SAR Stone Hut
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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 until 1983 when all the station staff on the line were withdrawn. It was a standing joke in the '''SAR''' that a station named "Stone Hut" would have a station building made entirely of sheets of corrigated iron. A track repair gang was based at '''Stone Hut''' for many years.<br> | |
Station and goods siding loops.<br> | Station and goods siding loops.<br> | ||
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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> | ||
− | There were no passenger services after 1969. The line was closed in 1990. | + | There were no passenger services after 1969. The line was closed in 1990 and the track has since been removed. Now only the original station masters cottage survives and a series of interpretive signs placed around the former yard are the only visible evidence of the railway. |
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