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Main Line with Passing, Goods and Station Loops plus loco servicing facilities and a turning WYE. Unmanned location on the '''Gladstone to Wilmington line'''. The Wilmington line is unsignalled.
 
 
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<td colspan=3>'''Commodities: (load and/or unload)'''<br>
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<td>[[image:SAR_Booleroo_Centre.png|link=|alt=Booleroo_Centre map]]</td>
[[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]][[Image:Passenger_Icon.png|link=|alt=Passengers]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]][[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=Grain]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=Livestock]]</td>
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<td colspan=2>'''Facilities:'''<br>
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[[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[image:WYE_Icon.png|link=|alt=WYE]]</td>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">&nbsp;Commodities:&nbsp;</span>
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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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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 style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-weight: 700;">&nbsp;Loco Services:&nbsp;</span>
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<td align="center" width=50><font size=3>'''From'''</font></td>
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<td align="center" width=50><font size=3>'''To'''</font></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:Main_Label.png|link=]]</td>
<td align="center" width=275><font size=3>'''Tower Paths (Down)'''</font></td>
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<td align="center" width=50>&nbsp;</td>
<td align="center" width=50><font size=3>'''From'''</font></td>
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<td align="center" width=50><font size=3>'''To'''</font></td>
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<td align="center" width=275><font size=3>'''Tower Paths (Up)'''</font></td>
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<td align="center" width=50>[[Image:WYE_Icon.png|link=|alt=WYE]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Turning</span><br>[[image:WYE_Label.png|link=]]</td>
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<td>'''Approach Dn to WYE DE'''</td>
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<td>'''Approach Up to Station'''</td>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&nbsp;Distance from Gladstone:&nbsp;</span> 50&frac34; kms, 31&frac12; miles</span><br>
<td bgcolor="blue"><font color="white">'''Approach Up to Main'''</font></td>
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A manned station on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;">&nbsp;Gladstone-Wilmington&nbsp;Line&nbsp;</span> until 1983 when all the station staff on the line were withdrawn.<br>
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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>
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The '''Gladstone-Wilmington Line''' is '''unsignalled'''. Train Order working is in operation on the line.<br>
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'''Booleroo Centre''' was the terminus of the line from 1910 to 1915 which explains the presence of the turning WYE. It was also the busiest station on the line with both terminating and through freight services.<br>
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Passenger services ended in 1969. The line was closed in 1990 and the track has since been removed.<br>
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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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<td bgcolor="blue"><font color="white">'''Approach Dn to Main'''</font></td>
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<td bgcolor="green"><font color="white">'''Approach Up to Loop'''</font></td>
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<td bgcolor="green"><font color="white">'''Approach Dn to Loop'''</font></td>
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<td bgcolor="yellow">'''Approach Up to Goods'''</td>
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<td bgcolor="yellow">'''Approach Dn to Goods'''</td>
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<td>'''WYE DE to Gladstone'''</td>
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<td>'''WYE DE to Station'''</td>
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<td>'''Station Up to Gladstone'''</td>
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<td>'''WYE DE to Main'''</td>
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<td>'''Station Up to WYE DE'''</td>
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<td>'''WYE DE to Loop'''</td>
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<td bgcolor="blue"><font color="white">'''Main Up to Gladstone'''</font></td>
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<td>'''WYE DE to Goods'''</td>
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<td>'''Main Up to WYE DE'''</td>
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<td>'''Grain Siding DE to Goods'''</td>
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<td bgcolor="green"><font color="white">'''Loop Up to Gladstone'''</font></td>
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<td>'''Grain Loader DE to Goods'''</td>
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<td>'''Loop Up to WYE DE'''</td>
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<td>'''Station Dn to Wilmington'''</td>
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<td bgcolor="yellow">'''Goods Up to Gladstone'''</td>
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<td bgcolor="blue"><font color="white">'''Main Dn to Wilmington'''</font></td>
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<td>'''Goods Up to WYE DE'''</td>
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<td bgcolor="green"><font color="white">'''Loop Dn to Wilmington'''</font></td>
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<td>'''Goods Up to Grain Siding DE'''</td>
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<td bgcolor="yellow">'''Goods Dn to Wilmington'''</td>
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<td>'''Goods Up to Grain Loader DE'''</td>
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<td>'''Goods Dn to Stockyard DE'''</td>
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<td>'''Stockyard DE to Goods'''</td>
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[[Image:SAR_Gladstone-Wilmington Strip Map.png|link=|alt=Gladstone-Wilmington Strip Map]]</td>
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[[Image:SAR_Gladstone-Wilmington_Line.png|link=SAR_Gladstone_Wilmington|alt=Gladstone-Wilmington|Show Gladstone-Wilmington]]<br>
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[[Image:SAR_Gladstone-Wilmington Strip Map.png|link=|alt=Gladstone-Wilmington Strip Map]]
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Gladstone-Wilmington
Yandiah
Location Index
Scenarios

Peroomba
Gladstone-Wilmington
Booleroo_Centre map
 Commodities: 
Passengers
Passengers
Station Label.png
Goods
Goods
Goods Label.png
Grain
Grain
Grain Label.png
Livestock
Livestock
Stockyard Label.png
 
 Loco Services: 
Water
Water
Main Label.png
   
 Facilities: 
WYE
Turning
WYE Label.png
     

 Distance from Gladstone:  50¾ kms, 31½ miles

A manned station on the  Gladstone-Wilmington Line  until 1983 when all the station staff on the line were withdrawn.

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.

The Gladstone-Wilmington Line is unsignalled. Train Order working is in operation on the line.

Booleroo Centre was the terminus of the line from 1910 to 1915 which explains the presence of the turning WYE. It was also the busiest station on the line with both terminating and through freight services.

Passenger services ended in 1969. The line was closed in 1990 and the track has since been removed.

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.

The former right-of-way from just south of Laura to Wilmington is now an 80km walking, cycling and horse riding trail, the Southern Flinders Rail Trail.

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Gladstone-Wilmington
Gladstone-Wilmington Strip Map

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