Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Australian Wheatbelt/Railways/locations

Wikipedia:Wiki Takes Western Australian Wheatbelt Railways/Railways and locations

Railway names

In most cases railway lines are named after their terminus or last station away from Perth. In annual reports of the Western Australian Government Railways in their 1930's format of reporting to government, the title of the useful Appendix is Statement showing Lengths of Railways open for Traffic, with Siding Accommodation, on 30th June, .... ".

The sub-division of the statement would be the railway area or district, the one of most relevance to wheatbelt lines would be:

• Eastern Railway went from Fremantle to Northam
• East Northam - Mullewa... from Northam to various outlying locations
• Great Southern Railway from Spencers Brook

Component lines of the sub-division would be given a number.

The Statement would also include the date open for trafic, name of the highest and lowest station, steepest gradient, as well as weight of rail.

Great Southern lines

In most cases south of Spencers Brook (a junction where the Eastern Railway continued to Northam, and the Great Southern line proceeded south)

• The Quairading Line-
• Line 59 York to Greenhills - single line, 14 miles 17 chains, Greenhills highest station at 707 feet above sea level, York lowest station at 579 feet, highest point on line 829 feet, lowest point on line 579 ffet, steepest gradient 1:60, opened on 1st September 1898, 45, 46 1/4, and 60 lb rails (as at 1932 beginning of CBH opserations)
• Line 60 Greenhills to Quairading - single line, 30 miles 7 chains, Mawson highest station at 943 feet above sea level, Greenhills lowest, highest point on line 1,030 feet, lowest point 707 feet, steepest gradient 1:40, opened on the 24th April 1908, 45 lb rail (still the same in 1932).

See also

• Wheatbelt railway lines of Western Australia