Boulder Creek Tramway |
7054 Howden, Australia (Tasmania) |
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Mine- & Parc Railways
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Status from 12/2014
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| Homepage | www.smex.net.au/bouldercreek | ||||
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Howden is a small, relatively isolated community on the shore of South West Bay in Tasmania Australia, approximately 15 minutes south of Hobart. |
| Description | The Boulder Creek Tramway is a private 71/4" (184mm) gauge miniature bush railway that is currently under construction. The completed railway will consist of approximately 1100 metres of track with a full lap being around 1.6 km long. Featuring a 22 metre long tunnel and several bridges, a steep and winding track means the railway will never resemble a main line in miniature, but is more of a narrow gauge bush tramway hence the name "Boulder Creek Tramway". Due to the lay of the land, a conventional circuit or loop track is not possible therefore the track is of a point to point design with a reversing loop at each end to allow continuous running. Several stations will be situated along the length of the track and will include passing loops and eventually some form of signalling. Boulder Creek and the bridgeThe name "Boulder Creek Tramway" suggests that it is located in the vicinity of "Boulder Creek". Unfortunately there is no such creek in the area so a dry creek bed has been formed using various boulders and rocks from around the property. This is where the idea for the name "Boulder Creek" originated. Native plants and ferns have been planted in and around the creek bed to make it look like a real creek bed, albeit a dry one.The bridge crossing Boulder Creek has been built on site using RHS for construction. Total length of the bridge is 7.2 metres and at the highest point is around 1.75 metres above the creek bed. Boulder Creek Tramway locosso far consist of a 1/3rd scale, Malcolm Moore 0-4-0 petrol loco as used at the Ida Bay Railway in Tasmania’s far south, and a 1/3rd scale Bundaberg Jenbach loco as used on the sugar cane railways in Queensland.The Malcolm Moore locos were built for the Australian Army and were powered by a side valve Ford V8 engine driving through a 4 speed gearbox and then a reversing box. The miniature version is powered by a 5.5hp engine driving an alternator which in turn powers an electric traction motor. More on using alternators to power traction motors can be read here. The Jenbachs were the first Australian built diesels used on the sugar cane railways and were powered by a Gardener engine driving through a mechanical transmission and reversing box. The three miniature versions, one of which has been sold and the last which is currently for sale, are powered by a 13hp engine again driving an alternator which powers an electric traction motor. Parts are also being collected for a 1/3rd scale EM Baldwin loco as used on the Queensland sugar cane railways, and a 1/3rd scale Hagans J1 articulated steam locomotive which ran on the "North East Dundas Tramway" on Tasmania's West Coast, home of the famous K1 Garratt. |
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