page_title: Flinders Bay Branch Railway
hierarchical_section_title: Flinders Bay Branch Railway
caption_attribution_description: English: Former railway line formation between the Augusta airport and Flinders Bay - w: Flinders Bay Branch Railway
context_page_description: The Flinders Bay Branch railway ran between Boyanup and Flinders Bay, in South Western Western Australia
  Originally part of the M.C. Davies Timber railway system, which ran between the two jetties at Hamelin Bay and Flinders Bay. The rails were light and the line was poorly constructed, and oriented towards rough workings of the timber railway system.
  The railway was taken over by the Western Australian Government Railways in 1925 and connected with Busselton. Although a slow service due to the lighter rails and steep gradients, the branch was important for the dairy industry in the region.
  Usually known as the Flinders Bay branch, it ran until 1957.
  It was one of three branches in the WAGR system that relied on the important Msa garratt steam engine to be able to move the loads over steep and difficult gradients.
context_section_description: The Flinders Bay Branch railway ran between Boyanup and Flinders Bay, in South Western Western Australia
  Originally part of the M.C. Davies Timber railway system, which ran between the two jetties at Hamelin Bay and Flinders Bay (supposedly to be able to load timber regardless of the prevailing weather).  The rails were light and the line was poorly constructed, and oriented towards rough workings of the timber railway system.
  The railway was taken over by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) in 1925 and connected with Busselton. Although a slow service due to the lighter rails and steep gradients, the branch was important for the dairy industry in the region.
  Usually known as the Flinders Bay branch, it ran until 1957.
  It was one of three branches in the WAGR system that relied on the important Msa garratt steam engine to be able to move the loads over steep and difficult gradients.
caption: Former rail line formation near Flinders Bay
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