| 词条 | Marble Bar Railway |
| 释义 |
| box_width = | name =Marble Bar Railway | color = | logo = | logo_width = | logo_alt = | image =Marble bar railcar.jpg | image_width = | image_alt =Petrol rail motor used on Marble Bar Railway from 1934 to 1947. | caption =WAGR AI class petrol rail motor used on Marble Bar Railway from 1934 to 1947. | type =Heavy rail | system =WAGR | status =Closed | locale =Pilbara, Western Australia | start =Port Hedland | end =Marble Bar | stations =12 | routes = | daily_ridership = | ridership2 = | open ={{Start date|1911|07||df=y}} | close ={{End date|1951|10|31|df=y}} | owner =WAGR | operator =WAGR | character = | depot = | stock = | linelength_km = | linelength_mi = | linelength = {{convert|184|km|mi|abbr=on}} | tracklength_km= | tracklength_mi= | tracklength = | tracks = | gauge = {{RailGauge|3ft6in|lk=on}} | old_gauge = | load_gauge = | minradius = | racksystem = | routenumber = | electrification = | speed_km/h = | speed_mph = | speed = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | elevation = | website = | map = | map_state = show }} The Port Hedland–Marble Bar railway was a railway in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, running into the hinterland from the north-west coast. HistoryThe line was a Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) {{RailGauge|3ft6in|lk=on}} gauge branch line which was isolated from the rest of the WAGR system. Construction was commenced in 1909, undertaken by the firm of Henry Teesdale Smith, and the line was opened in July 1911.[1][2] The line had been proposed for some years before the date of opening.[3][4] The closest railhead of the main WAGR rail system was over {{convert|1000|km|mi}} to the south at Meekatharra so most rolling stock and materials were shipped in and out Port Hedland. Due to heavy losses on the line, the Western Australian government asked 1922 Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Railway Department to make a specific inquiry into the running of the Port Hedland railway. The commissioner found that "the railway cannot be run effectively so long as it is administered by the Railways Department" and recommended, among other things, that the running of the line be handed over to the Commissioner of the North-West.[5] That was not done. The reputation of the line for its slow running speed lived on long after the railway had closed, with Patsy Adam Smith's 1969 book about early railways noting the use of the ironic name the Spinifex Flyer.[6] The act for discontinuance of the railway was granted royal assent on 18 December 1950, and the last train to run out of Port Hedland operated on 25 October 1951. The railway closed on 31 October 1951. Iron ore railways that have subsequently been constructed in the Pilbara region are standard gauge railways. Stopping Places
See also{{portal|Trains|Western Australia}}
References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37582185 |title=THE PORT HEDLAND-MARBLE BAR RAILWAY: TURNING THE FIRST SOD. |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Perth |date=27 March 1909 |accessdate=25 May 2012 |page=25 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 2. ^Woodland, Edwin W. (1975) The Port Hedland – Marble Bar Railway Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, January, 1975 pp1-6 3. ^{{Citation | author1=Isdell, James | author2=Thomson, James (James Wylie) | title=Developing our resources : the great nor'-western railway : Port Hedland to Marble Bar and Nullagine : opening up the Pilbara goldfields | publication-date=1904 | publisher=A.E. Forsaith | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12776352 | accessdate=25 May 2012 }} 4. ^{{Citation | author1=Anketell, R. J | title=Report on proposed railway line Marble Bar to Port Hedland, and Cossack to Marble Bar, and plans | publication-date=1895 | publisher=Govt. Pr | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22333890 | accessdate=25 May 2012 }} 5. ^{{cite book|title=Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the System of State Railways | author=Stead, George W. | publication-date=1922 | publisher=WA Government Printer | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12776366 | accessdate=25 May 2012 }} notably part 5, page 38 – 51 Report of the Royal Commissioner on the Port Hedland-Marble Bar Railway and Copy of Evidence taken. The response by the Commissioner of Railways, H.Pope, comprises section 6 – pages 52-53. 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46947486 |title=ROMANCE OF THE RAILWAY PIONEERS. |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly | date=16 April 1969 |accessdate=25 May 2012 |page=14 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} Bibliography
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7 : Closed railway lines in Western Australia|Railway lines in the Pilbara|3 ft 6 in gauge railways in Australia|Railway lines opened in 1911|Railway lines closed in 1951|1911 establishments in Australia|1951 disestablishments in Australia |
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