SAR Scenario Gladstone Bulk Ore
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*Fuel oil level is low, but sufficient to reach '''Peterborough''' where it can be refilled | *Fuel oil level is low, but sufficient to reach '''Peterborough''' where it can be refilled | ||
*Water is very low and you will need to refill either here at '''Paratoo''' or at '''Nackara''' | *Water is very low and you will need to refill either here at '''Paratoo''' or at '''Nackara''' |
Revision as of 11:14, 3 August 2022
5 Paratoo to Peterborough Bulk Ore Paratoo to Gladstone Bulk Ore |
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A scenario in the SAR Peterborough Base Session |
Express bulk ore freight from Broken Hill to Port Pirie. |
The Historical Bit
The line from Port Pirie to Cockburn on the South Australia - New South Wales border was built in stages from 1875 to 1888 largely to capture the lead, zinc and silver ore traffic from the mines at Broken Hill just over the border in New South Wales. Because the SAR was not allowed to operate into New South Wales, a private railway, the Silverton Tramway, was created to carry the ore across the border. The SAR and Silverton Tramway simply swapped locos at Cockburn on the border. It was called a "tramway" to get around a NSW law banning private railways but not private tramways. Despite the title it was a fully operating heavy haul railway, and one of the most profitable in the country.
The SAR had a monopoly on the ore traffic until 1919 when the NSWGR (New South Wales Government Railways) completed its own standard gauge (4ft 8.5in) line from Sydney to Broken Hill but the SAR continued to carry the bulk of the ore because the port and smelter at Port Pirie was much closer to Broken Hill.
By 1970 the narrow gauge line from Port Pirie to Broken Hill had been converted to standard gauge and the Silverton Tramway ceased its ore hauling operations but continues to operate today providing standard gauge shunting services and leases locos to rail operators.
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