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Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Strahan–Zeehan Railway, also known as the 'Government Railway', was a railway from Strahan to Zeehan on the west coast of Tasmania.It linked two private railways: the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company railway line (now known as the West Coast Wilderness Railway) between Queenstown and Regatta Point and the Emu Bay Railway between Zeehan and Burnie.Early photographs of the Strahan wharf and buildings adjacent taken from the north usually have the railway tracks in the lower section of the photograph, as the line followed the shore from Regatta Point around the bay before passing northward in what is considered to be West Strahan today.The line ran parallel to Ocean Beach before heading towards Zeehan.It was a critical link, due to the difficulties of Macquarie Harbour and was essential during the 1912 North Mount Lyell Disaster. The rail gauge of the lines between Burnie was the same all the way to Queenstown.The line was heavily reliant upon the mining industry and its fortunes, and traffic reduced drastically at times of mining down-turns."@en }

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