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Christmas Island
T HE OLD R AILWAY
Self-Guided Trail
christmas.net.au
THE OLD R AILWAY
Shay Number 4 leaving South Point 1937.
There was once a railway line Grab a map from the Visitor Centre,
which stretched from Drumsite to a a picnic and head to Flying Fish
thriving settlement at South Point. Cove. The complete loop will take
three to five hours and involves
This trail follows the route of the
some dirt driving. An all-wheel drive
railway and the story of phosphate;
or 4WD vehicle is recommended.
the economic and social foundation
During the red crab migration some
of the Island. The trail recognises
of the roads will be closed.
the men who cut a path through
the forest, carved jungle tracks,
built a railroad across the plateau Grab a map from the
to reach phosphate deposits, Visitor Centre.
created a township and the women
and children by their side. Approximate duration
3 – 5 hours
Other self-guided trails focus on
the historic township in A Step Back
in Time and culture through The An all-wheel drive or
Spirit of Christmas Island. These 4WD vehicle is recommended.
stories are interwoven, overlap
and together provide a glimpse During the red crab migration
into the rich history and culture of some of the roads will be closed.
Christmas Island.
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1. FLYING FISH COVE
Christmas Island rises from the In 1895, the first shipment of
depths of the Indian Ocean. It is rich twenty tonnes of phosphate was
in phosphate which is a soil nutrient sent to England. In 1899 the first
vital to agriculture. Christmas Island coolies arrived from South China
phosphate is believed to be from and large scale mining began.
sedimentary marine deposits left over The workforce soon grew to over
millions of years and more recently 1,000. Later workers from South East
from seabird excreta. Asia replaced contracted coolies
from China.
The port at Flying Fish Cove provides
the vital link between Christmas Mining ceased in 1987 due to effects
Island and the phosphate markets. of drought, low phosphate prices
All phosphate exported from and industrial unrest. Many workers
Christmas Island has moved were offered resettlement to Asia or
through the port. mainland Australia.
The port 1945.
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Loading phosphate 1973.
Phosphate production restarted in September 1990 when a company
formed by the Union of Christmas Island Workers processed stockpiles from
previously mined areas. This mining practice continues to this day.
Mining methods have changed over the years but basically phosphate is dug
from an open cut mine, loaded onto vehicles to be crushed and dried and then
transported to the wharf for shipping.
The original wharves were made of timber. Phosphate was tipped from small
mining trucks directly into the ship. This was replaced by a system of conveyor
belts in about 1912 and eventually by a cantilever system in 1963. These two
arms can load up to 600 tonnes per hour directly into a ship’s hold. At peak
production 700,000 tonnes of phosphate is exported per annum.
Before regular flights, all imported goods and supplies including the railway
tracks and locomotives were delivered to the port. Most locomotives were
shipped to the Island in parts. Parts were then lifted from the ship onto barges
and then by derrick to the shore before assembly. The ships were unloaded near
the cranes which are now used to discharge the supply ship every 4 to 8 weeks.
NEXT STOP
Follow Jalan Pantai (Beach Rd) to the roundabout, once a thriving railway hub, and
take Murray Rd up the hill to the George Fam Centre on the right to the Incline.
The Incline is accessed by the steps next to the water tank at the George Fam
Centre. This part of the Incline is now a footpath to the suburb of Silver City,
named for the aluminium cladding on the original houses.
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2. THE INCLINE
The plan to link South Point to Drumsite by rail and then to the wharf by the
Incline started with the first survey in 1908 – 1910 by Sir John Murray, the first
Chairman of the Christmas Island Phosphate Company.
Work on the incline started in 1911 and was completed in 1915. It was a feat
of engineering and construction to build a single lane concrete road with
standard gauge railway track on both sides. The gradient varies between 1
in 6 to 1 in 7. Large gangs of coolies (Chinese workers) blasted the cuttings,
built embankments and laid the sleepers and track between Drumsite and the
shunting yards near the Cocos Padang on Gaze Rd.
At the top of the 1,120m Incline was a control tower to monitor the wagons
travelling up and down the hill and the large winding drums. The drums, at the
head of the Incline (the area now known as Drumsite) was part of the classic
gravity cableway - heavy loaded cars descend and haul the empty cars back up.
