Batavia Coast Miniature Railway

Welcome

Welcome to a webpage dedicated to the BATAVIA COAST MINIATURE RAILWAY SOCIETY (INC) we are located located in Geraldton, just over 400km's north of Perth in Western Australia.

If you are in Geraldton head up to the Chapman River on the north side of town, drive in to Spalding Park on the banks of the river and you will see us on the hill above the playground. You can also see us from North West Coastal Highway just prior to the Chapman River Bridge.

We are OPERATING FROM 10.00AM to 3PM on the FIRST Sunday of each month.
Cost: $1 Children, $2 Adults

ENCLOSED FOOTWEAR IS ESSENTIAL FOR RIDES ON OUR TRAINS.

These galleries feature photos and further details of our activities.

Contact:
President:
Daryl Morris 9921 3584

Vice President:
Phil Melling 9921 6445

Secretary:
John Manley 9921 3879

Treasurer:
Allan Tapper 9938 1781

Opening Times:
We are open to the public the first Sunday of each month between 10am-3pm.
Please remember to wear fully enclosed shoes for rides to enable us to meet our insurance requirements.

We will be running on:

Sunday 8 November 2009
10am-3pm

Sunday 6 December 2009
10am-3pm

Sunday 3 January 2010.
10am-3pm

Why not come down for a visit and have a sausage sizzle for a nominal fee supplied by the Geraldton Lions Club.

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Top Photographs This Month

1	A bit of a line up on 6 September 2009.	Late 2009 (Updated 1 November 2009)	(18)
2	track laying on the by pass line.	Late 2009 (Updated 1 November 2009)	(16)
3	The track going down on the new by pass line	Late 2009 (Updated 1 November 2009)	(15)
4	Concrete pour on the new bypass track.	Late 2009 (Updated 1 November 2009)	(15)
5	The new points and track	Late 2009 (Updated 1 November 2009)	(13)
6	Z1153	Late 2009 (Updated 1 November 2009)	(13)
7	Concrete pour on the new bypass track.	Late 2009 (Updated 1 November 2009)	(12)
8	The E & Z.	Late 2009 (Updated 1 November 2009)	(11)
9	The new track with a set stabled on it.	Late 2009 (Updated 1 November 2009)	(11)
10	The station now with its roof on.	Late 2009 (Updated 1 November 2009)	(11)

Most Recent Collections

	4th Oct 2009	Late 2009 (Updated 1 November 2009) From August through this second half of the year we have really started to move forward. Another storage container, new by pass tracks, station building with roof & verandah, and there's more to come.
	7th Jun 2009	May / June 2009 Steam Rundays (Updated 7 June 2009) A first for us to have an all steam runday with Bill & Jenny Bagley's visiting Queensland Railway's BB18 1/4 steam locomotive assisting our two regular steam locomotives. The morning started earlier at 8.15am with some special runs for the Geraldton Branch of the Variety Club who were the organisers of a motor bike fundraiser. In addition Stuarts E30 shunter also had its first public appearance on our railway. Our June run day featured Daryl's traction engine on display.
	4th Apr 2009	Batavia Coast Miniature Railway Activities 2009 2009 has seen more work done on our station, brickwork is almost there and roof trusses etc ordered. In addition we have several loco projects nearing completion including two featured here.
	9th Jan 2009	Batavia Coast Miniature Railway Activities 2008 It has been a while since we have done an update, but as these photos show we are still very active. Behind the scenes the brickwork on our station building is just about complete and then real progress will be made towards its completion. More track is under construction as is another steam loco, a diesel outline loco and another traction engine. 2009 will see the society making real progress/ completion on several of these projects.
	20th Sep 2008	September 2008 Runday Another successful runday and Jim demonstrated his replica of Henry Fords 1896 Quadricycle.
	5th Jun 2008	1 June 2008 Runday A few photos of our June runday, taken a bit later on of our few last runs after our passenger numbers had quietened down.
	2nd Mar 2008	March 2008 Runday Our latest runday, quite a few passengers. We had time to take some of our younger crew through some training, plus for Geraldton in March look how green things are coutesy of some summer rain.
	30th Dec 2007	Station Building (Updated 2March 2008) This gallery will follow the progress of the construction of our main station building at Spalding Park.
	26th Dec 2007	December 2008 Photos (updated 6 January 2008) A couple of new additions to our collection of equipment now available.
	24th Sep 2007	September 2007 Runday A few photos from our September 2007 runday.
	27th May 2007	May 2007 Runday A few photos taken by Christopher from our May runday which kept everyone busy.
	7th Jan 2007	7 January 2007 Run Day Our first runday for 2007, we ran the traction engine with its purpose built passenger wagon & doubleheaded Matilda & the Diesel The first time we have ran two locos together on the same train on a runday.
	26th Dec 2006	Evening & Night Run Saturday 23 December 2006 We combined our Christmas BBQ with a late evening/ night run, our very first. Being our first so was a bit of a trial without members of the public. The night runs also received an enthusiatic reception from passers by. All in all a great time.
	3rd Dec 2006	December 2006 Runday A few photos taken by Joshua Melling on our runday on 3 December 2006.
	8th Oct 2006	Society Activities August to October 2006 A few photos taken of our recent activities including a start on more track and a float in the Sunshine Festival Parade in Geraldton On 7 October 2006