Magnet Tramway

Magnet Tramway
Mallet - steam locomotive from Orenstein & Koppel
Ford-Model-T - Draisine
Route length:	16 km
Gauge :	610 mm ( 2 foot track )
Maximum slope :	2 ‰

The Magnet Tramway , also shorter Magnet Tram or The Magnet , was a sixteen-kilometer-long, narrow-gauge , factory railway with a gauge of 610 millimeters (2 feet ) in northwest Tasmania . It ran from Magnet Junction on the Guildford to Mount Bischoff railway line (part of the Emu Bay Railway ) to the Magnet Mine.

history

The line was built in 1901. The building project was led by BF Waller, who started work as managing director and responsible engineer in January 1901. The route had previously been roughly measured by former mine manager T. H. Jones. Although the destination was just four miles as the crow flies from the Waratah transshipment point , the route had a total of 194 turns and a length of sixteen kilometers due to the height difference of 183 m (600 feet). The incline was 2 ‰ (100 feet per mile) for the first thirteen kilometers (8 miles) and was less steep afterwards. The light rail profiles with a meter weight of 15 kg / m (30 lb per yard) were laid on 22,000 sleepers, mostly made of Huon stone slab .

The following rail vehicles, among others, were used:

0-4-4-0T - Mallet - steam locomotives No. 1–3 from Orenstein & Koppel
Ford Model T trolley

When the Mount Magnet Silver Mine closed in 1941 , the tracks and locomotives were acquired by the sawmill owner RJ Howard from Zeehan .

Web links

Commons : Magnet Tramway - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ Stephen Martin: The Magnet tramway, Tasmania (1st edition), APW Productions, 1982, ISBN 978-0-949732-19-4 .
^ The Magnet Tramway. . In: The North Western Advocate and The Emu Bay Times , March 21, 1901, p. 2. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
^ The Magnet Tramway. . In: The North Western Advocate and The Emu Bay Times , September 5, 1901, p. 3. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
↑ A Tramway for Mount Magnet. . In: The North Queensland Register , March 18, 1901, p. 39. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
↑ A Tramway for Mount Magnet. . In: The Northern Miner , March 12, 1901, p. 2. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b Paul Ledger. Magnet. The Rise & Fall of A Tarkine Mining Town. 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b Magnet tram . Retrieved June 10, 2018.
↑ Derek A. Bayliss: The origins of Orenstein & Koppel. The Industrial Railway Record, No. 47, April 1973, pp. 27-32. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
↑ Duncan How: Historic mines of Western Tasmania: A walking guide. Walk the West Publications, 1992, p. 10, ISBN 978-0-646-10651-9 .

[1] Stephen Martin: The Magnet tramway, Tasmania (1st edition), APW Productions, 1982, ISBN 978-0-949732-19-4 .

[2] The Magnet Tramway. . In: The North Western Advocate and The Emu Bay Times , March 21, 1901, p. 2. Retrieved June 9, 2018.

[3] The Magnet Tramway. . In: The North Western Advocate and The Emu Bay Times , September 5, 1901, p. 3. Retrieved June 9, 2018.

[4] A Tramway for Mount Magnet. . In: The North Queensland Register , March 18, 1901, p. 39. Retrieved June 9, 2018.

[5] A Tramway for Mount Magnet. . In: The Northern Miner , March 12, 1901, p. 2. Retrieved June 9, 2018.

[Ledger-6] Paul Ledger. Magnet. The Rise & Fall of A Tarkine Mining Town. 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2018.

[Trainiac-7] Magnet tram . Retrieved June 10, 2018.

[8] Derek A. Bayliss: The origins of Orenstein & Koppel. The Industrial Railway Record, No. 47, April 1973, pp. 27-32. Retrieved June 10, 2018.

[9] Duncan How: Historic mines of Western Tasmania: A walking guide. Walk the West Publications, 1992, p. 10, ISBN 978-0-646-10651-9 .