SAR Terowie
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<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> Commodities: </span> (load and/or unload)</span> | <td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> Commodities: </span> (load and/or unload)</span> | ||
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The line was converted to broad gauge (5' 3", 1600mm) and the gauge transfer facilities and loco depot were closed in 1970. Terowie then lost its sole reason for existance and became a ghost town. Terowie station was the place where US Army General Douglas Macarthur made his famous "I shall return" speech after he had been evacuated from the Philipines in 1942.<br> | The line was converted to broad gauge (5' 3", 1600mm) and the gauge transfer facilities and loco depot were closed in 1970. Terowie then lost its sole reason for existance and became a ghost town. Terowie station was the place where US Army General Douglas Macarthur made his famous "I shall return" speech after he had been evacuated from the Philipines in 1942.<br> | ||
| − | The entire broad gauge line was closed in 1988. The township of Terowie has since had a tourist revival because of its preserved | + | The entire broad gauge line was closed in 1988. The township of Terowie has since had a tourist revival because of its preserved pre-1960s era shops and buildings. |
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