Dubbil Barril is a stopping place and railway station on the northern bank of the
King River and
West Coast Wilderness Railway
The West Coast Wilderness Railway is a reconstruction of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Mount Lyell railway in Western Tasmania between Queenstown and Regatta Point, Strahan. The railway is significant because of its Abt rack s ...
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During the operating as the Mount Lyell railway line, the stopping place gave travellers opportunity to explore the area adjacent. The low level and proximity to the King River made the location on the line susceptible to flooding. Also bush fires affected the line.
Originally on the
Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company
Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company was a Tasmanian mining company formed on 29 March 1893, most commonly referred to as ''Mount Lyell''. Mount Lyell was the dominant copper mining company of the West Coast from 1893 to 1994, and was based in ...
railway line, which was removed in the 1960s, when the rebuilding of the railway line to make what would eventually become the West Coast Wilderness Railway, Dubbil Barril was considered to be the limit of the re-build.
It is the location of a turntable utilised by the current railway operations.
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Station sequence
*Queenstown (Tasmania) railway station
Queenstown in Western Tasmania has had two railway stations. The original was built for the railway built for the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, and lasted until the closing of the railway line in 1962. The newer station was built f ...
* Lynchford
* Rinadeena
* Dubbil Barril
* Teepookana
Teepookana was a short lived port, community and railway stopping place on the southern bank of the King River, in Western Tasmania.
Port and railway station
It was important as a port during the construction of the railway between Regatta Poin ...
* Regatta Point
Regatta Point is the location of a port and rail terminus on Macquarie Harbour (West Coast, Tasmania).
Port
Regatta Point is often assumed into the name of the locality across the bay in Macquarie Harbour, Strahan, Tasmania. The other ports ...
References
West Coast Wilderness Railway
Railway stations in Western Tasmania
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