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The Whyalla Steelworks is a fully integrated steelworks and the only manufacturer of rail in Australia. Iron ore is mined in the Middleback Range to feed the steelworks, resulting in the distribution of finished steel products of over 90 different grades. It occupies a 1,000 ha site on the shore of False Bay, Spencer Gulf and is the largest ...
The BHP Whyalla Tramway is a 1067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge heavy-haul railway, 112 kilometres (70 miles) long, on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It runs from haematite mines at Iron Monarch , Iron Baron and Iron Duke in the Middleback Range , about 50 kilometres (31 miles) west of Whyalla , to company steelworks at the coastal city of Whyalla .
The Whyalla line was built primarily to serve the BHP's Whyalla Steelworks. The line was built by the Commonwealth Railways as a standard gauge line being opened on 6 October 1972 by Prime Minister William McMahon. [2] [3]
The mines are serviced by the BHP Whyalla Tramway, a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) railway which convey the ore to Whyalla's port and steelworks. As of 2016 [update] , the operating mines of the Middleback Range are: Iron Duchess, Iron Knight, Iron Duke, Iron Magnet, Iron Baron and Iron Chieftain.
Whyalla / w aɪ ˈ æ l ə / is a city in South Australia.It was founded as "Hummocks Hill", and was known by that name until 1916. [5] [6] It is the fourth most populous city in the Australian state of South Australia after Adelaide, Mount Gambier and Gawler and along with Port Pirie and Port Augusta is one of the three towns to make up the Iron Triangle.
Between 1993 and 1995, six were remanufactured by Morrison-Knudsen Australia, at its Whyalla factory, receiving new cabs. [3] [4] [5] In 2003, the Whyalla Steelworks became part of OneSteel and the rail operations transferred to Australian Railroad Group. The DEs were renumbered as the 1250 and 1300 classes. [6]
The so-called BHP Whyalla Tramway, a 112 kilometres (70 miles) long 1067 mm (3 ft 6 in) heavy-haul iron ore line from the Middleback Range to the Whyalla Steelworks, opened in 1901 and is still operational. [25] The Coffin Bay Tramway, also a heavy-haul line but built to 1435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), opened in 1966 and closed in 1989.
In 1962 three locomotives were purchased by BHP for use at its new Whyalla Steelworks. Initially used on construction trains until the facility opened in 1964. A further two were delivered in 1965. All were built for use on the standard gauge.