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Coffin Bay tramway

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This mineral railway was opened in 1966 to bring lime sands 39 km from Coffin Bay to Proper Bay, near Port Lincoln. The operation was visited by an ARHS SA Div tour on 13 Nov 1976. (Citation details via the nswrail.net
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Following storm damage to the wharf at Billy Lights Point, the line closed in 1989. The track was lifted in the early 2000s and reused on the
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Although built as a high standard railway line, it was known as tramway because of a law that only allowed the
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Buckland, J.L. (August 1977). "A standard gauge railway in mothballs (Coffin Bay tramway of BHP Co. Ltd.)".
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Early Starts on SAR Industrial Spur and Standard Gauge Lime-Sand Line
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for the line. Both entered service in November 1965 on the
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locomotives (DE01/02). A fleet of 31 wagons were built by
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Doncaster N: Going, Going, Gone – Coffin Bay Tramway
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Index

BHP
Coffin Bay
Port Lincoln
DE class
Track gauge
Eyre Peninsula
South Australia
Coffin Bay
Port Lincoln
BHP
Whyalla
Port Kembla
Kwinana
Government of South Australia
EMD G12
DE class
Clyde Engineering
Sydney
BHP Whyalla Tramway
EMD G8
Comeng
Bassendean
Eyre Peninsula Railway
Railway Transportation


Australian Railway Historical Society


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