the use of narrow gauge or track in Australia.〔() Adoption of the 3ft. 6ins. gauge for queensland railways (1983)〕〔 also at 〕〔Harding identifies railway engineers came from other Australian colonies and were highly cvritical of the proposed gauge p.36 〕 In the early 1860s, Fitzgibbon was working at Dun Mountain Railway in New Zealand, a horse-drawn line upon which he worked from 1860 ( gauge) Fitzgibbon arrived in the colony of Queensland in June 1863. He was appointed chief engineer of the railways and the first operations of the Queensland Railways opened in 1865.〔(Our journey – About Queensland Rail )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abraham Fitzgibbon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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