View source for SAR Port Augusta-Hawker

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<td bgcolor="lightgrey">[[Image:SAR_PortAugusta-Hawker_Line.png|link=|alt=Hawker Line]] [[Image:Location Index.png|link=SAR Index|alt=Location Index|Location Index]] [[image:Session Scenario Index.png|link=SAR Peterborough Base Session|alt=Scenarios|Scenario Index]]<br><span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700;">Woolshed Flat - Hawker Section</span>

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<td>[[Image:SAR_Woolshed_Flat_Name.png|link=SAR Woolshed Flat|alt=Woolshed Flat|To Woolshed Flat]]</td>
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[[Image:SAR_Quorn_W_Name.png|link=SAR Quorn|alt=Quorn|To Quorn]]

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<span style="font-weight: 700; color: white;">Junction for</span>&#160;[[Image:PeterboroughLine.png|link=SAR Peterborough-Quorn|alt=Quorn Line|Peterborough-Quorn Line]]

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[[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]][[Image:Shed_Icon.png|link=|alt=Shed]][[Image:Turntable_Icon.png|link=|alt=Turntable]][[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[Image:Passenger_Icon.png|link=|alt=Passengers]][[Image:Oils_Icon.png|link=|alt=Oils_Fuels]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]][[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=Grain]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=Livestock]][[image:Mineral_Icon.png|link=|alt=Minerals]]</td>

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[[Image:SAR_Hawker_Name.png|link=SAR Hawker|alt=Hawker|To Hawker]]</td>

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[[Image:Terminus.png|link=|alt=Terminus]]

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[[image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]][[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]][[image:WYE_Icon.png|link=|alt=WYE]][[image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=Livestock]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]][[Image:Wool_icon.png|link=|alt=Wool]][[image:Mineral_Icon.png|link=|alt=Minerals]]

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<span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700;">Symbols:</span><br>
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<td width=45>[[image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]]</td>
<td width=205>'''Loco Coal Stage'''</td>
<td width=45>[[image:Bunker_Oil_Icon.png|link=|alt=Fuel]]</td>
<td width=205>'''Bunker C Oil Fuel Point'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]]</td>
<td>'''Crossing Loop'''</td>
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<td>'''Turning Triangle or WYE'''</td>
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<td>'''Loco Turntable'''</td>
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<td>'''Loco Shed'''</td>
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<td>'''Loco Water Tank'''</td>
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<td>'''Siding'''</td>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700;">Commodities:</span></td>
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<td>[[image:Passenger_Icon.png|link=|alt=Passengers]]</td>
<td>'''Passengers (station is industry active)'''</td>
<td>[[image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]]</td>
<td>'''Pasengers (station is NOT industry active)'''</td>
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<td>'''Goods'''</td>
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<td>'''Grain'''</td>
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<td>'''Oil and Fuel'''</td>
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<td>'''Livestock (Cattle and Sheep)'''</td>
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<td>'''Minerals'''</td>
<td>[[image:Wool_icon.png|link=|alt=Wool]]</td>
<td>'''Wool Bales'''</td>
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<span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700;">Line History:</span><br><br>
<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Opened:&#160;</span>&#160;1879-1891<br>
<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Length:&#160;</span>&#160;81km - 50&#188;mi ('''Woolshed Flat''' to '''Hawker''' section)<br>

<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Closed (in sections):&#160;</span>&#160;1956, 1972<br>
<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Reopened (in sections):&#160;</span>&#160;'''Port Augusta''' to '''Quorn''' 1974-2001 as a Heritage Railway<br>

Built as a narrow gauge (3ft6in - 1067mm) line from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Oodnadatta'''. It reached '''Quorn''' (39km, 24mi) in 1879, '''Marree''' (372km, 231mi) in 1883 and '''Oodnadatta''' (770km, 478mi) in 1891. It was originally known as the <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700;">&#160;Northern&#160;Line&#160;</span>.<br>

Despite crossing some of the driest parts of the continent the line was often damaged by severe flooding. It was not unusual for trains to be stranded for days by flood waters and track washouts. But even during dry times delays and late running were common. It was often said that a calendar, not a watch, was a better "on time" running guide.<br>

