Bennett Brook Railway
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| Overview | |
| Type | Light Rail |
| Status | Operating as a tourist railway |
| Locale | Whiteman, Western Australia |
| Stations | Whiteman Village Junction (Formerly Central) Mussel Pool Kangaroo Flats Zamia (Formerly Maine) |
| Website | http://www.bbr.org.au |
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| Opened | 1984 |
| Owner | West Australian Light Rail Preservation Association |
| Operator(s) | West Australian Light Rail Preservation Association (WALRPA) |
| Depot(s) | Mussel Pool Workshops |
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| Line length | Approx 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) |
| Track gauge | 2 ft (610 mm) |
| Operating speed | 20 km/h (12 mph) |
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The Bennett Brook Railway is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge tourist oriented railway operated by the West Australian Light Railway Preservation Association and is located within the boundaries of Whiteman Park, nineteen kilometres from Perth. In 2009, the Bennett Brook Railway celebrated its 25th year of operation.
The Western Australian Light Railway Preservation Association (WALRPA) was formed on 26 April 1976 by a group of rail enthusiasts who shared an interest in less well known railways of Western Australia.
Following the closing of the Lake View and Star Gold Mine in Kalgoorlie in the mid-1970s, four of the founding members purchased the railway's first locomotive - an LV&S 'Planet' Locomotive (which still operates at the railway - the Atlantic Planet). The Planet first was located at a member's property in the Perth Hills, on 17 September 1976.
In 1977, the group proposed to develop a railway at Whiteman Park. Five submissions were received in total, 3 for a 610 mm (2 ft) railway, one for a 7 1⁄4 in (184 mm) railway, similar to the railway located at Castledare, and finally a submission to re-locate the Australian Railway Historical Society.
From 1977 to 1982, referred to as the negotiation period, the group also submitted proposals for an operational railway to El Caballo Blanco in Wundowie, The Maylands Peninsula Redevelopment, the former Upper Darling Range Railway (From Kalamunda to Goosberry Hill, and a Mandurah tourist development.
The closure of the Bristile & Wunderlich brickworks in Belmont, saw the donation of a number of hoppers and other rail items. The railway acquired a locomotive and a number of hoppers from the Maylands Brickworks.
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