- Marble Bar Railway
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Petrol rail motor used on Marble Bar Railway from 1934 to 1947
The isolated Port Hedland to Marble Bar railway[1] was a Western Australian Government Railways 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge branch line that was opened in July 1911. It was the second railway in the Pilbara region running from the north coast of Western Australia. Subsequent Iron Ore railways that have been developed in the region are standard gauge railways.
The act for discontinuance of the railway was granted assent on 18 December 1950, and the last train to run out of Port Hedland operated on 25 October 1951. The railway closed on 31 October 1951.
The closest railhead of the main rail system to the south was at Meekatharra - most rolling stock and materials were shipped in and out of the port at Port Hedland.
Contents
Stopping Places
- Port Hedland
- Pippingarra
- Pundano
- Strelley
- Carlindi
- Pin Pin
- Shaw River
- Warralong
- Gorge Creek
- Coongan
- Eginbah
- Marble Bar
References
- ^ Woodland, Edwin W. (1975) The Port Hedland - Marble Bar Railway Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, January, 1975 pp1-6
Bibliography
- Affleck, Fred N.(1978) On track : the making of Westrail, 1950 to 1976 Perth: Westrail ISBN 0-7244-7560-5
- Joyce, John and Tilley, Allan (1979) Railways in the Pilbara Wembley, W.A. J and A publications ISBN 0959969926
- May, Andrew and Gray, Bill.(2006) A History of WAGR Passenger Carriages. Perth: The Author ISBN 0-646-45902-3
- Quinlan, Howard & Newland, John R.(2000) Australian Railway Routes 1854-2000 ISBN 0-909650-49-7
See also
External links
- http://www.railways.pilbara.net.au/index2.html for current railways in pilbara
Categories:- History of Western Australia
- Rail transport in Western Australia
- Pilbara
- Closed railway lines in Western Australia
- Railway lines in Pilbara region of Western Australia
- Western Australia rail transport stubs
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