south australia's mixed gauge muddle · gladstone (1) 1970 ‐1985 1003 gladstone (2) 1927...

Drawn: G F Vincent forNational Railway MuseumPort Adelaide

SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S

MIXED GAUGE MUDDLE

SECTION - AMULTI GAUGE STATIONS inSA COUNTRY AREAS

For other Country locations refer toSection B - Multi Gauge Lines in Country SA

Triple Gauge (2 configurations) - Gladstone

Country locations Drawing

Bowmans 1923 ‐ 1927 1001Brachina 1956 ‐ 1957 1002Gladstone (1) 1970 ‐ 1985 1003Gladstone (2) 1927 ‐ 1970 1004Hamley Bridge 1880 ‐ 1927 1005Marree 1957 ‐ 1980 1006Mount Gambier 1917 ‐ 1954 1007Naracoorte 1951 ‐ 1957 1008Peterborough 1970 ‐ 1989 1009/10Pinnaroo AWB 2009 ‐ 2011 1011Port Pirie environment (1) 1937 ‐ 1970 1012/13Port Pirie environment (2) 1970 ‐ 1982 1014‐16Snowtown (1) 1923 ‐ 1927 1017Tailem Bend 1996 ‐ 1998 1018Terowie 1881 ‐ 1970 1019/20Whyalla Steelworks 2013 > 1021

Era

ADELAIDE

to Melbourne

to Parkes (NSW)

to Ouyen (Vic.)

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

to Tarcoola

to Alice Springs (NT)

to Heywood (Vic)

RAILWAYS OFEASTERN

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SNOWTOWN BURRA

PETERBOROUGH

GLADSTONEPT PIRIE

PT AUGUSTA

MARREE

TAILEM BEND

WOLSELEY

MT GAMBIER

NARACOORTE

LOXTON

PINNAROO

BROKEN HILL

Historic Notes

KADINA

Bowmans started its relatively short period as a dual gauge station when two lines ofdifferent gauges crossed geographically. The Balaklava to Kadina line of the

Western System was pre-existing as a narrow gauge line, when the broad gauge linefrom Long Plains started to snake forward towards Port Pirie. The interaction of the two

lines did not create a 'transfer' point for passengers or commodities, and the statusended four years later when the whole of the Western System was converted tobroad gauge. Given that this system change was predicted, all of the dual gaugelines at Bowmans were laid as 4 rail configuration with both narrow gauge railsbetween the broad gauge to facilitate the eventual change to broad gauge only.

Narrow gauge toPORT WAKEFIELD & KADINA

Broad gauge toHAMLEY BRIDGE& ADELAIDE

Broad gauge toSNOWTOWN

BOWMANS

BOWMANS

Narrow gauge toBALAKALAVA

BOWMANS RD

BOWMANS1923 - 1927

Dual Gauge Era (b.g./ n.g.) 1001


UP MAIN

KADINA

SNOWTOWN

ADELAIDEvia TWO WELLS

BALAKLAVADOWN MAIN

Y

Y -- Fixed point divergence of two gauges

Y

Y

Y Y

ADELAIDE

to Melbourne

to Parkes (NSW)

to Ouyen (Vic.)

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

to Tarcoola


to Heywood (Vic)

RAILWAYS OFEASTERN

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SNOWTOWN BURRA

PETERBOROUGH

GLADSTONEPT PIRIE

PT AUGUSTA

MARREE

TAILEM BEND

MT GAMBIER

NARACOORTE

LOXTON

PINNAROO

BROKEN HILL

Historic Notes

KADINA

By the criteria set - 2 or more years and not simply during construction - Brachina doesn't really qualify. However it is a special case worth reporting.

From the 1880s, Brachina was a small siding on the Quorn - Oodnadatta (andultmately Alice Springs) narrow gauge line. But in 1955 the new standard gauge linefrom Stirling North traversing the plains to the west of the Flinders Ranges arrived,

avoiding the difficult Pichi Richi Pass and Quorn, and temporarily Brachina became a trans-shipping point. This in itself was hardly special, but full narrow gauge coal andstock trains were not unloaded, but simply run up onto standard gauge flat cars fitted

with narrow gauge track and carried 'piggy-back' to the south. This rather novel processcontinued until the standard gauge reached its next staging point to the north in late 1956.

