Labasa Mill Tramway

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Labasa Mill Tramway
Locomotive boiler explosion, Labasa, Photographer unknown, 1912 (Australian National University).jpg
Locomotive boiler explosion, Labasa, 1912

Labasa Mill Tramway (OpenStreetMap).png

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Technical
Line length26 miles (42 km)
Track gauge2 feet (610 mm)
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3 Tuatua
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4 Malau Road Crossing
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14 Papalagi
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 27 Daku
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The Labasa Mill Tramway is a 41-mile-long (66 km) narrow gauge railway with a gauge of 2 feet (610 mm) in the northeast of Vanua Levu, the second largest island of Fiji.

Operation[]

The railway is operated from 1894 to today for the transportation of cane from the farms to the Labasa Mill for crushing..[2]

Locomotives[]

In 1957 the following locomotives were used:

Owner Manufacturer Year No. Type Current location Current status
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[]

  1. ^ Fergusson, Jim (20 January 2016). "Fiji & Pacific Islands Railways, Passenger Stations & Stops" (PDF). railwaystationlists.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Labasa mill, 1894-1982 (Fiji)". LRSSA Magazine. 77. July 1982.
  3. ^ Douglas C. Bailey: There are 66 locomotives built by: 'Fowler'.
  4. ^ Hodge, Peter (October 1960). "Narrow Gauge In Fiji". Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. 103 (103): 21–40. JSTOR 43517963.

Coordinates: 16°25′50″S 179°23′17″E / 16.43059°S 179.38815°E / -16.43059; 179.38815

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