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Zeehan railway station in Tasmania, was a major junction and railway yard for numerous different railway and tramway systems in western Tasmania in the town of Zeehan. Its peak of operations was between the 1890s and the late 1920s – reflecting the general fate of the town and the industries that were located in the Zeehan and surrounding districts. TerminusIt was the terminus of the Strahan–Zeehan Railway from the south, the Emu Bay Railway from the north and a number of narrow gauge tram systems that utilised the railway yard and radiated out in all directions from the station.[1] The narrow gauge North-East Dundas Tram line proceeded separately out of the station and yard following the Emu Bay before it turned toward its easterly route. YardThe government railway that linked the Mount Lyell railway to the Emu Bay, and then to Burnie was an important part of the government railway system. The government looked to improve the facilities over time while the railways were carrying optimum freight loads.[2] In 1913 the railway workshops were moved from West Strahan to Zeehan and the yard, over half a mile long, with two gauges and many sidings, was one of the biggest in the state[3] The Zeehan railway station yard was extensive with numerable small tram lines connecting with the yard in the peak of the activity at the station from before the First World War until the beginning of the depression – when most smaller tramways and mines and smelter operations had ceased to operate. A map by C.C. Singleton of the Australian Railway Historical Society in Bulletin 289 November 1961, and in Bulletin 312, October 1963 offer an understanding of the yard layout:[4][5] OperatorsZeehan Tramway Company N.E.Dundas Tramway Government railway to Strahan Emu Bay Raiway Company FacilitiesPassenger station Goods shed Emu Bay Railway engine shed Workshops shed Carriage shed Engine shed Zeehan Tramway sheds Tramways{{see also|Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania}}Tramways mentioned here specifically utilised the Zeehan railway station as their terminus.
AccidentsA spectacular boiler explosion occurred at 7.15 am on 17 May 1899 in the Zeehan railway station yard.[10] The North-East Dundas tram approached the Wilson Street waiting room at the end of the station yard, the engine exploded. The fireman Thomas Marra was killed instantly and the driver David Biddeph died soon after.[11] Decline
Post closure statusIn 1971 Frank Stamford of The Light Railway Research Society of Australia wrote in Light Railways: A visit on 12th April 1971 showed that the station building has gone, and most of the track has been rather half-heartedly removed. A length of 2 ft gauge track can still be found near where the station building used to be. The various engine sheds and carriage sheds remain, and are still being used by local timber millers, transport contractors, etc.[14] See also
Notes1. ^Whitham, Lindsay The Railways and Tramways of Zeehan in Railways Mines... pp 2- 17 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12659795 |title=ZEEHAN. |newspaper=The Mercury |volume=XC, |issue=12,090 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=16 December 1908 |accessdate=10 June 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^Whitham, Lindsay The Railways and Tramways of Zeehan in Railways Mines... pp 13 4. ^The plan being oriented eastward facing 5. ^{{Citation | author1=Trainiac | title=EL048_002 | publication-date=2013 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/192197731 | accessdate=10 June 2018 }} - being [https://www.flickr.com/photos/29903115@N06/11492152694 Trainiac Flickr] copy of photo of the yard from the south 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article152497457 |title=ZEEHAN UNEMPLOYED |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |volume=XXXIV |issue=303 |location=Tasmania|date=21 December 1914 |accessdate=4 June 2016 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23482292 |title=FEDERATION TRAM. |newspaper=The Mercury |volume=CXIV |issue=16,014 |location=Tasmania|date=28 February 1921 |accessdate=4 June 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} 8. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84678916 |title=Opening of the Grubb Tram Line. |newspaper=Zeehan and Dundas Herald |volume=II |issue=6 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=26 October 1891 |accessdate=4 June 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} 9. ^Branagan, J.G. (1992) Bush Tram-Ways and Private Railways of Tasmania Circa 1850 to 1960 Launceston, Regal Publications {{ISBN|978-0949457875}}, p.81 and Whitham Railways Mines... p.5-6. 10. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3226611 |title=A BOILER EXPLOSION. |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=17 May 1899 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} 11. ^Howard, Patrick (2006) The Zeehan El Dorado: a history of Zeehan Mount Heemskirk Books, Blackmans Bay, Tasmania {{ISBN|0-646-46766-2}} page 246-247 12. ^The tramway ran north along the main street of Zeehan from the railway station 13. ^Whitham, The Railways and Tramways... note 5, 55 Vict. No.16 14. ^Stamford, F (1971) Light Railways Number 35 Autumn 1971 page 18 References
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