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Rail transport in Nauru
Rail transport in Nauru is used for moving phosphate of lime from the island's interior to the cantilever jetties on the island's western coast, in Aiwo District. For this purpose, a 3.9 km long, narrow gauge railway was built by the Pacific Phosphate Company in 1907.
==Overview==
The railway at Aiwo jetty was electrified in 1912, but replaced by a conveyor belt between the storage bins and the jetty head.
The gauge was upgraded to narrow gauge by the British Phosphate Commission in 1920. In the past, steam engines were used to power the trains,〔(Iamge on pbase.com )〕 but the railway is nowadays worked by diesel engines, though occasionally, a tractor is used.
With Nauru's phosphate deposits almost depleted, the future of the railway is uncertain. The trains were still running as of 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Things to Do in Nauru )〕〔(Images on Flickr )〕
Nauru's phosphate train features on several Nauru stamps, including a series from 1980 (Yvert no. 211-213) and another one from 1985 (Yvert no. 306, Scott no. 308).
The trains of Nauru have been depicted on commemorative Nauruan postage stamps.〔(Infos on janeresture.com )〕
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
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