Standard gauge toSTIRLING NORTH& PT PIRIE

BRACHINA

BRACHINA

Narrow gauge toMARREE &ALICE SPRINGS

ClosedNarrow gauge toQUORN & PT AUGUSTA

Standard gauge toMARREEUnder Construction

BRACHINA1956 - 1957*

Dual Gauge Era (s.g./ n.g.) 1002


s.g. MAIN

s.g. LOOP

n.g. TRANSFER SIDING

n.g. LOOP

n.g. MAIN

Cattle Transfer Ramps

n.g. 'Piggyback' Loading Ramps

STIRLING NORTH via QUORN

STIRLING NORTH via NEUROODLA

ALICE SPRINGS via MAREE

MAREE

Under Construction

CRUSHER

* Whilst Brachina does not meet the "2 year" criteria for inclusion in this series, it's unique facilitiy for piggyback loading is worthy of note.

ngsgbg


INTRICATE TRACKWORK TRIPLE GAUGE TURNOUTS & TRANSITIONS

Turnout: (3 gauge) - Main and Branch. 4 moving blades

Turnout: (3 gauge) Main to (s.g+n.g) Branch. 2 moving blades and transition

Divergence: (3 gauge) to (b.g+n.g) Main & s.g. Branch. No blades

Turnout: (3 gauge) Main to n.g Branch. 1 moving blade

Turnout: (3 gauge) to (b.g+n.g) Branch. 2moving blades

Turnout: (3 gauge) to b.g Branch 1moving blade Transition: (3 gauge - common rail) to (3 gauge 'gauntlet')

TRIPLE GAUGE TRACKCONFIGURATIONS

Narrow gauge: 1067mmStandard gauge: 1435mmBroad gauge: 1600mm

ngsgbg

ngsgbg

ngsgbg

Basic (Common rail) Permits turnouts Centreline loading Turntable access

Transition: (3 gauge - centreline) for end wagon sheep transfer to (3 gauge common rail) for platform alignment (not visible)

Note: In this configuration the standard gaue rails need to be narrowed to permit broad gaugeflanges to fit.

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fixed points

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fixedpoints

fixedpoint

fixedpoint

WOULD YOU BELIEVE?

In the three gauge Gladstone Yard(1970>1985) there were no less than11 different gauge/gauge combinations?

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For illustration purposes somephotographs are from otherillustrations.

ADELAIDE

to Melbourne

to Parkes (NSW)

to Ouyen (Vic.)

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

to Tarcoola


to Heywood (Vic)

RAILWAYS OFEASTERN

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SNOWTOWN BURRA

PETERBOROUGH

PT AUGUSTA

MARREE

TAILEM BEND

WOLSELEY

MT GAMBIER

NARACOORTE

LOXTON

PINNAROO

BROKEN HILL

Historic Notes

KADINA

PT PIRIE

The first railway reached Gladstone in 1876 as a 1067mm gauge line coming inland fromPt Pirie. This line then extended on through Peterborough (then Petersburg) reaching BrokenHill in 1888. As a seperate development the narrow gauge "Western System" was extendednorth from Balaklava eventually connecting at Gladstone in 1894. The Wilmington branchstarted with a line to Laura in 1884 and was completed in 1915. Gladstone thus prospered as a single gauge junction until 1927. In this year the "Western System" was converted to

broad (1600mm) gauge, eliminating the break of gauge station at Hamley Bridge, butcreating a new one at Gladstone. This commenced a period of 43 years as a two gauge

junction, transhipping grain, livestock, passengers and general goods. Passenger servicesoperated on all radiating lines. In 1970 the Broken Hill - Coonamia line was converted tostandard (1435mm) gauge as part of the upgrading of the Sydney - Perth route to a singlegauge, creating the third era for Gladstone as a triple gauge station - reputedly one of only

two in the world along with Peterborough. Whilst Gladstone was much smaller than itsneighbour, it was vastly more complex since with limited space it was built with all the yardssuperimposed on one another. This provided an amazing array of multigauge trackwork with

no less than 11 different gauge combinations in the one station complex. Built initially totransfer all products including livestock it gradually reverted to grain only. Passenger servicewas only provided on the broad gauge to Adelaide. By1993 the Wilmington branch had beenclosed and the broad gauge link to the south was also removed. The station now remains as

a passing loop on the main east-west line but with a regional grain loading centre.

Narrow gauge to WILMINGTON

Broad gauge toADELAIDE

Narrow gauge toPETERBOROUGH &BROKEN HILL

GLADSTONE

GLADSTONE

1927 -- 19701970 -- 1993

Narrow gauge toPT PIRIE

Narrow gauge to WILMINGTON


Standard gauge toPETERBOROUGH &SYDNEY

Standard gauge toPT AUGUSTA & PERTH

57

=

==

== =

=

= GOODS TRANSFER PLATFORM

GOODS SHED

Passenger (Low Level) Platform

RAMP

ENGINE SHED

CALTEXFUEL DEPOT

STOCK RAMPS

Ash Pit

PORT ST

MAIN NORTH RD

BONDOWIE ST

EAST ST

2246

WEIGHBRIDGE

PedestrianUnderpass

GLADSTONE1927 - 1970

Dual Gauge Era (b.g./ n.g.)1003

PETERBOROUGH

WILMINGTON

ADELAIDE

PORT PIRIE

GPedestrianUnderpass

Drawn: G F Vincent forNational Railway Museum, Port Adelaide Y -- Fixed point divergence of two gauges

