The Whyalla Iron Ore Tramway - Heavy Haulage on the 3 Foot 6!

After all these years I finally did some chasing on the Whyalla tramway! And what a day it was; we managed to capture all three rakes that were out. Featuring some ex - Queensland Railways and West Australian Government Railways engines too! The BHP Whyalla Tramway is a 1067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge heavy-haul railway, 112 kilometres (70 miles) long, on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It runs from haematite mines at Iron Monarch, Iron Baron and Iron Duke in the Middleback Range, about 50 kilometres (31 miles) west of Whyalla, to company steelworks at the coastal city of Whyalla. Opened in 1901, it was built by, and until 2000 operated by, BHP. As of 2021 it was owned by Liberty Steel Group and operated on its behalf by rail operator One Rail Australia, which was sold in 2022 to Aurizon. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 00:15 W-D Empty 03:52 N-W Loaded Shot 1 05:33 N-W Loaded Shot 2 07:02 N-W Loaded Shot 3 10:18 N-W Loaded Shot 1 11:22 N-W Loaded Shot 2 13:13 N-W Loaded Shot 3 15:14 D-W Loaded Shot 1 16:07 D-W Loaded Shot 2 17:37 W-N Empty 22:53 D-W Loaded Shot 3 25:50 D-W Loaded Shot 4 26:43 Outro This was another great day out with ​⁠‪@choo_choo_stew‬ Keywords: 1. Whyalla Tramway 2. BHP Whyalla Tramway 3. South Australia railway 4. Eyre Peninsula railways 5. Queensland Railways engines 6. West Australian Government Railways 7. Heavy-haul railway Whyalla 8. Iron ore railway South Australia 9. Liberty Steel Group railways 10. One Rail Australia 11. Aurizon rail operator 12. Historical railways South Australia 13. 1067 mm gauge railways 14. Haematite mine rail transport 15. Whyalla steelworks rail connection