Looking down The Incline 1937. The Incline.
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Loading phosphate 1973.
Loading phosphate 1973.
The Incline originally carried people to In 1958 the settlement was linked to
work at the Phosphate Hill deposits Drumsite by a new road which cut the
in a small open-sided carriage, Incline in two. Phosphate was then
called a Rake. The steep hill was transported by a conveyor belt system
compensated by the sloping bench which ran from Drumsite down to the
seat, by the time the steepest part of dryers and storage bins above the
the incline was reached people were loading point and cantilevers.
sitting upright.
NEXT STOP
Continue along Murray Rd to the Community Hall at Poon Saan. On the side is a
large mural.
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3. RAILWAY MURAL – POON SAAN
The mural, taken from a photograph, This engine was in service until the
shows a train being hauled up the Japanese occupation in World War ll
Incline on 1 December 1921. (March 1942- August 1945) when it
was damaged during a bombing raid.
The locomotive is Shay Number 4.
It arrived on Christmas Island in early The social makeup of the Island in
1916 and was the second train in the 1921 can be glimpsed in the mural
fleet, the first arriving in May 1914. A with a European manager at the front
Shay was a wood-burning steam train dressed in white and a worker behind.
built in America to haul large loads at
low speeds.
From the same era - 1921.
NEXT STOP
Drive past the Old Dryers. This is part of the working mine and can only
be seen from the road or twice a year when the small Taoist Temple at
the Old Dryers is open as part of the Hungry Ghost festival and God’s
birthday celebrations.
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4. OLD DRYERS
The main line from South Point ended at the Drumsite railway yard, which had
a covered siding, weighbridge, workshop and three rail tracks. The centre track
was on a bridge to enable phosphate to be dumped for drying. Phosphate is
wet and heavy when extracted and is dried for ease of transport. The remnants
of this track is visible.
Phosphate production was measured by the number of full ore cars transported
daily on the railway. In the years before World War Two these phosphate cars
carried around 25 tons of ore each, 20 cars a day was good day.
Covered siding 2019.
Dryers 1950s.
NEXT STOP
Along Murray Rd are glimpses of the old railway line. These are most visible
outside the Christmas Island Phosphates Office. Stop near the mine office on
Lam Lok Loh.
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5. RAILWAY LINES AT DRUMSITE
With the closure of the mine in 1987, most tracks were pulled up and sold
overseas for scrap.
The railway was about 17.5km long (11 miles), standard gauge and laid in
27kg (60lb) rail which was bolted to steel sleepers then packed with limestone
ballast.
The first trains (Shays) were steam and mainly used to build the railway to
South Point hauling rails, sleepers and other material. Once the railway was
built these trains moved phosphate at the top and the bottom of The Incline.
The main track was overhauled in the 1960s. Prior to this all track maintenance
was done by hand. A report in 1932 says ‘in several places the (train) line has
sunk slightly due doubtless to burrowing crabs’.
Hauling Phosphate.
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6. MINE OFFICE
This office, still in use, was Mining operations were disrupted
built in 1967 for the British during World War Two when the
Phosphate Commission. Japanese occupied Christmas Island.
By 1900, phosphate mining was The Australian and New Zealand
underway and many labourers were governments took over the Christmas
recruited from China through the Island mining lease in 1948 under the
Straits Settlements (now Singapore management of the British Phosphate
and Malaysia) to work a six-day week. Commission. The British Phosphate
Housing and food were supplied Commission had extraordinary power
and although conditions were harsh over everything on the Island from
it was better than the poverty food, accommodation and if a person
back home. fell out of favour they left the Island
with their documents stamped NTR –
In the early 20th century Christmas
Never to Return.
Island, along with the Pacific island
territories of Naura and Banaba (then Ten years later, on 1 October 1958,
known as Ocean Island.) monopolised Christmas Island became a Territory
the global phosphate market. of Australia.
Mine Workers 1950s.
