Labasa Mill Tramway

Locomotive boiler explosion, Labasa, 1912

Map of the route

Technical

Line length

26 miles (42 km)

Track gauge

2 feet (610 mm)

Route map

Legend

				mi
				10	Tabia
				6	Qelewaqa
				4	Wailevu
				3	Tuatua
				1	Nasea
				0	Labasa Mill
				0.9	Vulovi
				4	Malau Road Crossing
				7	Nagigi
				9	Mataniwai
				14	Papalagi
				15	Nasealevu
				19	Enketa's Points
				23	Vunivutu
				25	Navoalevu
				26	Wainikoro
				27	Daku
				30	Lagalaga
				34	Nubu

The Labasa Mill Tramway is narrow gauge railway with a gauge of 2 feet (610 mm). It is 41 miles (66 km) long and is located in the northeast of Vanua Levu, the second largest island of Fiji.

Operation

The railway has been operated since 1894. It has been operated for the transportation of cane from farms near Labasa to the Labasa Mill for crushing.

Locomotives

In 1957 the following locomotives were used:

Owner	Manufacturer	Year	No.	Type	Current location	Current status
Labasa Sugar Mill	Fowler	1896	2	0-6-0 T tank locomotive	Playground	Display
Labasa Sugar Mill	Fowler	1906	3	0-6-2 T tank locomotive	Labasa Sugar Mill	Display
Labasa Sugar Mill	Fowler	1907	5	0-6-2 T tank locomotive	Labasa Sugar Mill	Derelict
Labasa Sugar Mill	Fowler	1926	6 (3)	6w PM	Labasa Sugar Mill	Derelict
Labasa Sugar Mill	Hudswell Clarke	1937	7	6w DM
Labasa Sugar Mill	Drewry Car Company	1950	8	4w PM
Labasa Sugar Mill	Clyde Engineering	1955	9	6w DM

References

Fergusson, Jim (20 January 2016). "Fiji & Pacific Islands Railways, Passenger Stations & Stops" (PDF). railwaystationlists.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
"Labasa mill, 1894-1982 (Fiji)". LRSSA Magazine. 77. July 1982.
Douglas C. Bailey: There are 66 locomotives built by: 'Fowler'.
Hodge, Peter (October 1960). "Narrow Gauge In Fiji". Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. 103 (103): 21–40. JSTOR 43517963.

16°25′50″S 179°23′17″E / 16.43059°S 179.38815°E / -16.43059; 179.38815

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2 ft gauge railways in Fiji