SAR Peterborough-Quorn

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<td bgcolor="lightgrey">[[Image:SAR_Peterborough-Quorn_Line.png|link=|alt=Peterborough-Quorn Line]] [[Image:Location Index.png|link=SAR Index|alt=Location Index|Location Index]] [[image:Session Scenario Index.png|link=SAR Peterborough Base Session|alt=Scenarios|Scenario Index]]
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[[Image:SAR_PortPirie-BrokenHill_Line.png|link=|alt=Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line]]&nbsp;[[Image:Location Index.png|link=SAR Index|alt=Location Index|Location Index]] [[image:Session Scenario Index.png|link=SAR Peterborough Base Session|alt=Scenarios|Scenario Index]]<br><span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700;">Gladstone - Paratoo Section</span>
  
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[[Image:SAR_Peterborough_B_Name.png|link=SAR Peterborough|alt=Peterborough|To Peterborough]]
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[[Image:SAR_Gladstone_W_Name.png|link=SAR Gladstone|alt=Gladstone|To Gladstone]]
  
 
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<span style="font-weight: 700; color: white;">Junction for</span>&nbsp;[[Image:BrokenHillLine.png|link=SAR Port Pirie-Broken Hill|alt=Broken Hill Line|Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line]][[Image:TerowieLine.png|link=SAR Peterborough-Terowie|alt=Terowie Line|Peterborough-Terowie Line]]
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<span style="font-weight: 700; color: white;">Junction for</span>&nbsp;[[Image:WilmingtonLine.png|link=SAR Gladstone-Wilmington|alt=Wilmington Line|Gladstone-Wilmington Line]][[Image:BroadGaugeLine.png|link=|alt=Broad Gauge]]
  
 
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[[image:Bunker_Oil_Icon.png|link=|alt=Fuel]][[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]][[Image:Shed_Icon.png|link=|alt=Shed]][[Image:Turntable_Icon.png|link=|alt=Turntable]][[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[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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[[image:Bunker_Oil_Icon.png|link=|alt=Fuel]][[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]][[Image:Shed_Icon.png|link=|alt=Shed]][[Image:Turntable_Icon.png|link=|alt=Turntable]][[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[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]][[Image:Wool_icon.png|link=|alt=Wool]]
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<td>[[Image:SAR_Caltowie_Name.png|link=SAR Caltowie|alt=Caltowie|To Caltowie]]&nbsp;</td>
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<td width=200>[[Image:SAR_Peterborough_W_Name.png|link=SAR Peterborough|alt=Peterborough|To Peterborough]]</td>
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<td width=350 align="right"><span style="color: white; font-weight: 700;">Junction for</span>&nbsp;[[Image:QuornLine.png|link=SAR Peterborough-Quorn|alt=Quorn Line|Peterborough-Quorn Line]][[Image:TerowieLine.png|link=SAR Peterborough-Terowie|alt=Terowie Line|Peterborough-Terowie Line]]</td>
 
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<td>[[Image:SAR_Oodla_Wirra_Name.png|link=SAR Oodla Wirra|alt=Oodla Wirra|To Oodla Wirra]]</td>
 
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<td>[[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]][[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=Livestock]]</td>
 
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<td>[[Image:SAR_Paratoo_Name.png|link=SAR Paratoo|alt=Paratoo|To Paratoo]]</td>
 
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<td>[[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]][[Image:WYE_Icon.png|link=|alt=WYE]][[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=Livestock]]</td>
 
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<span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700;">Symbols:</span></td>
 
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<td width=45>[[image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]]</td>
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<td width=205>'''Loco Coal Stage'''</td>
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<td width=45>[[image:Bunker_Oil_Icon.png|link=|alt=Fuel]]</td>
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<td width=205>'''Bunker C Oil Fuel Point'''</td>
 
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<td>[[image:Passenger_Icon.png|link=|alt=Passengers]]</td>
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<td>'''Passenger Stop (Active)'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]]</td>
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<td>'''Passenger Stop (not Active)'''</td>
 
