Labasa Mill Tramway
Appearance
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Line length | 26 miles (42 km) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track gauge | 2 feet (610 mm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Labasa Mill Tramway is narrow gauge railway with a gauge of 2 feet (610 mm). It is 41 miles (66 km) long and is located in the northeast of Vanua Levu, the second largest island of Fiji.
Operation
[edit]The railway has been operated since 1894. It has been operated for the transportation of cane from farms near Labasa to the Labasa Mill for crushing.[2]
Locomotives
[edit]In 1957 the following locomotives were used:
Owner | Manufacturer | Year | No. | Type | Current location | Current status |
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Labasa Sugar Mill | Fowler | 1896 | 2 | 0-6-0T tank locomotive | Playground | Display |
Labasa Sugar Mill | Fowler | 1906 | 3 | 0-6-2T tank locomotive | Labasa Sugar Mill | Display |
Labasa Sugar Mill | Fowler | 1907 | 5 | 0-6-2T tank locomotive | Labasa Sugar Mill | Derelict |
Labasa Sugar Mill | Fowler | 1926 | 6 (3) | 6wPM | Labasa Sugar Mill | Derelict[3] |
Labasa Sugar Mill | Hudswell Clarke | 1937 | 7 | 6wDM | ||
Labasa Sugar Mill | Drewry Car Company | 1950 | 8 | 4wPM | ||
Labasa Sugar Mill | Clyde Engineering | 1955 | 9 | 6wDM [4] |
References
[edit]- ^ Fergusson, Jim (20 January 2016). "Fiji & Pacific Islands Railways, Passenger Stations & Stops" (PDF). railwaystationlists.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Labasa mill, 1894-1982 (Fiji)". LRSSA Magazine. 77. July 1982.
- ^ Douglas C. Bailey: There are 66 locomotives built by: 'Fowler'.
- ^ Hodge, Peter (October 1960). "Narrow Gauge In Fiji". Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. 103 (103): 21–40. JSTOR 43517963.