Ocean Island Railway

The Ocean Island Railway (later Banaba Island Railway) was a 3 km-long guano mining railway on Ocean Island (later renamed Banaba Island). It had an initial gauge of. After 1937, the gauge was widened to and, finally, to.

Route
The track ran along the coast from the northern guano mining areas, through the European Settlement (English:Tabwewa, French: Tapiwa) and the Native Labour Quarters (Tabiang, Tapiang) to the depot and Boat Harbour (Uma, Ooma).

Operation
Initially, steam locomotives manufactured by Orenstein & Koppel (O&K), and a saddle tank locomotive manufactured by Bagnall, were used. One O&K locomotive was named Florence, one had the number 7 (O&K works number 12678 of 1935) and another one the number 11 (O&K works number 9880 of 1922).

Later, diesel locomotives were used. European passengers were transported in a canopy car and native labourers in an open wagon.