Railway Station Mount Lyell Haulage Located on Philosophers Ridge down to Mt Lyell smelters Mount Lyell Quarry Railway Mount Lyell Underground Railway (also known as the North Lyell Tunnel) Mount Read Haulage (also known as the Hercules Haulage) Williamsford to Mount Read – North Mount Farrell Tramway Farrell Siding to Tullah – North Mount Lyell Railway Gormanston and Linda to Pillinger/Kelly Basin – North Lyell Tram North Lyell Mine to Mount Lyell Haulage North East Dundas Tramway Zeehan to Williamsford – Strahan–Zeehan Railway Regatta Point to Zeehan – Tasmanian Metals Extraction Company Zeehan – Granville West Coast Wilderness Railway – Formerly Mount Lyell Railway Queenstown to Regatta Point – (Abt) Williamsford to Rosebery (Hercules ropeway) Aerial ropeway Proposed but not constructed Great Western Railway (Tasmania) discussed and spent money upon approximately in the era 1890–1908 Chudleigh Zeehan Railway – debated in parliament in the 1890s, never commenced. West Coast Railways timeline 04.02.1892 Strahan to Zeehan line opened 25.04.1892 Zeehan to Mount Dundas line opened 18.03.1897 Mount Lyell line to Teepookana opened 01.11.1899 Mount Lyell line to Regatta Point opened 15.12.1900 North Mount Lyell line opened 21.12.1900 Emu Bay line Guildford Junction to Zeehan opened 23.01.1902 Magnet Tramway opened 26.11.1902 North Mount Farrell tramway opened 05.07.1932 Mount Dundas and North East Dundas lines closed 08.10.1933 Comstock Tram closed 02.06.1960 Strahan–Zeehan line closed 22.12.1961 Tullah Tram closed 10.08.1963 Mount Lyell line closed 27.12.2002 First day of operation of rebuilt Mount Lyell line 03.04.2003 Official opening of Mount Lyell line as West Coast Wilderness Railway Dispersal of rolling stock Following closing of various lines, engines and carriages were often re-located on other working railways. Ex Mount Lyell passenger stock can be found on the Puffing Billy Railway in Victoria, while by serendipity the West Coast Wilderness Railway has seen the return of reconditioned engines that used to work on the original Mount Lyell lines. A number of steam engines are held at the West Coast Pioneers Museum in Zeehan. Following the closures of most railways in the early 1960s, rolling stock was dispersed but engines were fortuitously retained on the west coast, in most cases at the museum in Zeehan. Some of these have returned to service on the West Coast Wilderness Railway. Notes References External links Listen to Michael Cannon's song '100 Miles (Emu Bay)' about the building of the Emu Bay Railway on the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's