CaneSIG
The Cane Railway (Tramline) Modelling Special Interest Group
Fiji
While the cane railways are now operated by FSC (Fiji Sugar
Corporation) most of the mills and their rail operations were
initially developed by CSR and parallel similar developments
in Australia.
Visitors to the Fijian cane fields and mill railways will see a very
run down system, but one that is still very reminiscent of the
1960s in Queensland. Much of the cane is still hand cut and, while
the mills did introduce some chopped cane bins, they have reverted
to wholestick trucks on the rail lines due to maintenance problems
with the bins. The result is long lines of trucks waiting to unload
at the mills and a very slow and accident-prone rail system.
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Above: One of a number of photos of Fiji during the visit of a group
of Australian modellers and railfans in 2006, Brad Peadon photo.
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'The' Fiji resource!: Dyer, Peter & Hodge, Peter (1988).
Cane Train, Wellington, NZ: The New Zealand Railway and
Locomotive Society Inc. ISBN: 0-908573-50-2.
This book includes photos, plans, maps and description of the various
cane railways in Fiji.
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CaneSIG Collection photos of Fijian cane railways. The collection
includes images from over 50 years of railfan visits to Fiji.
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SPSM
brochure, 'Sugar in
Fiji', c 1963.
Above: SPSM passenger train, John Teichmoeller, 1968.
- Dave Robinson's
web site has 500 photos of Lautoka and area to
accompany an article on Lautoka, Fiji. Included in this 'oportunistic
collection' are several of Fiji Sugar Mill's Lautoka Mill
operations.
Above: Sugar cane trucks near the Lautoka Mill. Below: Lautoka Mill;
Dave Robinson photos.
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