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<td>[[image:Turntable_Icon.png|link=|alt=Turntable]]</td>
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<td>'''Loco Turntable'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Shed_Icon.png|link=|alt=Shed]]</td>
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<td>'''Loco Shed'''</td>
 
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<td>[[image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]]</td>
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<td>'''Loco Water Tank'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Wool_icon.png|link=|alt=Wool]]</td>
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<td>'''Wool Bales'''</td>
 
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<td>'''Goods Facility'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=Grain]]</td>
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<td>'''Grain Storage or Processing'''</td>
 
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<td>[[Image:Oils_Icon.png|link=|alt=Oils_Fuels]]</td>
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<td>'''Oil and Fuel Terminal'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=Stockyard]]</td>
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<td>'''Stockyard'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]]</td>
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<td>'''Passing Loop'''</td>
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<td>[[image:WYE_Icon.png|link=|alt=WYE]]</td>
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<td>'''Turning Triangle or WYE'''</td>
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<span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700;">Line History:</span><br><br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Opened:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;1875-1888<br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Closed:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;still in operation<br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Length:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;127km (Gladstone to Paratoo) of 390km total length<br><br>
  
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Built as a narrow gauge (3ft6in - 1067mm) line from '''Port Pirie''' to '''Gladstone''' in 1875, it was extended to '''Cockburn''' on the '''South Australia - New South Wales''' border in stages by 1888.<br>
  
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Because the South Australian Railways were not allowed to operate over the border into New South Wales, a private railway, the '''Silverton Tramway''' (which was called a "tramway" for legal reasons but it was a fully operating narrow gauge railway), was built to connect the line to the mines at '''Broken Hill'''. The '''SAR''' and '''Silverton Tramway''' simply swapped locos at '''Cockburn''' on the border.<br>
  
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The main purpose of the line was to transport the mineral ores from the mines at '''Broken Hill''' to the smelters and port at '''Port Pirie''', a function it still performs today.<br>
  
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<span style="font-weight: 700; color: white;">Junction for</span>&nbsp;[[Image:HawkerLine.png|link=|alt=Hawker Line]]
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Several narrow gauge branch lines were added at '''Gladstone''' (to '''Wilmington'''), '''Peterborough''' (to '''Quorn''' and '''Terowie''') and to mines between '''Paratoo''' and '''Cockburn'''. A broad gauge (5ft3in - 1600mm) line from '''Adelaide''' (the state capital) was extended to '''Gladstone''' in 1894. The narrow gauge line from '''Peterborough''' to '''Terowie''' was made dual gauge with the addition of broad gauge in 1970, providing a second broad gauge line to '''Adelaide'''.<br>
  
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During 1969-1970 the entire '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill''' line was converted to standard gauge (4ft8&frac12;in - 1435mm). The conversion closed or bypassed many of the locations along the narrow gauge line. '''Gladstone''' and '''Peterborough''' became triple gauge "break-of-gauge" locations. By 1990 all the connecting narrow and broad gauge lines were closed.<br>
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The line is now a vital part of the standard gauge '''Transcontinental''' railway from '''Sydney''' to '''Perth'''.<br>
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Only one passenger service still operates on the line, the '''Indian-Pacific''' which runs between '''Sydney''' and '''Perth''' via '''Adelaide'''. It runs non-stop between '''Broken Hill''' and '''Adelaide'''.
 
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[[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]][[Image:Shed_Icon.png|link=|alt=Shed]][[Image:Turntable_Icon.png|link=|alt=Turntable]][[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[Image:Passenger_Icon.png|link=|alt=Passengers]][[Image:Oils_Icon.png|link=|alt=Oils_Fuels]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]][[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=Grain]]
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[[Image:SAR_PortPirie-BrokenHill_Line.png|link=|alt=Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line]]&nbsp;[[Image:Location Index.png|link=SAR Index|alt=Location Index|Location Index]] [[image:Session Scenario Index.png|link=SAR Peterborough Base Session|alt=Scenarios|Scenario Index]]<br><span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700;">Gladstone - Paratoo Section</span>
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[[Image:SAR_Gladstone_W_Name.png|link=SAR Gladstone|alt=Gladstone|To Gladstone]]
  