10 Self Guided Trail – T h e Ol d R a i l w a yMine Workers 1950s.
Production increased in the 1960s enabling tourism and other industries
and 1970s. More low paid workers to develop.
were hired from South East Asia. In
Following tense negotiations with
1975 the Union of Christmas Island
the Australian Government, a
Workers (UCIW) was set up to address
company owned by members of the
social and wage inequality between
Union of Christmas Island Workers
mainland Australian standards
recommenced phosphate mining
and the low paid Christmas Island
in 1990.
workforce. For the first time the mine
management faced a unionised Over time, shares were sold and now
workforce and a long and bitter fight the mine is operated by Phosphate
ensued. Success came for the UCIW Resources Limited (PRL), trading
and the Asian workers, but was short as Christmas Island Phosphates.
lived with the closure of the mine PRL and its parent company have
in 1987. diversified into maintenance, fuel and
marine services on Christmas Island
In 1989, the Christmas Island
and palm oil in Malaysia.
National Park (established in 1980)
was extended to 63% of Christmas
Island to protect the unique habitat NEXT STOP
and endangered species, notably the Walk along the train lines to the Old
Abbott’s Booby. These conservation Railway Station a short way along
measures have restricted access Murray Rd on the left.
to phosphate for mining, while
S elf G u i d ed Tra i l – T h e Old R ailwa y 117. MURRAY ROAD RAILWAY STATION
During the 1950s and 1960s a large community of mine workers and families
lived at South Point. This railway station was used by the children going to and
from school. Prior to 1968 this station was just a wooden platform.
By the 1960s, the School Train was a fleet of Wickham railcars. The carriages
had wooden benches, side panels, open doors and open windows. Over time
safety improvements were made to the rail cars. The journey could take up
to one and a half hours as they had to give way to phosphate trains. Due to
the long journey the children could not participate in after school activities
at Drumsite.
The settlement at South Point was closed in 1971 and the people re-located,
mainly to the flats at Poon Saan.
1963 school train at Drumsite.
NEXT STOP
An old train is about 1.5km along Murray Rd, on the left just past the crab bridge.
During the red crab migration this bridge helps the crabs safely cross the road and
the traffic to pass freely below!
Along the way, look for the new dryers on the right where the rails cross the road.
These dryers have been operating since 1969 with trucks and road-trains delivering
the phosphate for processing.
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The railway continued along Murray Rd. The remains of the Whitcomb
Locomotive Number 8901 sits on rail tracks, slowly becoming at one with
the jungle.
This American made engine was one of two which arrived in early 1947. It is a
classic centre cab twin engine yard shunter fitted with two V8 Caterpillar diesel
engines coupled to two Westinghouse generators and four Westinghouse
traction motors. It was painted yellow with black and yellow dazzle stripes.
The train arrived in parts and was assembled on Christmas Island to take
phosphate between South Point and Drumsite.
NEXT STOP
Drive the old railway route across the central plateau. Continue along Murray Rd
for 4km then turn left towards the Pink House and continue along to the East West
Baseline.
Along the route of the railway line cuttings and embankments are clearly visible as
well as:
• a stop/go sign on the left just after the turn
• a telephone box on the right in 300m
• rail tracks cross the road in 100m
• rail lines are still visible at the Pink House turnoff, continue straight towards
the East West Baseline. The Pink House was part of Camp 4 and is part of the
Christmas Island National Park.
Whitcombe locomotive number 3 hauling full phosphate hoppers at South Point 1952.
S elf G u i d ed Tra i l – T h e Old R ailwa y 139. CENTRAL PLATEAU
The track was laid over fairly level The Shays took two hours to journey
terrain in comparison to the Incline. from South Point to Drumsite with 20-
The main tasks were clearing 30 minutes on each journey to refuel
vegetation by hand, creating a level with wood and water. Water was
track, laying the track bed, positioning sourced from Grant’s Well.
steel sleepers, dropping rails in place
Before the School Train was in
and then bolting it together.
service, wagons were converted to
There were 8 fettlers camps built transport people and goods. The
along the line during construction. carriages were spartan with bench
Once the railway was completed the seats against the walls and hauled
track gangs were relocated to South behind the dusty open phosphate
Point and Drumsite. Camp 4 (the Pink hoppers. As well as the school run,
House) continued to be used for rail the wagons conveyed theatre goers
maintenance and Camp 5 (no longer from Drumsite and Camps 4 and 5
visible) by the wood cutters. to South Point for the Saturday night
open air cinema.
