Labasa Mill Tramway

The Labasa Mill Tramway is a 41-mile-long (66 km) narrow gauge railway with a gauge of 2 feet (610 mm) in the northeast of Vanua Levu, the second largest island of Fiji.

Labasa Mill Tramway
Locomotive boiler explosion, Labasa, 1912


Map of the route
Technical
Line length26 miles (42 km)
Track gauge2 feet (610 mm)
Route map

mi
10
Tabia
6
Qelewaqa
4
Wailevu
3
Tuatua
1
Nasea
0
Labasa Mill
0.9
Vulovi
4
Malau Road Crossing
7
Nagigi
9
Mataniwai
14
Papalagi
15
Nasealevu
19
Enketa's Points
23
Vunivutu
25
Navoalevu
26
Wainikoro[1]
27
Daku
30
Lagalaga
34
Nubu

Operation

The railway is operated from 1894 to today for the transportation of cane from the farms to the Labasa Mill for crushing.[2]

Locomotives

In 1957 the following locomotives were used:

OwnerManufacturerYearNo.TypeCurrent locationCurrent status
Labasa Sugar MillFowler189620-6-0T tank locomotivePlaygroundDisplay
Labasa Sugar MillFowler190630-6-2T tank locomotiveLabasa Sugar MillDisplay
Labasa Sugar MillFowler190750-6-2T tank locomotiveLabasa Sugar MillDerelict
Labasa Sugar MillFowler19266 (3)6wPMLabasa Sugar MillDerelict[3]
Labasa Sugar MillHudswell Clarke193776wDM
Labasa Sugar MillDrewry Car Company195084wPM
Labasa Sugar MillClyde Engineering195596wDM [4]

References

  1. Fergusson, Jim (20 January 2016). "Fiji & Pacific Islands Railways, Passenger Stations & Stops" (PDF). railwaystationlists.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  2. "Labasa mill, 1894-1982 (Fiji)". LRSSA Magazine. 77. July 1982.
  3. Douglas C. Bailey: There are 66 locomotives built by: 'Fowler'.
  4. Hodge, Peter (October 1960). "Narrow Gauge In Fiji". Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. 103 (103): 21–40. JSTOR 43517963.

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