When the original Mount Lyell railway line was being built, it was the location of some significant landslips.
[1] In the time of operations of the Mount Lyell railway landslips continued.
[2][3][4] In the event of wildfires in the adjacent district, with little to prevent fires affecting the railway line and Rinadeena structures, losses were inevitable in the past.
[5] Since rebuilding of the West Coast Wilderness Railway it is also the location of a serious accident.
[6] It is the highest point on the railway line, with Abt mechanisms on the steam locomotives required from either side of operations.