Both phosphate, passenger and the
weekly supply trains used the railway.
Building the railway 1914.
14 Self Guided Trail – T h e Ol d R a i l w a yCamp 5 1952.
NEXT STOP
South Point: Turn left towards South Point at the East West Baseline then
follow the signs to the Old South Point Railway past both old and active
mining leases.
DETOUR
The energetic may wish to walk or ride a bike along the 7km Telegraph Track
following the route of the railway between the Blowholes Rd and South Point.
The trail starts 800m from the junction on the left past the rail tracks which
cross the road.
A small Taoist temple dedicated to Tham Kong Sheng Ye is on the track on the
right 200 metres past the Blowholes Rd turn off. This temple served the workers
at nearby Camp 5 and was believed to protect them from harsh conditions and
weather extremes.
S elf G u i d ed Tra i l – T h e Old R ailwa y 1510. SOUTH POINT
Now in ruins, South Point was once In the early days, mining phosphate at
thriving community that lasted South Point was hard work performed
around 60 years. It was established by an army of Chinese contract
in 1914 to provide a workforce for the labourers. After the rainforest was
nearby phosphate mines. cleared the top 2 metres of soil was
removed and dumped in a nearby
The train station, railway lines, loading
fields. The phosphate was dug
gantries, the walls of a 100,000 gallon
with a hoe leaving behind an array
water tank are still visible.
of limestone pinnacles. These are
The settlement grew to become clearly visible across the Island as
a significant population centre, fern and rock fields. The phosphate
accommodating the largest part of was loaded into baskets and when
the mine workforce. At its peak there full, tipped into trams hitched to a
were several hundred people living at small locomotive.
South Point, many with families and
The narrow gauge quarry trams
children. There were houses, a kongsi
ran to the top of the loading bridge,
store, a dispensary, a police station
originally a steel frame with a timber
with lock up, a discreetly located
deck and tipped the product into
brothel, playing fields and an outdoor
the chute that loaded directly on the
cinema showing English, Mandarin,
standard gauge phosphate hopper
Cantonese and Tamil language films
wagons for transport to Drumsite.
and of course the railway station
and mine infrastructure. The Chinese The first exports from South Point
Literary Association ran cultural occurred in 1923 and by 1926 South
evening classes and night school for Point was producing 100,000 tons
the children. a year.
The School Train at South Point.
16 Self Guided Trail – T h e Ol d R a i l w a yRailroad and Gantry 1927. The long building was
the Chinese Manager’s house until World War Two.
After the War it was occupied by the European South
Point Manager.
Loading at South Point before World War Two.
A covered siding was built in 1928 for Between 1950 and 1953 a new loading
storing loaded phosphate hoppers in bridge at South Point was installed
an effort to keep the phosphate dry. and then upgraded in the 1960s. To
improve efficiency, phosphate was
The mine operated six days a
dumped in stockpiles rather than
week. During the 1940s and 1950s,
directly into the railway wagons.
on Sundays the engines were
maintained at the Drumsite workshop By the end of May 1972 the
and returned to South Point to settlement of South Point was
begin work on Monday at 6:00am. bulldozed and the phosphate it was
A supply train operated on Saturday sitting on mined. Most of the people
afternoons providing food and moved to Poon Saan but South Point
general supplies. will always be ‘home’.
HISTORICAL TALE
On 21 September 1922 a solar eclipse
cast its shadow across the British Empire
with Christmas Island in its path. Two
expeditions (British and German) were
mounted to view the eclipse and test
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. A large
telescope was mounted at South Point
but the weather was against them and
the voyage unsuccessful. However, those Expedition plaque now at the Christmas
watching from Settlement had clear views. Island National Park Nursery.
NEXT STOP
Before heading back to town along the North South Baseline stop at the nearby
temples. See The Spirit of Christmas Island for information.
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