A SEARCH has begun to find the historic timber building that was once the Marburg Railway Station.

Little is known about the historic structure which is believed to have been constructed in 1912.

The Marburg Railway Station was built on the line after coal was discovered in the region as early as 1860.

The lack of understanding about the railway infrastructure was the catalyst for Division 10 Councillor David Pahlke's search to find its location.

"I'm a bit of a history buff and when I see things that have a question mark or unknown details over them I like to go and look for them,” he said.

Cr Pahlke's search for the building could have ended days after beginning, with the structure believed to remain on an Ipswich line.

The councillor believes the station could be located at the Box Flat Junction on the Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway.

"Someone has come forward and said they might know where it is,” he said.

"It looks the same but I haven't been able to confirm it.”

Cr Pahlke said he was not interested in returning or refurbishing the station, but simply learning more about it.

It is believed the Marburg station went missing after 1964.

But claims the station has been found at Box Flat have been denied by Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway chairman Robert Shearer, who said it was not likely to be the missing hut.

He said the timber structure at Box Flat could be the staff quarters, which was constructed using the same blueprint as the station, causing the confusion.

"We do have the old Thomas Street and Albion waiting rooms at Swanbank station,” he said.

Mr Shearer said it was likely the Marburg station had been relocated to a property - a common occurrence after a railway was decommissioned.

"When they closed the railway they move the waiting room to the nearest paddock for use as a feed stall,” he said.

Along the line there were several small stations at Perry's Nob, Kunkala, Tallagalla and Marburg.

At Malabar there was a distinctive cream shed.

Cr Pahlke said by the 1960s, all of the stations were gone.