SAR Peterborough-Quorn V2

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<td colspan=2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Updated for <span style="color: blue;">SAR Peterborough Narrow Gauge Division v2.0</span>. For the original <span style="color: blue;">V1.0</span> version click <span style="background-color: yellow;">[[SAR_Peterborough-Quorn_V1|here]]</span></span></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]]</td>
 
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Opened:&#160;</span>&#160;1881-1882<br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Closed:&#160;</span>&#160;1987-1988<br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Length:&#160;</span>&#160;130km - 81mi<br><br>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">&#160;Opened:&#160;</span>&#160;</td>
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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;">&#160;SAR Main Northern Line&#160;</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 <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">&#160;Central Australia Railway&#160;</span>.<br>
 
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;">&#160;SAR Main Northern Line&#160;</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 <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">&#160;Central Australia Railway&#160;</span>.<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>
 
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. Passenger services ended in 1969.</td>
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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 motor 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''' rail motor running from '''Terowie''' to '''Quorn''' provided 3 return services each week. Passenger services ended in 1969.</td>
 
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Latest revision as of 13:58, 6 October 2025

Updated for SAR Peterborough Narrow Gauge Division v2.0. For the original V1.0 version click here
Peterborough-Quorn Line Location Index Scenarios

Peterborough

Junction for Broken Hill LineTerowie Line

FuelCoalWaterShedTurntableLoopPassengersGoodsGrainLivestock
Minvalara
LoopPassengers
Black Rock
LoopPassengersGoodsLivestock
Orroroo
CoalWaterLoopWYEPassengersGoodsGrainLivestock
Wallaway
LoopGoods
Halls Well
Water
Eurelia
WaterLoopPassengersGoodsLivestock
Carrieton
CoalWaterLoopPassengersGoodsLivestock
Moockra
LoopPassengersGoodsLivestock
Hammond
WaterLoopPassengersGoodsLivestock
Bruce
WaterLoopPassengersGoodsLivestock
Kingswood
LoopGoods
Quorn

Junction for Hawker Line

CoalWaterShedTurntableLoopPassengersOils_FuelsGoodsGrainMinerals

Symbols:

Facilities:
Coal Loco Coal Stage Fuel Bunker C Oil Fuel Point
Loop Crossing Loop WYE Turning Triangle or WYE
Turntable Loco Turntable Shed Loco Shed
Water Loco Water Tank  
Commodities:
Passengers Passengers (station is industry active) Passengers Pasengers (station is NOT industry active)
Goods Goods Grain Grain
Oils_Fuels Oil and Fuel Stockyard Livestock (Cattle and Sheep)
Minerals Minerals Wool Wool Bales
Line History:
 Opened:   1881-1882
 Closed:   1987-1988 in stages for regular traffic
  2002 for all traffic
  2008 most of the track was removed
 Length:   130km - 81mi


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  SAR Main Northern Line  (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  Central Australia Railway .

When the standard gauge (4ft8½in - 1435mm) Transcontinental Railway from Port Augusta to Kalgoolie was completed in 1917, the  Peterborough-Quorn Line  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.

During the 1940s many of the crossing loops on the line were lengthened to handle longer military trains carrying troops and war materiel to defend Northern Australia.

In the 1950s the main Central Australia Railway was diverted away from Quorn . This significantly reduced rail traffic and led to the removal of several crossing 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).

In the 1960s there were 3 weekly return freight services between Peterborough and Quorn.

In January 1970 all steam locos were withdrawn and replaced by two diesel locos based at Peterborough, but one diesel 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 often 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.
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 to normal traffic 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. The line was then permanently closed.

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).

Passenger Services:

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.

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.

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 motor 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 rail motor running from Terowie to Quorn provided 3 return services each week. Passenger services ended in 1969.
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