West Coast Wilderness Railway, Tasmania

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The West Coast Wilderness Railway runs from Queenstown to Strahan, Tasmania, and is a reconstruction of the former Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company railway along the same route. The railway originally opened in 1897 to transport copper from the mine in Queenstown to the markets. The railway is narrow gauge, built to a track width of 3 ft 6 in, or 1067 mm.
The railway utilises an Abt rack and pinion system to climb the gradients, some as steep as 1 in 15. The railway has three functional locomotives, ABT1, ABT3 and ABT5. The locomotive operating on the day was ABT3, nicknamed "Black Beauty".
On the day, the train operated as far as Dubbil Barril where the locomotive was turned on the manual turntable for the journey back to Queenstown.
West Coast Wilderness Railway:
www.wcwr.com.au/
Music: "Dubakupado" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@bradwilliams1691]

My wife and I took the kids on the Queenstown - Dubbil Barril trip back in 2002 on only its third full day of operations. Great trip & highly recommended.

[@jessesands9426]

MAGNIFICENT scenery!☺️🏞️🍎

[@timothypurser8729]

I thought this one had been abandoned a few years after the turn of the Millenium. I'm glad to see it's still around. Thanks for the video!

[@jashugg]

Timothy Purser ... it was only reopened in 2002