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An aerial view of the Katherine factory in the Northern Territory, Australia.
>> An aerial view of the Katherine factory in the Northern Territory, Australia.

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Austrak's head office is in Brisbane and its current manufacturing facilities are located in Rockhampton QLD, Geelong VIC and Port Hedland WA. An additional manufacturing facility is planned to open in Wagga Wagga NSW in mid-2007.

Austrak has constructed 10 factories to date, as shown on the map below. Click on a location to view details about that facility.


Austrak Factories

Katherine Wickham Wedgefield Malaysia Port Hedland Tennant Creek Geelong Rockhampton Mackay Townsville Wagga Wagga

Mackay

1983 to 1999 - 200,000 sleepers/year

The first Australian factory at Mackay in Queensland with a capacity of 200,000 sleepers per year was built in 1983. It produced narrow gauge sleepers for Queensland Rail using both Fist and Pandrol fastening systems. The factory produced 2.1 million sleepers and 1,100 turnout beam sets plus 1.2 million 2ft gauge sleepers for the sugar cane industry before it was finally decommissioned in 1999.

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