Parattah

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Australian Railway Historical Society special excursion, at Parattah, Tasmania, 28 March 1970. David Lidster photo

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An Ab class locomotive starts a southbound passenger train after a refreshment stop at Parattah. G W Smithies photo (18/2/1932)

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Sheep wagon I22 at Parattah. Ted Lidster photo

I 22 was constructed in Hobart with a locally built body on an imported frame. Entered traffic in 1887, originally with a load capacity of 7 tons / 80 sheep. From 1949, the loading was reduced to 6 tons. This particular sheep wagon was quite long lived, not being written off until 11-10-1978 at the ripe old age of 91.

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The evening Hobart to Launceston passenger at Parattah. Ted Lidster photo (1/3/1966)

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Ab class loco at Parattah, 1930s (Grunbach)

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Big Ben at Parattah coal stage, March 1949

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H3 at Parattah, 6/3/1965

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Barracks at Parattah (Geoffrey Love)

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The gantry was originally set up to load and unload bins that were used to transport sawdust from the Triabunna woodchip mill to the APPM paper mill at Burnie.The sawdust was used to fire the boilers at the Burnie mill. Truck would transport two bins at a time between Triabunna and Parratah. Unreliable supply of bins saw sawdust transported by road from Triabunna to Burnie in the finish.

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Lynette Graham (2/11/24)

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Derwent Valley Railway trip at Parattah, 1994