SAR Summit
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| − | + | <span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Distance from Quorn: </span> 7½ kms, 4½ miles</span><br> | |
| − | True to its name, it is the highest point on the line at 406m (1332ft).<br> | + | Unmanned location on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Port Augusta-Hawker Line </span>. True to its name, it is the highest point on the line at 406m (1332ft).<br> |
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| + | A dead end siding was provided possibly to allow for defective rolling stock to be cut from a train before the steep descent to '''Port Augusta'''.<br> | ||
The line from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Quorn''' was closed in 1956 but the section from '''Quorn''' to '''Summit''' was still used by special passenger excursion trains from '''Peterborough''' in the 1960s.<br> | The line from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Quorn''' was closed in 1956 but the section from '''Quorn''' to '''Summit''' was still used by special passenger excursion trains from '''Peterborough''' in the 1960s.<br> | ||
Revision as of 09:48, 9 September 2022
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