53

52

51

44

48

474541

4342

40

39

37

35

3634

33

3231

30

38

292825

2423

1917

15

212018

10

1174

3

89

1412

165

2627

23

1

49

G*

5350

5456

G*G*

G*Coal Gantry

Y

12

M

9

6

8

7

2

3D3

44D

135

196

5155

57

58

60

61

56

193

138

= ==

==

==

==

=

====

= ==

=

==

M

M

M M

GOODS TRANSFER PLATFORM

GOODS SHED

Passenger (Low Level) Platform

TRANSFERPLATFORM

RAMP

ENGINE SHED

CALTEXFUEL DEPOT

STOCK RAMPS& PLATFORMS

STOCK RAMP& PLATFORM

Ash PitMM

M

M

M

M

M

SILOS

PORT ST

MAIN NORTH RD

BONDOWIE ST

EAST ST

12D10

1314

14D

16D16

18

51D

50

53

54

56D

A *

B *

C*

D *

E*

F

*

WEIGHBRIDGE

PedestrianUnderpass

G

*G*

H*

J*K*

BALLASTHOPPER

H

J

K

GLADSTONE1970 - 1985Triple Gauge Era

1004

PETERBOROUGH

WILMINGTON

ADELAIDE

PORT PIRIEA

B

C

D

E

F

G

Drawn: G F Vincent forNational Railway Museum, Port Adelaide

The track transition diagrams are not to scaleand are presented to illustrate the extensive

track complications of this location.

Y


Y

PedestrianUnderpass

B

ADELAIDE

to Melbourne

to Parkes (NSW)

to Ouyen (Vic.)

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

to Tarcoola


to Heywood (Vic)

RAILWAYS OFEASTERN

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SNOWTOWN BURRA

PETERBOROUGH

GLADSTONEPT PIRIE

PT AUGUSTA

MARREE

TAILEM BEND

WOLSELEY

MT GAMBIER

NARACOORTE

LOXTON

PINNAROO

BROKEN HILL

Historic Notes

KADINA

There were only two other steam powered main line railways in the state ofSouth Australia when the broad gauge (1600mm) Adelaide-Burra line first reached

Hamley Bridge. Construction of the line was dominated by the need to span the River Light just south of the town. The iron work for this major crossing was manufactured in England and shipped in time for erection and opening of the

line in July 1869. In the same year a narrow gauge (1067mm) "tramway" was built for horsedrawn traffic between Port Wakefield and Hoyleton with no expectation

of connection to other lines. However by 1877 this "Western System" had been extended to Kadina with plans to also extend northwards to Gladstone.

Connection between the systems was made with a line from Hamley Bridge to Balaklava and the two gauge junction was formed in 1879, making it the first dual gauge

main line station in Australia. The Hamley Bridge junction served as a change-of-gauge station for 58 years until the Western System was converted to Broad Gauge in 1927.

Since 1980 the mid north railway network has gradually been abandoned as farm trafficbecame uneconomic for rail transport. Hamley Bridge broad gauge track remains in place,

but with no operaing trains, looks derelict and desolate.

Narrow gauge toBALAKLAVA, KADINA & GLADSTONE


Broad gauge toBURRA

HAMLEY BRIDGE

HAMLEY BRIDGE

HAMLEY BRIDGE1879 - 1927



35

Ash PitENGINE SHED

STOCKPORT RD

Sig.Box


TRANSFER SHED

GOODS SHED

PASSENGER PLATFORM

PASSENGER PLATFORM

MILL

SOUTH ST

STOCKRAMPS

ADELAIDE

36(I) 34

BURRA

PORT WAKEFIELD

5

1

29 31 30 32

2

6

7

8

33 33(R)

3436

2224

2521

28

21 18

16

14

9

10

1

===

*

===

===**

*

Signal 33/33(R) was originally positioned asshown, but later moved to position "A".Signal arm 33(R) was a repeating arm

mounted well above normal signal heightto provide visability above the platform canopy.

The semaphore style ground signals wereessentially just Point Position Indicators.

Full height signal 36(I) was similarly only a PPI.

RIVER LIGHT

GILBERT RIVER

Y


Y

Y

Y

A

ADELAIDE

to Melbourne

to Parkes (NSW)

to Ouyen (Vic.)

