Emu Bay Railway One of Australia's important private railways, it ran from Zeehan to Burnie, carrying minerals and passengers as an essential service for the West Coast Tasmania community. Municipality of West Coast Local Government Areas of Tasmania Categories: Tasmanian towns | Stub ... Burnie City Council, Tasmania Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia, originally settled in 1827 as Emu Bay. ...

The Emu Bay Railway Company commenced operations in 1897 and its operations were taken over in 2004.

Famous for its connection of Queenstown with Burnie for the 1912 North Mount Lyell Disaster, where the times made on various sections were never bettered. Queenstown is the name of several places in the world including: Queenstown, Ireland is the former name of Cobh, Ireland. ... Burnie City Council, Tasmania Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia, originally settled in 1827 as Emu Bay. ...

Important also in that it was one of the more successful users of the notorious war-time Australian Standard Garratts [ASG] in the 1940's.

It served Guildford, Roseberry, and Zeehan, the connection between Zeehan and Regatta Point being a government made and run line. Municipality of West Coast Local Government Areas of Tasmania Categories: Tasmanian towns | Stub ... Municipality of West Coast Local Government Areas of Tasmania Categories: Tasmanian towns | Stub ...

During the construction of the Pieman River hydro electric scheme in the late 1970's it had its route changed and new bridges were built.

For a short period in the 1960's before the completion of the Murchison Highway the railway had a passenger and road vehicle train named the 'West Coaster' between Burnie and Zeehan [1961-1964].

In the late twentieth century it reverted to goods only, and its terminus was at Melba Flats, where Mount Lyell trucked its ores from Queenstown.

At its peak it had 23 stopping or named places on it line -

• Burnie
• Pigeon Hill
• Ridgley
• Highclere
• Hampshire
• Ringwood
• Toronna
• Wey River Bridge
• Guildford - junction to the Mt Bischoff tin Mine
• Rouse's Camp (Mt Bischoff line)
• Magnet Junction (Mt Bischoff line)
• Waratah (Mt Bischoff line)
• Mount Magent (Magnet Tramway)
• Muddy Creek
• Bulgobac
• Boko
• Farrell (Junction with the North Mount Farrell Tramway to Tullah - also known as the Wee Georgie Wood line.
• Primrose
• Barkers Crossing
• Rosebery
• Renison Bell
• Argent Tunnel
• Melba Siding (Junction with the North East Dundas Tramway to Montezuma and Williamsford on the southern slopes of Mount Read the first railway in the world to have a working Garrat steam engine - K-1.)
• Raena Junction (Junction with Maestris, Mount Dundas line)
• Zeehan.

Bibliography

• Atkinson, H.K. Railway Tickets of Tasmania. 1991. ISBN 0 9598718 7X
• Traction Publications. Along the Line in Tasmania. Book 2. Private Lines. 1972 ISBN 0 85829 003 0