SAR Summit

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<td width=220 align="right">[[Image:Next Left.png|link=|alt=]]<br>[[Image:SAR_Woolshed_Flat_Name.png|link=SAR Woolshed Flat|alt=Woolshed Flat|Next Up Location]]</td>
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<td width=220 align="center">[[Image:SAR_PortAugusta-Hawker_Line.png|link=SAR_Port_Augusta-Hawker|alt=Port Augusta-Hawker|Show Port Augusta-Hawker]]</td>
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<td width=110 align="right">[[Image:Next Left.png|link=|alt=]]<br>[[Image:SAR_Woolshed_Flat_Name.png|link=SAR Woolshed Flat|alt=Woolshed Flat|Next Up Location]]</td>
 
<td width=90 align="center">[[Image:Location Index.png|link=SAR Index|alt=Location Index|Location Index]]<br>[[image:Scenario Index.png|link=SAR Peterborough Base Session|alt=Scenarios]]</td>
 
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<td width=110 align="left">[[Image:Next Right.png|link=|alt=]]<br>[[Image:SAR_Quorn_W_Name.png|link=SAR Quorn|alt=Quorn|Next Down Location]]</td>
 
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Unmanned location on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;">&nbsp;Port&nbsp;Augusta-Hawker&nbsp;Line&nbsp;</span>. A dead end siding was provided possibly to allow for defective rolling stock to be cut from a train before the steep descent to the coast plain.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&nbsp;Distance from Port Augusta:&nbsp;</span> 32&frac12; kms, 20 miles <span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&nbsp;Distance from Quorn:&nbsp;</span> 7&frac12; kms, 4&frac12; miles</span><br>
  
True to its name, it is the highest point on the line at 406m (1332ft).<br>
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Unmanned location and dead end siding on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;">&nbsp;Port&nbsp;Augusta-Hawker&nbsp;Line&nbsp;</span>. True to its name, it 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 used by special passenger excursion trains from '''Peterborough''' in the 1960s.<br>
 
The line from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Quorn''' was closed in 1956 but the section from '''Quorn''' to '''Summit''' was still used by special passenger excursion trains from '''Peterborough''' in the 1960s.<br>
  
The location became part of the '''Pichi Richi Railway''' in 1974.
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This location became part of the '''Pichi Richi Railway''' in 1974. The line from '''Quorn''' to '''Woolshed Flat''' was restored and reopened in 1979.
 
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[[Image:SAR_PortAugusta-Hawker_Line.png|link=SAR_Port Augusta-Hawker|alt=Port Augusta-Hawker|Show Port Augusta-Hawker]]<br>
 
[[Image:SAR_PortAugusta-Hawker_Line.png|link=SAR_Port Augusta-Hawker|alt=Port Augusta-Hawker|Show Port Augusta-Hawker]]<br>
[[Image:SAR_Hawker Line Strip Map.png|link=|alt=Port Augusta-Hawker Strip Map]]
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[[Image:SAR_PortAugusta-Hawker Strip Map.png|link=|alt=Port Augusta-Hawker Strip Map]]
 
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 Distance from Port Augusta:  32½ kms, 20 miles  Distance from Quorn:  7½ kms, 4½ miles

Unmanned location and dead end siding on the  Port Augusta-Hawker Line . True to its name, it is the highest point on the line at 406m (1332ft).

The line from Port Augusta to Quorn was closed in 1956 but the section from Quorn to Summit was still used by special passenger excursion trains from Peterborough in the 1960s.

This location became part of the Pichi Richi Railway in 1974. The line from Quorn to Woolshed Flat was restored and reopened in 1979.

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Port Augusta-Hawker
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