SAR Summit V2
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Distance from Port Augusta: </span> 32½ kms, 20 miles <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Distance from Quorn: </span> 7½ kms, 4½ miles</span><br> | <span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Distance from Port Augusta: </span> 32½ kms, 20 miles <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Distance from Quorn: </span> 7½ kms, 4½ miles</span><br> | ||
| − | Unmanned location and dead end siding on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Port Augusta-Hawker Line </span>. True to its name, | + | Unmanned location and dead end siding on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Port Augusta-Hawker Line </span> - now known as the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Pichi Richi Railway </span> named after the pass at '''Summit''' where the railway crosses over the '''Flinders Rangers'''.<br> |
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| + | True to its name, '''Summit''' is the highest point on the line at 406m (1332ft).<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> | ||
| − | + | The '''Pichi Richi Railway''' was formed in 1974 and initially ran tourist trains from '''Quorn''' to '''Summit'''. They now operate heritage tourist diesel and steam trains on the restored narrow gauge line between '''Quorn''' and '''Port Augusta'''.</td> | |
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Revision as of 15:35, 29 May 2024
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