SAR Booleroo Centre
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<td>[[image:SAR_Booleroo_Centre.png|link=|alt=Booleroo_Centre map]]</td> | <td>[[image:SAR_Booleroo_Centre.png|link=|alt=Booleroo_Centre map]]</td> | ||
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<td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Passengers</span><br>[[image:Station_Label.png|link=]]</td> | <td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Passengers</span><br>[[image:Station_Label.png|link=]]</td> | ||
<td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Goods</span><br>[[image:Goods_Label.png|link=]]</td> | <td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Goods</span><br>[[image:Goods_Label.png|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=Grain]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Grain</span><br>[[image:Grain_Label.png|link=]]< | + | <td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=Grain]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Grain</span><br>[[image:Grain_Label.png|link=]]</td> |
<td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=Livestock]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Livestock</span><br>[[image:Stockyard_Label.png|link=]]</td> | <td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=Livestock]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Livestock</span><br>[[image:Stockyard_Label.png|link=]]</td> | ||
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− | <td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; color: white; font-weight: 700;">Water</span><br>[[image: | + | <td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; color: white; font-weight: 700;">Water</span><br>[[image:Main_Label.png|link=]]</td> |
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A manned station on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Gladstone-Wilmington Line </span> until 1983 when all the station staff on the line were withdrawn.<br> | A manned station on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Gladstone-Wilmington Line </span> until 1983 when all the station staff on the line were withdrawn.<br> | ||
− | A station and goods loop | + | A station and goods loop, grain loading facility, storage sheds for bagged grain and grain sidings. A stockyard siding. Loco watering facilities and a turning WYE. An engine shed was present on the '''WYE''' until 1915.<br> |
The '''Gladstone-Wilmington Line''' is '''unsignalled'''. Train Order working is in operation on the line.<br> | The '''Gladstone-Wilmington Line''' is '''unsignalled'''. Train Order working is in operation on the line.<br> | ||
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Passenger services ended in 1969. The line was closed in 1990 and the track has since been removed.<br> | Passenger services ended in 1969. The line was closed in 1990 and the track has since been removed.<br> | ||
− | Today the grain facilities are still present. A variety of items, including a station nameboard, water column, goods crane and a switchstand, have been preserved in the yard as part of an interpretive display. | + | Today the grain facilities are still present. A variety of items, including a station nameboard, water column, goods crane and a switchstand, have been preserved in the yard as part of an interpretive display.<br> |
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+ | The former right-of-way from just south of '''Laura''' to '''Wilmington''' is now an 80km walking, cycling and horse riding trail, the '''[https://www.railtrails.org.au/trails/southern-flinders-rail-trail/ Southern Flinders Rail Trail]'''. | ||
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[[Image:SAR_Gladstone-Wilmington_Line.png|link=SAR_Gladstone_Wilmington|alt=Gladstone-Wilmington|Show Gladstone-Wilmington]]<br> | [[Image:SAR_Gladstone-Wilmington_Line.png|link=SAR_Gladstone_Wilmington|alt=Gladstone-Wilmington|Show Gladstone-Wilmington]]<br> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:07, 11 November 2023
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