Flinders Bay Branch Railway
Was abranch railway from Busselton to Flinders Bay, in South Western Western Australia
Originally part of the M.C.Davies Timber railway system, which ran between the two jetties at Hamelin Bay and Flinders Bay (supposedly to be able to load timber regardless of the prevailing weather). The rails were light and the line was poorly constructed, and oriented towards rough workings of the timber railway system.
The railway was taken over in 1925 and connected with Busselton. Although a slow service due to the lighter rails and steep gradients, the branch was important for the dairy industry in the region.
Usually known as the Flinders Bay branch, it ran until 1957.
It was one of three branches in the Western Australian Government Railways system that relied on the important Msa garratt steam engine to be able to move the loads over steep and difficult gradients.
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