The route of the line in its southern section had more to do with politics than good practice. The route from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Quorn''' took it through the '''Flinders Ranges''' via the '''Pichi Richi Pass''' which required steep grades and tight curves. The route of the northern section was largely dictated by the availability of reliable water sources. In dry periods a water tanker was often added to the consist to provide water for the loco. The line was frequently considered for closure.<br>

In January 1911 the line was transferred from the '''SAR''' to the '''Commonwealth Railways (CR)''' but the '''SAR''' continued to operate the line until 1926 when the '''CR''' took over all operations. In 1926-29 the line was extended to '''Alice Springs''' (1241km, 771mi) north near the centre of the continent and it then became known as the <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700;">&#160;Central&#160;Australia&#160;Railway&#160;</span>.<br>

The most famous of the passenger trains on the line was '''The Ghan''', named after the Afghan camel drivers who drove the camel trains to '''Alice Springs''' before the arrival of the railway. This train originally ran from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Alice Springs''' and it still runs today as a modern luxury tourist train from '''Adelaide''' to '''Alice Springs''' and '''Darwin'''.<br>

In the 1950s a new standard gauge (4ft8&frac12;in, 1435mm) line was built from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Marree''' which bypassed the '''Flinders Ranges''', '''Quorn''' and '''Hawker'''. Passengers and freight to '''Oodnadatta''' and '''Alice Springs''' changed trains from standard gauge to narrow gauge at '''Marree'''. As a result the sections of the original narrow gauge line from '''Hawker''' to '''Marree''' and from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Quorn''' were closed in 1956. This left the section from '''Quorn''' to '''Hawker''' (the <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700;">&#160;Hawker&#160;Line&#160;</span>) still operating. Occasional special passenger excursion trains from '''Peterborough''' continued to use the line from '''Quorn''' to '''Summit''' and from '''Quorn''' to '''Hawker''' in the 1960s.<br>

Prior to the closures, the line between '''Quorn''' and '''Hawker''' saw several through workings each day. After the closures this had been reduced to just two return freight services each week and no passenger services. In the 1960s that was reduced to just a single weekly return freight service, with an additional service that ran "only if required". It was mineral traffic, ''barite'' or ''baryte'' (''barium sulfate'') ore, that kept the line open after 1956. It was transported 70km by road from the mine to '''Hawker''' and then loaded into rail wagons for the trip to '''Quorn'''. At '''Quorn''' it was crushed and bagged for shipment around the country. Rail transport was used because of the poor condition of the roads between '''Hawker''' and '''Quorn'''. Barite is still mined north of '''Hawker''' and processed at '''Quorn''' but all transport is now by road.<br>

After the 1956 closures, '''Port Augusta''' to '''Quorn''' was serviced by a weekly passenger road bus service and a weekly road freight service.<br>

The '''Hawker Line''' was closed in 1972. The 1970s also saw the line from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Alice Springs''', with its standard and narrow gauge sections, replaced by a new standard gauge line that bypassed '''Marree''', '''Oodnadatta''' and all the flood prone areas. In the early 2000s this line was extended to '''Darwin''', on the northern coast of the continent about 2900km north of '''Port Augusta'''.<br>

The <span style="font-weight: 700;" class="plainlinks">[https://www.pichirichirailway.org.au/ Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society]</span> was formed in 1972 and was operating steam and heritage diesel trains from '''Quorn''' to '''Summit''' by 1974, and then onto '''Woolshed Flat''' by 1979. The track used to restore the line to '''Woolshed Flat''' was taken from the closed '''Hawker Line'''.<br>

The line from '''Peterborough''' to '''Quorn''' was closed in 1987.<br>

By 2001 the '''Pichi Richi Railway''' had restored the entire narrow gauge line from '''Quorn''' to '''Port Augusta'''. They now operate steam and diesel hauled heritage passenger services between '''Quorn''', '''Woolshed Flat''' and '''Port Augusta'''.
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