North East Dundas Tramway
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The North East Dundas Tramway was a 2 ft narrow gauge tramway, that ran between Zeehan and Deep Lead on the West Coast of Tasmania. Opening in 1896 and closing in 1932, it was part of the Tasmanian Go
Tasmanian Government Railways G class locomotive crosses the Montezuma Bridge on the North East Dundas Tramway with a mixed train to Zeehan around 1899
J class 2-6-4-0T
Picnic with Dunkley Brothers Orenstein & Koppel (BN 2748) at Kapia
Hercules Haulage
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The Hercules Haulage, also known as the Mount Read Haulage, the Hercules Tram and the Williamsford Haulage Line, was a self-acting 2 ft narrow gauge tramway on the side of Mount Read in Western Tasman
North East Dundas Tramway
…Williamsford—opened as Deep Lead—renamed by 1898 (18 miles) Connected to Hercules Mine on Mount Read by a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge Hercules Haulage incline In May 1899, a locomotive boiler exploded in the Zeehan yard, killing the driver and fireman. The G class locomotive was destroyed…
The Hercules Haulage Line connected the Williamsford township to the Hercules Mine above