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West Coast Wilderness Railway

West Coast Wilderness Railway
Locomotive no. 3 on the West Coast Wilderness Railway
Locale West Coast, Tasmania
Terminus Queenstown and Strahan
Commercial operations
Built by Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company
Original gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Original rack system Abt system
Preserved operations
Owned by Government of Tasmania
Operated by Abt Railway Ministerial Corporation
Stations Regatta Point, Teepookana, Dubbil Barril, Rinadeena, Lynchford, Queenstown
Length 34.5 km
Preserved gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Preserved rack system Abt system
Commercial history
Opened 1 November 1899
Closed 10 August 1963
Preservation history
2002 Reopened under the name of the Abt Wilderness Railway
2013 Federal Hotels stopped operations
2014 Reopened as the West Coast Wilderness Railway