 
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<span style="font-weight: 700; color: white;">Junction for</span>&nbsp;[[Image:WilmingtonLine.png|link=SAR Gladstone-Wilmington|alt=Wilmington Line|Gladstone-Wilmington Line]][[Image:BroadGaugeLine.png|link=|alt=Broad Gauge]]
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[[image:Bunker_Oil_Icon.png|link=|alt=Fuel]][[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]][[Image:Shed_Icon.png|link=|alt=Shed]][[Image:Turntable_Icon.png|link=|alt=Turntable]][[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[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]][[Image:Wool_icon.png|link=|alt=Wool]]
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<td>[[Image:SAR_Yangya_Name.png|link=SAR Yangya|alt=Yangya|To Yangya]]</td>
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<td>[[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]]</td>
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<td>[[Image:SAR_Caltowie_Name.png|link=SAR Caltowie|alt=Caltowie|To Caltowie]]&nbsp;</td>
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<td>[[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]][[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=Grain]]</td>
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<td>[[Image:SAR_Jamestown_Name.png|link=SAR Jamestown|alt=Jamestown|To Jamestown]]</td>
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<td>[[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]][[Image:Turntable_Icon.png|link=|alt=Turntable]][[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[Image:Passenger_Icon.png|link=|alt=Passengers]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]][[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=Grain]]</td>
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<td>[[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=Livestock]]</td>
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<td>[[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]][[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]][[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=Grain]]</td>
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<td width=200>[[Image:SAR_Peterborough_W_Name.png|link=SAR Peterborough|alt=Peterborough|To Peterborough]]</td>
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<td width=350 align="right"><span style="color: white; font-weight: 700;">Junction for</span>&nbsp;[[Image:QuornLine.png|link=SAR Peterborough-Quorn|alt=Quorn Line|Peterborough-Quorn Line]][[Image:TerowieLine.png|link=SAR Peterborough-Terowie|alt=Terowie Line|Peterborough-Terowie Line]]</td>
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<td>[[Image:Bunker_Oil_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]][[Image:Shed_Icon.png|link=|alt=Shed]][[Image:Turntable_Icon.png|link=|alt=Turntable]][[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[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>[[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]][[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=Livestock]]</td>
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<td>[[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]][[Image:WYE_Icon.png|link=|alt=WYE]][[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=Livestock]]</td>
 
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<span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700;">Line History:</span><br><br>
 
<span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700;">Line History:</span><br><br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Opened:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;1881-1882<br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Opened:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;1875-1888<br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Closed:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;1987-1988<br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Closed:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;still in operation<br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Length:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;137km<br><br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Length:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;127km (Gladstone to Paratoo) of 390km total length<br><br>
  
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Built as a narrow gauge (3ft6in - 1067mm) line from '''Peterborough''' to '''Orroroo''' in 1881, it was extended to '''Quorn''' in 1882 where it joined the <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">&nbsp;SAR Main Northern Line&nbsp;</span> (narrow gauge) from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Oodnadatta'''. The '''Northern Line''' was transferred to the '''Commonwealth Railways''' in the early 1920s. When it was extended to '''Alice Springs''' in 1926-29 it was renamed to the <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">&nbsp;Central Australia Railway&nbsp;</span>.<br>
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Built as a narrow gauge (3ft6in - 1067mm) line from '''Port Pirie''' to '''Gladstone''' in 1875, it was extended to '''Cockburn''' on the '''South Australia - New South Wales''' border in stages by 1888.<br>
  
