Upper Darling Range Railway
- Upper Darling Range Railway
The Upper Darling Range Railway (also known as the 'Upper Darling Range Branch') was a branch railway from Midland Junction, Western Australia, that rose up the southern side of the Helena Valley and on to the Darling Scarp via the 'Kalamunda Zig Zag section' (referring to the section of line in Gooseberry Hill. At the time of construction the only section of railway in Western Australia to have had a zigzag formation.
History
Completed in 1891, the Upper Darling Range Railway line in Western Australia was built by the Canning Jarrah Timber Company to supply railway sleepers to Perth's growing railway system. It ran from Midland Junction through to the Darling Ranges and up into Kalamunda. It was later extended to Pickering Brook and then on to Karragullen. From Pickering Brook, the line was also run to Bartons Mill. In 1903 the line was taken over by the Western Australian Government Railways and became known as the Upper Darling Range Branch, which ran it until 1949 when it was closed.
topping places
Named stopping places and locations on the line included [ Part of this table is sourced from:- Slee, John (1979) "Cala Munnda" pp.55-56 ] :
The line was closed and pulled up in 1949.
Notes
Further reading
* Gunzburg, Adrian (1967) "Upper Darling Range Railway:WAGR" held at Battye Library
* Price, Eric T. (1983) "The Canning jarrah line, 1891-1903" Western Australia : E.T. Price
* Slee, John. (1979) "Cala Munnda : a home in the forest : a history of Kalamunda" Kalamunda, W.A. : Shire of Kalamunda. ISBN 0959583106
* Steele, Ken.(1993) "Zig Zag to Kalamunda : the story of the Upper Darling Range Railway" Lesmurdie, W.A.: Drillmark Publications Division. ISBN 064616323X
* Watson, Lindsay "The Railway History Of Midland Junction : Commemorating The Centenary Of Midland Junction, 1895-1995" Swan View, W.A : L & S Drafting in association with the Shire of Swan and the Western Australian Light Railway Preservation Association, [1995]
External links
* [http://members.westnet.com.au/locoman/zigzag.html Kalamunda Zig-Zag Page]
* [http://members.westnet.com.au/locoman/KalaZZ2.html Kalamunda Zig-Zag Page with model photos of stations]
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