| 词条 | Esperance Branch Railway |
| 释义 |
| box_width = | name = Esperance Branch Railway | other_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | color = | logo = | logo_width = | logo_alt = | image = | image_width = | image_alt = | caption = | type = | system = | status = | locale = | start = Coolgardie (NG) and Kalgoorlie (SG) | end = Esperance | stations = | routes = | daily_ridership = | ridership2 = | planopen = | open = | yearcommenced = | yearcompleted = | close = | event1label = | event1 = | event2label = | event2 = | event3label = | event3 = | owner = | operator = | character = | depot = | stock = | linelength_km = | linelength_mi = | linelength = | tracklength_km = | tracklength_mi = | tracklength = | tracks = | gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}} | old_gauge = Narrow gauge | load_gauge = | minradius = | racksystem = | routenumber = | linenumber = | electrification = | speed_km/h = | speed_mph = | speed = | signalling = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | elevation = | website = | map = {{Routemap|inline=1| \\\\CONTgq\\ABZq+lr\\BHFq\\CONTfq ~~0km {{BSto|Kalgoorlie|Eastern Goldfields Railway}} uexCONTgq\\uexBHFq\\uexABZq+lr\\uexcCONTfq\\dSTR\\\\c\\ ~~(0km) {{BSto|Coolgardie|Original rail alignment (closed 1960s)}} uexBHF\\STR ~~ (11) Burbanks uexHST\\STR ~~ (16) Londonderry uexSTR\\PSLr ~~ 19 Hampton Siding uexSTR\\BHF ~~ 22 Hampton uexSTR\\BHF ~~ 60 Kambalda uexSTR\\ABZgl ~~ 68 Redmine spur uexSTR\\eABZg+l ~~ 89 Roysalts spur uexHST\\STR ~~ (57) Logans Find uexSTR\\PSLl ~~ 93 Lefroy Siding uexBHF\\STR ~~ (75) Widgiemooltha (NG) uexSHI1l\\SHI1r uxmSPLe HST ~~ 101 Widgiemooltha (SG) edHST ~~ 131 Higginsville PSLl ~~ 134 Higginsville Siding edHST ~~ 163 Pioneer BHF ~~ 189 Norseman edHST ~~ 193 Cowan eABZgr ~~ 193 Cowan Minerals edHST ~~ 201 Lake Kirk edHST ~~ 212 Goodia edHST ~~ 223 Bromus edHST ~~ 238 Daniell edHST ~~ 252 Beete edHST ~~ 262 Kumarl edHST ~~ 274 Dowak edBHF ~~ 285 Salmon Gums PSLl ~~ 288 Salmon Gums grain loop edHST ~~ 296 Circle Loop edHST ~~ 305 Red Lake BHF ~~ 314 Grass Patch edHST ~~ 326 Truslove edHST ~~ 338 Scaddan edHST ~~ 347 Speddingup edHST ~~ 354 Flemming edBHF ~~ 362 Gisbon PSLl ~~ 372 Gisbon siding edHST ~~ 374 Caitup edHST ~~ 378 Shark Lake edHST ~~ 386 Collier STR ~~ STR+GRZq ~~ Esperance... \\ABZgl+l\\STR+r ~~ \\BHF\\STR ~~ 389 Goods Yard \\STR\\BHF ~~ 390 Grain depot \\STR\\BHF ~~ 390 Fuel depot \\STR\\uexABZgl ~~ 391 Fuel jetty \\STR\\uexKBHFe ~~ 392 Esperance Station KBHFe ~~ 393km Esperance Port }} | map_state = uncollapsed | embedded = }} The Esperance Branch Railway is a railway from Kalgoorlie to the port of Esperance in Western Australia. It was lobbied for by Esperance residents to be linked into the WAGR railway network to provide land transport to their region.[1][2][3] In the strictest terms it was an extension of the Eastern Goldfields Railway.[4] Originally it was the Coolgardie - Esperance railway, but following the Standard Gauge project in the 1960s it became the Kalgoorlie - Esperance railway, as Coolgardie was no longer connected by rail. Sub-divisions/Sections
Steam era water suppliesDuring the time the narrow gauge railway was in operation, due to the distances through dry country, dams and tanks were of importance to supply the steam engines in operation. Between Coolgardie and Esperance, water supply sources were from Water Supply Department (Coolgardie), Mines Department Dam (Widgiemooltha),and WAGR dams - WAGR annual reports took into consideration: Catchment area, Capacity, Pumped or gravitation collection of water, estimated loss by evaporation and absoprtion, and total amount of water stored. Esperance FlyerThis passenger train started in 1932. It was 5 hours faster than the mixed goods train,[6] though averaging only about {{Convert|35|kph||abbr=on}}.[7] Trains were speeded up by a further 1½ hours when diesels took over in 1954.[8] By 1967 a bus had replaced the train.[9] Gauge and RouteIt was originally built as narrow gauge, but with gauge standardisation of the main interstate railway in the late 1960s, it was converted to standard gauge to, so as not to become a gauge orphan. The route was also changed somewhat with standardisation, with a junction at Kalgoorlie replacing the junction at Coolgardie. Selected stopping locations
Notes1. ^ http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/record=b2395637~S2 2. ^ http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/record=b1891792~S2 3. ^ http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/record=b1869671~S2 4. ^{{Citation | author1=Western Australian Government Railways | title=Report of the Western Australian Government Railways Commission for the year ended | publication-date=1954 | publisher=W.H. Wyatt | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/20236819 | accessdate=5 July 2012 }} Appendix F, page 60 - 'Eastern Goldfields Railway' 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/intranet/libpages.nsf/WebFiles/Royal+Commission+WA+Government+Railways/$FILE/WA+Government+Railways.pdf|title=Report to the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the management, workings and control of the Western Australian Government Railways|author=Alex Gibson and D. H. S. du Plessis|date=December 1947|accessdate=25 October 2015|publisher=Parliament of Western Australia}} 6. ^{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32565871|title=BY RAIL TO ESPERANCE.|date=1932-12-20|work=West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954)|access-date=2018-03-06|pages=15}} 7. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=wPPeAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA211&lpg=PA211&dq=Esperance+passenger+train&source=bl&ots=GyBE_v5Rkx&sig=RYIHajjzWa-GQZaJqv8-Y2l2Rn0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWxdi5oNfZAhWBTbwKHQpcBzo4ChDoAQg4MAQ#v=onepage&q=Esperance%20passenger%20train&f=false|title=Australian Railwayman: From Cadet Engineer to Railways Commissioner|last=Fitch|first=Ron J.|date=2006|publisher=Rosenberg Publishing Pty, Limited|isbn=9781922013095|language=en}} 8. ^{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59698199|title=Westland will be nearly four hours faster|date=1954-11-21|work=Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954)|access-date=2018-03-06|pages=6}} 9. ^{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201776795|title=Week-end Bus Service for Kambalda|date=1967-12-01|work=Beverley Times (WA : 1905 - 1977)|access-date=2018-03-06|pages=8}} 10. ^ Railway Digest October 2009, p17 Further reading
{{coord missing|Western Australia}}External linksOld photos - Esperance station, Esperance Flyer 3 : Railway lines in Western Australia|Goldfields-Esperance|Standard gauge railways in Australia |
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