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When the standard gauge (4ft8.5in - 1435mm) '''Transcontinental Railway''' from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Kalgoolie''' was completed in 1917, the <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">&nbsp;Peterborough-Quorn&nbsp;Line&nbsp;</span> became the route for all '''Transcontinental''' and '''Central Australia''' rail traffic until 1932 when a more direct broad gauge (5ft3in - 1600mm) line from '''Port Pirie''' to '''Port Augusta''' was completed.<br>
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Because the South Australian Railways were not allowed to operate over the border into New South Wales, a private railway, the '''Silverton Tramway''' (which was called a "tramway" for legal reasons but it was a fully operating narrow gauge railway), was built to connect the line to the mines at '''Broken Hill'''. The '''SAR''' and '''Silverton Tramway''' simply swapped locos at '''Cockburn''' on the border.<br>
  
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During the 1940s many of the passing loops on the line were lengthened to handle the longer troop and military freight trains. During the 1950s the main '''Central Australia Railway''' was diverted away from '''Quorn''' and the remaining line was truncated at '''Hawker'''. This significantly reduced the traffic and led to the removal of several passing loops on the '''Peterborough-Quorn''' line. The line from '''Port Pirie''' to '''Broken Hill''' was converted to standard gauge during 1969-1970 which isolated the '''Peterborough-Quorn Line''' from the rest of the narrow gauge network (the '''Port Augusta''' to '''Quorn''' line was closed in 1956).<br>
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The main purpose of the line was to transport the mineral ores from the mines at '''Broken Hill''' to the smelters and port at '''Port Pirie''', a function it still performs today.<br>
  
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In the 1960s there were 3 weekly return freight services between '''Peterborough''' and '''Quorn'''. The speed limit on the line in the 1960s and later was 30 to 35mph. The only exception was for the '''Brill''' passenger rail motors which had a limit of 47mph (which was the maximum possible speed of the vehicle).<br>
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Several narrow gauge branch lines were added at '''Gladstone''' (to '''Wilmington'''), '''Peterborough''' (to '''Quorn''' and '''Terowie''') and to mines between '''Paratoo''' and '''Cockburn'''. A broad gauge (5ft3in - 1600mm) line from '''Adelaide''' (the state capital) was extended to '''Gladstone''' in 1894. The narrow gauge line from '''Peterborough''' to '''Terowie''' was made dual gauge with the addition of broad gauge in 1970, providing a second broad gauge line to '''Adelaide'''.<br>
  
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In January 1970 all steam locos were withdrawn and replaced by two diesel locos based at '''Peterborough''', but one was later withdrawn. Limited regular freight services to '''Orroroo''' ran until 1973 when they were replaced by a road vehicle but trains still serviced the grain silos at '''Orroroo''', when needed. By 1979 there was only one weekly return service to '''Quorn''' and this usually terminated at '''Carrieton'''. The last timetabled return freight service to '''Quorn''' ran in 1980. Special steam passenger excursion trains still ran from '''Peterborough''' to '''Quorn''' upto the mid 1980s.<br>
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During 1969-1970 the entire '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill''' line was converted to standard gauge (4ft8&frac12;in - 1435mm). The conversion closed or bypassed many of the locations along the narrow gauge line. '''Gladstone''' and '''Peterborough''' became triple gauge "break-of-gauge" locations. By 1990 all the connecting narrow and broad gauge lines were closed.<br>
  
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The line from '''Eurelia''' to '''Quorn''' was closed in March 1987 as it was regarded to be in poor condition. This was followed by the closure of the line from '''Peterborough''' to '''Eurelia''' in November 1988. The last scheduled services on the line were grain movements to clear the silos at '''Orroroo''' in October 1988 but the '''Steamtown Peterborough Railway Preservation Society''' continued to run excursion trains to '''Eurelia''' until 2002.<br>
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The line is now a vital part of the standard gauge '''Transcontinental''' railway from '''Sydney''' to '''Perth'''.<br>
  
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By 2008 the line south of '''Bruce''' had been removed with the original track preserved in only a few places of significance ('''Black Rock''', '''Wallaway''' and '''Eurelia''').<br>
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Only one passenger service still operates on the line, the '''Indian-Pacific''' which runs between '''Sydney''' and '''Perth''' via '''Adelaide'''. It runs non-stop between '''Broken Hill''' and '''Adelaide'''.
 
