Pinjarra to Narrogin railway

Pinjarra to Narrogin railway
Remnants of a bridge of the former line at Congelin, Dryandra Woodland
Overview
Owner	Western Australian Government Railways
Termini	Pinjarra Narrogin
Service
Operator(s)	Western Australian Government Railways
History
Opened	in stages between 1910 & 1927
Technical
Line length	153 km (95 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map km 0 Pinjarra South Western Railway 00.02 Alumina Junction Alcoa Refinery 8.9 Meelon 010.2 Isandra 11.2 Brookdale 13.4 13km Bridge 15.1 Bergining 15.9 16km Bridge 19.6 Marrinup Millars Mill 20.3 Millars Tramway 22.1 Ballast Pit 023.8 Dwellingup Hotham Valley Rwy. Railway Department Tramway (Banksiadale) State Saw Mills Tramway 27.1 Holyoake 28.9 Millars Tramway 30.4 Davis Brook 032.2 Etmilyn 33.8 Plavin's Plavin's Tramway 36.8 Inglehope 40.4 Amphion Public Works Department Tramway 41.7 Chadoora 47.4 Pindalup 49.9 Wuraming 50.2 Railway Department Tramway 55.2 Hotham ALCO Tramway 59.3 Westwood Millars Tullis Mill Tramway 61.8 Tullis 62.1 Tullis Bridge 65.5 Farmer's Crossing 070.8 Boddington 73.4 Ranford 76.6 Mooliaman 83.3 Crossman 88.3 Waitemata 093.0 Dwarda 093.0 Dwarda 94.4 Hotham River 98.0 Hotham River 102.7 Ballast Pit 105.5 Mooterdine 118.6 Congelin 128.0 Contine 136.3 Minniging 145.6 Yorlok Collie-Narrogin Line 152.7 Narrogin Great Southern Railway Narrogin-Wickepin-Merredin to Narembeen Branch

The Pinjarra to Narrogin railway was a 153 kilometre cross-country railway line built between the towns of Pinjarra and Narrogin in Western Australia.

The line was opened in stages between 1910 and 1927 (with construction being delayed by the onset of the First World War) to service the booming timber industry as well as rural and fruit-growing establishments between the two termini. Pinjarra and Narrogin are located on the Western Australian Government Railways' South Western and Great Southern main lines respectively, and as such the Pinjarra to Narrogin railway provided an important link between the two, providing a rail transport link to towns and mills along the way, such as Dwellingup and Boddington, both of which continue to be significant settlements in the region.

The closing of many of the local timber mills led to a gradual decline in traffic on the line and, accordingly, commercial services were withdrawn progressively until cessation of the last remaining service in 1984. However, the Hotham Valley Railway has operated a heritage railway over a thirty-two kilometre section of the line as far as Etmilyn from 1974 onwards and continues to do so.

References

• Sallis, Roger W. (2009). The Pinjarra–Narrogin Railway: A History of Western Australia’s Hotham Valley Line. Salisbury, SA: Roger W. Sallis. ISBN 9780646510224.
• "News 2008". Hotham Valley Railway. Retrieved 25 August 2020.