Bhp whyalla tramway

A blast furnace was opened at Whyalla in , and a full steelworks in the early s. BHP ended its association with Whyalla in when the iron ore mines, processing and shipping facilities, steelworks, and associated railway infrastructure were 'spun off' into a new company, Onesteel Ltd. Onesteel embarked on a major upgrade program to use magnetite ore delivered via a new slurry pipeline from the Middleback Range in the Whyalla blast furnace.

Rail haulage of hematite continues, with increased domestic and export shipping. Onesteel changed its name to Arrium in This line opened in , but operations ceased in and the line was dismantled in They accounted for all main line haulage and could lift tons away from Iron Knob. Their reign was short lived, however, as increasing ore production placed ever increasing demands on them, and the Company placed orders with Baldwin for two additional locomotives - s with almost twice the power.

It performed this duty from time to time until the mids when it was laid aside. In it was donated, minus its tender, to the Mile End Railway Museum. At first it was feared that the tender had been scrapped but it was later discovered that the underframes were still in use as a flat car.

This was obtained by the Museum who built a new tender on it. On arrival at Mile End on 19th June , No. It has since been refurbished to display standard. It was placed at the museum on 11th November Visitors will note that No.

When removed it had been given to the Iron Knob school who subsequently donated it to the museum.