The West Coaster (Tasmanian train)

The West Coaster
Overview
Service typePassenger train
StatusCeased
First service17 October 1960
Last service2 January 1964
Former operator(s)Emu Bay Railway
Route
TerminiBurnie
Rosebery
Line(s) usedMelba

The West Coaster was a passenger train operated by the Emu Bay Railway between Burnie and Rosebery from October 1960 until January 1964.

History

With the November 1959 introduction of the roll-on/roll-off ship Princess of Tasmania on the Bass Strait service from Melbourne to Devonport, Western Tasmania began to experience an increased level of tourism. At that stage there was no road south of Guildford.[1][2][3]

Enquiries about transporting road vehicles led to the Emu Bay Railway deciding to replace its railmotor service with a locomotive hauled service with flat wagons to carry road vehicles. The first West Coaster ran on 17 October 1960. Pioneer Tours coaches were frequently carried.[1][2][3]

The service departed Burnie in the morning, stopping at Guildford to load the road vehicles before continuing to Rosebery returning north in the afternoon. With the opening of the Murchison Highway in December 1963, the West Coaster last ran on 2 January 1964. Passengers continued to be carried on mixed trains until 1977.[1][2][4]

Rolling stock

To operate the service, two Dübs and Company-built 4-8-0 steam locomotives were restored to service and named Murchison and Heemskirk and, along with three former Tasmanian Government Railways carriages, repainted in the company’s two-tone blue livery. To carry road vehicles, flat wagons were attached. On occasions, Australian Standard Garratt and 10 class diesel-hydraulic locomotives were used.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Rae, Lou (1997). The Emu Bay Railway. Sandy Bay: Lou Rae. pp. 215, 216. ISBN 0-9592098-6-7.
  2. ^ a b c d Oberg, Leon (2010). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-2010. Dural: Rosenberg Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 9781921719011.
  3. ^ a b c Anchen, Nick (2014). Railways of Tasmania's Wild West. Sierra Publishing. pp. 46–49. ISBN 9780980764079.
  4. ^ "Railways of Tasmania in the 1960s" Australian Railway History issue 947 July 2016 page 11

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