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The planners believed that the line would attract many settlers, industries and businesses to the region and, as a result, many of the stations were built in a "grand style". The reality never lived up to the expectations.<br>
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In the 1890s 6 return passenger services a week were timetabled - all were mixed services with a passenger car attached to a freight train. The journey time from '''Peterborough''' to '''Quorn''' was just over 4 hours.<br>
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A through express passenger service, the '''East-West Express''', ran from '''Terowie''' to '''Port Augusta''' from 1917 to 1932. This was replaced by a rail car service until 1938. The mixed freight and passenger services then returned as far as '''Quorn''' with a journey time of close to 6 hours. This continued until 1957 when a faster '''Brill''' diesel rail car running from '''Terowie''' to '''Quorn''' provided 3 return services each week. This was discontinued in 1969 when all passenger services on the line were cancelled.
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Revision as of 08:09, 8 September 2022

Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line Location Index Scenarios
Gladstone - Paratoo Section

Gladstone

Junction for Wilmington LineBroad Gauge

FuelCoalWaterShedTurntableLoopPassengersGoodsGrainLivestockWool

Yangya
Passengers
Caltowie 
LoopPassengersGoodsGrain
Jamestown
CoalWaterTurntableLoopPassengersGoodsGrain
Belalie North
LoopPassengersGoods
Yongala
WaterLoopPassengersGoodsGrain
Peterborough Junction for Quorn LineTerowie Line
CoalWaterShedTurntableLoopPassengersGoodsGrainLivestock
Ucolta
WaterLoopPassengersGoodsLivestock
Oodla Wirra
WaterLoopPassengersGoodsLivestock
Nantabibbie
Loop
Peechara
Loop
Nackara
WaterLoopPassengersGoodsLivestock
Methuen
Loop
Paratoo
CoalWaterWYELoopPassengersGoodsLivestock
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Coal Loco Coal Stage Fuel Bunker C Oil Fuel Point
Passengers Passenger Stop (Active) Passengers Passenger Stop (not Active)
Turntable Loco Turntable Shed Loco Shed
Water Loco Water Tank Wool Wool Bales
Goods Goods Facility Grain Grain Storage or Processing
Oils_Fuels Oil and Fuel Terminal Stockyard Stockyard
Loop Passing Loop WYE Turning Triangle or WYE

Line History:

Opened:  1875-1888
Closed:  still in operation
Length:  127km (Gladstone to Paratoo) of 390km total length

Built as a narrow gauge (3ft6in - 1067mm) line from Port Pirie to Gladstone in 1875, it was extended to Cockburn on the South Australia - New South Wales border in stages by 1888.

Because the South Australian Railways were not allowed to operate over the border into New South Wales, a private railway, the Silverton Tramway (which was called a "tramway" for legal reasons but it was a fully operating narrow gauge railway), was built to connect the line to the mines at Broken Hill. The SAR and Silverton Tramway simply swapped locos at Cockburn on the border.

The main purpose of the line was to transport the mineral ores from the mines at Broken Hill to the smelters and port at Port Pirie, a function it still performs today.

Several narrow gauge branch lines were added at Gladstone (to Wilmington), Peterborough (to Quorn and Terowie) and to mines between Paratoo and Cockburn. A broad gauge (5ft3in - 1600mm) line from Adelaide (the state capital) was extended to Gladstone in 1894. The narrow gauge line from Peterborough to Terowie was made dual gauge with the addition of broad gauge in 1970, providing a second broad gauge line to Adelaide.

During 1969-1970 the entire Port Pirie-Broken Hill line was converted to standard gauge (4ft8½in - 1435mm). The conversion closed or bypassed many of the locations along the narrow gauge line. Gladstone and Peterborough became triple gauge "break-of-gauge" locations. By 1990 all the connecting narrow and broad gauge lines were closed.

The line is now a vital part of the standard gauge Transcontinental railway from Sydney to Perth.

Only one passenger service still operates on the line, the Indian-Pacific which runs between Sydney and Perth via Adelaide. It runs non-stop between Broken Hill and Adelaide.

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