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 | + | Unmanned location, dead end siding and '''halt''' 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> |
True to its name, '''Summit''' is the highest point on the line at 406m (1332ft).<br> | 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 | + | The line from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Quorn''' was closed in 1956 but the section from '''Quorn''' to '''Summit''' was still in use by special passenger excursion trains from '''Peterborough''' in the 1960s. '''Summit''' was used as a terminus '''halt''' with the tour trains provided with a loco at both ends for the forward and return trips between '''Quorn''' and '''Summit'''.<br> |
| − | The '''Pichi Richi Railway''' was formed in 1974 and initially ran | + | The '''Pichi Richi Railway''' was formed in 1974 and initially ran tour 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''' but still use '''Summit''' as a waypoint '''halt'''.</td> |
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Revision as of 12:38, 9 June 2024
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