Labasa Mill Tramway

Labasa Mill Tramway
Locomotive boiler explosion, Labasa, 1912


Map of the route
Technical
Line length26 miles (42 km)
Track gauge2 feet (610 mm)
Route map

Legend
mi
10
 Tabia
6
 Qelewaqa
4
 Wailevu
3
 Tuatua
1
 Nasea
0
 Labasa Mill
0.9
 Vulovi
4
 Malau Road Crossing
7
 Nagigi
9
 Mataniwai
14
 Papalagi
15
 Nasealevu
19
 Enketa's Points
23
 Vunivutu
25
 Navoalevu
26
 Wainikoro[1]
27
 Daku
30
 Lagalaga
34
 Nubu

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

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

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.

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