Rinadeena, Tasmania Explained

Rinadeena is railway station and stopping place on the West Coast Wilderness Railway in Tasmania.

When the original Mount Lyell railway line was being built, it was the location of some significant landslips.^[1] In the time of operations of the Mount Lyell railway landslips continued.^{[2] [3] [4]}

In the event of wildfires in the adjacent district, with little to prevent fires affecting the railway line and Rinadeena structures, losses were inevitable in the past.^[5]

Since rebuilding of the West Coast Wilderness Railway it is also the location of a serious accident.

It is the highest point on the railway line, with Abt mechanisms on the steam locomotives required from either side of operations.^{[6] [7]}

The Abt fittings on the track proceed upward from Hall's Creek on the Queenstown side, and from Rinadeens downward to Dubbil Barril on the Regatta Point side.

Station sequence

• Queenstown (Tasmania) railway station
• Lynchford
• Rinadeena
• Dubbil Barril
• Teepookana
• Regatta Point

Notes

-42.1531°N 145.4957°W

Notes and References

1. News: WESTERN NEWS. . . LIX . 215 . Tasmania, Australia . 8 September 1899 . 2 June 2016 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: QUEENSTOWN . . Tasmania, Australia . 13 August 1907 . 25 December 2019 . 5 . Trove .
3. News: DAMAGE ON THE WEST COAST. . . Tasmania, Australia . 17 February 1917 . 25 December 2019 . 4 . Trove .
4. News: FALL OF EARTH ON LINE . . Tasmania, Australia . 23 June 1938 . 25 December 2019 . 8 (LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY) . Trove .
5. News: To-day's News In Brief . . Tasmania. 12 February 1934 . 2 June 2016 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
6. News: ISOLATED TOWN. . . 9,107 . South Australia . 19 July 1928 . 3 June 2016 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
7. News: DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST COAST . . CXLVII . 20,882 . Tasmania. 28 October 1937 . 3 June 2016 . 12 . National Library of Australia. – note photograph of rinadeena railway track in right hand side of view, photo by W J Rowlands