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Built as a narrow gauge (3'6" - 1067mm) line from '''Port Pirie''' to '''Gladstone''' in 1875, it was extended to '''Cockburn''' on the '''South Australia - New South Wales''' border in 1888 where it joined the '''Silverton Tramway''' to '''Broken Hill'''. The main purpose of the line was to transport the mineral ores from the mines at '''Broken Hill''' to the smelters and port at '''Port Pirie''', a function it still performs today.<br> | Built as a narrow gauge (3'6" - 1067mm) line from '''Port Pirie''' to '''Gladstone''' in 1875, it was extended to '''Cockburn''' on the '''South Australia - New South Wales''' border in 1888 where it joined the '''Silverton Tramway''' to '''Broken Hill'''. The main purpose of the line was to transport the mineral ores from the mines at '''Broken Hill''' to the smelters and port at '''Port Pirie''', a function it still performs today.<br> | ||
| − | Several narrow gauge branches | + | Several narrow gauge branches were added at '''Gladstone''' (to '''Wilmington'''), '''Peterborough''' (to '''Quorn''' and '''Terowie''') and to two mines between '''Paratoo''' and '''Cockburn'''. A broad gauge (5'3" - 1600mm) line from '''Adelaide''' (the state capital) was extended to to '''Gladstone''' in 1894. <br> |
In 1969 the line was converted to standard gauge (4'8.5" - 1435mm) which eventually led to the closure of all the connecting narrow and broad gauge lines. The line now forms part of the standard gauge '''Transcontinental''' railway from '''Sydney''' to '''Perth'''. | In 1969 the line was converted to standard gauge (4'8.5" - 1435mm) which eventually led to the closure of all the connecting narrow and broad gauge lines. The line now forms part of the standard gauge '''Transcontinental''' railway from '''Sydney''' to '''Perth'''. | ||
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