SAR Northern Division
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<td>The Trainz layout is modelled on the actual narrow gauge mainline route from '''Gladstone''' to '''Paratoo''' as it existed in the mid to late 1960s. It includes the complete '''Wilmington''', '''Quorn''' and '''Terowie''' branch lines.<br><br> | <td>The Trainz layout is modelled on the actual narrow gauge mainline route from '''Gladstone''' to '''Paratoo''' as it existed in the mid to late 1960s. It includes the complete '''Wilmington''', '''Quorn''' and '''Terowie''' branch lines.<br><br> | ||
| − | In 1969 the main line was converted to standard gauge (4ft 8.5in - 1435mm) and, during the following years, the narrow gauge branch lines were closed.<br><br> | + | At '''Quorn''' the branch line connected with the '''Commonwealth Railways''' narrow gauge '''Port Augusta to Hawker''' line - this line was originally the '''Central Australia Line''' and extended to '''Alice Springs''' at the centre of the continent. '''Terowie''' was the junction with the broad gauge (5ft 3in - 1600mm) mainline to '''Adelaide''', the state capital.<br><br> |
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| + | In 1969 the main line was converted to standard gauge (4ft 8.5in - 1435mm) and, during the following years, the narrow gauge branch lines were closed. The short branch to '''Terowie''' was initially converted to broad gauge but eventually this was also closed.<br><br> | ||
The map only shows the major stations.<br><br> | The map only shows the major stations.<br><br> | ||
| − | Products carried in the | + | Products carried in the 1960s included:- |
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Revision as of 13:04, 23 July 2020
The SAR (South Australian Railways) Northern Division was a network of narrow gauge (3ft 6in - 1047mm) tracks running from Port Augusta to Cockburn on the New South Wales and South Australian border where a private narrow gauge railway provided a "hook and pull" service to Broken Hill. The division also had branch lines to Wilmington, Terowie and Quorn as well as some mining lines.
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The Trainz layout is modelled on the actual narrow gauge mainline route from Gladstone to Paratoo as it existed in the mid to late 1960s. It includes the complete Wilmington, Quorn and Terowie branch lines. At Quorn the branch line connected with the Commonwealth Railways narrow gauge Port Augusta to Hawker line - this line was originally the Central Australia Line and extended to Alice Springs at the centre of the continent. Terowie was the junction with the broad gauge (5ft 3in - 1600mm) mainline to Adelaide, the state capital. In 1969 the main line was converted to standard gauge (4ft 8.5in - 1435mm) and, during the following years, the narrow gauge branch lines were closed. The short branch to Terowie was initially converted to broad gauge but eventually this was also closed. The map only shows the major stations. Products carried in the 1960s included:-
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