Wee Georgie Wood Railway

The Wee Georgie Wood Railway is a 2 ft  (610 mm) narrow gauge tourist tramway that runs from Tullah to near the Melba Line on the West Coast of Tasmania. It is named after its narrow gauge steam engine, which was named the Wee Georgie Wood due to its diminutive size. The original name varied between the "Farrell Tramway" and the "North Mount Farrell Tramway".

It is located close to the Pieman River hydro-electric scheme, Lake Rosebery, Lake Mackintosh, and Lake Murchison.

In the centenary of the railway in 2002 - celebrations and publications increased knowledge of the locomotives and their history ^[1]

Locomotives

The following list is from the information in the centenary booklet of 2002:-

• Krauss No. 2640 Puppy 1892 0-4-0
• Orenstein and Koppel No. 718 Circa 1901 0-4-0
• Fowler No. 16203 Wee Georgie Wood Circa 1924 ^[2] 0-4-0
• Fowler No. 17732 Wee Mary Circa 1928 0-4-0
• Krauss No. 5988 Number 9 1908 0-4-0

Notes

1. ^ Wee Georgie Wood Steam Railway Inc (2002) 1902-2002 Celebrating the Centenary of the North Mount Farrell Tramway ISBN 0-9750013-0-2
2. ^ page 27-28 of Wee Georgie Wood Steam Railway Inc (2002) 1902-2002 Celebrating the Centenary of the North Mount Farrell Tramway ISBN 0-9750013-0-2

See also

• Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania

External links

• http://tullah.org/wgw/index.html - main Web page with details
• http://www.railtasmania.com/pres/group.php?id=wgw

Sources

• Atkinson, H.K. (1991). Railway Tickets of Tasmania. ISBN 0-9598718-7-X. 
• Rae, Lou (1997). The Emu Bay Railway. ISBN 0-9592098-6-7. 
• Along the Line in Tasmania. Book 2. Private Lines. Traction Publications. 1972. ISBN 0-85829-003-0. 
• Whitham, Charles. Western Tasmania: A Land of Riches and Beauty.

2003 edition - Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.

1949 edition - Hobart: Davies Brothers. OCLC 48825404; ASIN B000FMPZ80

1924 edition - Queenstown: Mount Lyell Tourist Association. OCLC 35070001; ASIN B0008BM4XC

• Whitham, Lindsay (2002). Railways, Mines, Pubs and People and other historical research. Sandy Bay: Tasmanian Historical Research Association. ISBN 0-909479-21-6. 

Further reading

• Manny, L.B. (1960) The Tullah Tramway Manny in Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, April, 1960 pp49–56