SAR Gladstone V2
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;"> Commodities: </span> | <td><span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;"> Commodities: </span> | ||
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<td style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-weight: 700;"> Loco Services: </span> | <td style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-weight: 700;"> Loco Services: </span> | ||
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<td align="center" width=50>[[image:Bunker_Oil_Icon.png|link=|alt=Fuel]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; color: white; font-weight: 700;">Bunker Oil</span><br>[[image:Loco_Label.png|link=]]</td> | <td align="center" width=50>[[image:Bunker_Oil_Icon.png|link=|alt=Fuel]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; color: white; font-weight: 700;">Bunker Oil</span><br>[[image:Loco_Label.png|link=]]</td> | ||
<td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; color: white; font-weight: 700;">Coal</span><br>[[image:Loco_Label.png|link=]]</td> | <td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; color: white; font-weight: 700;">Coal</span><br>[[image:Loco_Label.png|link=]]</td> | ||
| − | <td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; color: white; font-weight: 700;">Water</span><br>[[image:Loco_Label.png|link=]]<br>[[image: | + | <td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; color: white; font-weight: 700;">Water</span><br>[[image:Loco_Label.png|link=]]<br>[[image:Station_Label.png|link=]]<br>[[image:Relief_Label.png|link=]]</td> |
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> Facilities: </span></span> | <td><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> Facilities: </span></span> | ||
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Distance from Port Pirie: </span> 52 kms, 32¼ miles <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> from Peterborough: </span> 65½ kms, 40¾ miles</span><br> | <span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Distance from Port Pirie: </span> 52 kms, 32¼ miles <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> from Peterborough: </span> 65½ kms, 40¾ miles</span><br> | ||
| − | A major manned station, junction and a break-of-gauge location on the narrow gauge (3ft6in - 1067mm) <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line </span> and <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Gladstone-Wilmington Line </span>, and the broad gauge (5ft3in - 1600mm) <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: blue;"> Gladstone-Hamley Bridge-Adelaide Line </span>.<br> | + | A major manned station, junction and a break-of-gauge location on the narrow gauge (3ft6in - 1067mm) <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line </span> and <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Gladstone-Wilmington Line </span>, and the broad gauge (5ft3in - 1600mm) <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: blue;"> Gladstone-Hamley Bridge-Adelaide Line </span>. To keep things simple, only a few dual narrow and broad gauge tracks, and no dual gauge switches, are used in the layout.<br> |
Multiple loops, yards and sidings for goods, grain, livestock, station, transfer platforms and loco servicing facilities.<br> | Multiple loops, yards and sidings for goods, grain, livestock, station, transfer platforms and loco servicing facilities.<br> | ||
| − | The '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line''' was converted to standard gauge (4ft8½in - 1435mm) during 1969-1970 and '''Gladstone''' then became a triple gauge location (narrow, standard and broad gauges) until the closure of the narrow and broad gauge lines by 1990 | + | The '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line''' was converted to standard gauge (4ft8½in - 1435mm) during 1969-1970 and '''Gladstone''' then became a triple gauge location (narrow, standard and broad gauges) until the closure of the narrow and broad gauge lines by 1990.<br> |
At its peak, before standardisation, '''Gladstone''' employed over 1,000 workers in servicing locomotives and the break-of-gauge facilities.<br> | At its peak, before standardisation, '''Gladstone''' employed over 1,000 workers in servicing locomotives and the break-of-gauge facilities.<br> | ||
Latest revision as of 11:23, 22 January 2026
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