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Manned station, depot, terminus and a major break-of-gauge location on the Peterborough-Terowie Line .
Multiple loops and sidings for the station, goods and livestock transfers with loco servicing facilities.
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 existence and became a ghost town.
Terowie station was the location where US Army General Douglas Macarthur made his famous "I shall return" speech after he had been evacuated from the Philippines in 1942. There is a plaque on the platform commemorating the event.
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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