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

to Tarcoola


to Heywood (Vic)

RAILWAYS OFEASTERN

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SNOWTOWN BURRA

PETERBOROUGH

GLADSTONEPT PIRIE

PT AUGUSTA

TAILEM BEND

MT GAMBIER

NARACOORTE

LOXTON

PINNAROO

BROKEN HILL

Historic Notes

KADINA

The narrow gauge line to Oodnadatta and Alice Springs reached Marree (then knownas Hergott Springs) in 1884 and the station became a major loading point for stock.Until 1957 it remained as an outback point on the line and shared in the rich history

and folklore of this pioneering line.In 1957 a new standard gauge line was built to Leigh Creek coalfield to provide a

more ecconomic operating environment for the increased coal loading required by the second Port Augusta Power Station and the line was extended to Marree to avoidtrans-shipping of the stock loading. Thus it became the southern terminal of thenarrow gauge Alice Springs line and a true 'change-of-gauge' station with Ghan

passengers, and all freight loading, having to change trains.The track layout featured a huge balloon loop known as the 'teardrop' rising from the

unusual shape. It aslo featured a unique section of track work where the loop demandedthat the third rail change sides of the track.

Marree's status as a dual gauge station came to an abrupt end with the commissioning ofthe all weather Tarcoola - Alice Springs line in 1980, and the consequent abandoning

of the narrow gauge north of Marree

Standard gauge toSTIRLING NORTH& PT PIRIE

MARREE

MARREE

Narrow gauge toALICE SPRINGS

MARREE1957 - 1980

Dual Gauge Era (s.g./ n.g.) 1006




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=

=

?

=

=

=

=

STOCK LOADINGRAMP & PLATFORM

CATTLE VANWASHOUT PLATFORM

STOCK LOADINGRAMP

SHEEP LOADINGRAMP

FUEL TRANSFERFACILITY

PIGGYBACK LOADINGRAMP

TEARDROPLOOP

RAMP

=

RAMP

Initially - LOCO DEPOTConverted to car servicing

for narrow gauge stock,when Marree became thesouthern terminal of n.g.

STATION BUILDING

GOODS SHEDand PLATFORM

RAMP

ALICE SPRINGS

PORT PIRIE

MIC SHED

Y

**

ADELAIDE

to Melbourne

to Parkes (NSW)

to Ouyen (Vic.)

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

to Tarcoola


to Heywood (Vic)

RAILWAYS OFEASTERN

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SNOWTOWN BURRA

PETERBOROUGH

GLADSTONEPT PIRIE

PT AUGUSTA

MARREE

TAILEM BEND

WOLESLEY

NARACOORTE

LOXTON

PINNAROO

BROKEN HILL

Historic Notes

KADINA

KINGSTON

BEACHPORT

Narrow gauge arrived in Mount Gambier in 1879 as an independent line from the portof Beachport, and then connected to Adelaide via gauge change at Wolseley in 1887.

Broad gauge crossed the border from Heywood in 1917 as an extension of the Victorian Railways and created a dual gauge station. It was never really a 'change-of-

gauge' station, but rather a terminal of two lines, since there was little reason for'through' traffic - either passenger of freight. And this situation prevailed until 1956

when the broad gauge replaced the narrow on the South Australian southeast network. At that time Mt Gambier became a one gauge station and was considerably

reconfigured with a new locomotive depot and marshalling yard to the north ofthe original station yard which served the rail needs until 1995. At that time the

standardisation of the Adelaide - Melbourne route left the southeast as an isolatednetwork which has been left to decay with no commercial traffic since that time.

Narrow gauge toWOLESLEY

MOUNT GAMBIER

Broad gauge (VR) toHEYWOOD (Vic)

MOUNT GAMBIER

19

MOUNT GAMBIER1917 - 1952*

Dual Gauge Era (b.g./ n.g.)


30

28 26

101111

1212

121314

14

14

18 17

19

2020

21

22 23

ENGINE SHEDS

CARRIAGE SHED

GOODS SHED

2123

23

PLATFORM ROAD CARRIAGESIDINGS

A SIDING

B SIDING

C SIDING

NG GOODS SIDING

BG GOODS SIDING

27

Sig.Box PASSENGER PLATFORM518

18

3 42

1

WEHL ST BAY RD

HEYWOOD (Victoria)

Points controlled from the Signal Box are shown numbered in pink - 34Facing point locks are shown -

* This drawing depicts the era Narrow Gauge from Wolseley. meeting the Broad Gauge from Heywood (Victoria). From the early 1950s preparations started for the arrival of the Broad Gauge from Wolseley and there were considerable changes in the transition to a Broad Gauge only yard over a protracted period of nearly a decade.

WOLSELEY

=

===

=

=

Coal Stage

*

**

Y


Y

Y

1007

ADELAIDE

to Melbourne

to Parkes (NSW)

to Ouyen (Vic.)

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

to Tarcoola


to Heywood (Vic)

RAILWAYS OFEASTERN

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SNOWTOWN BURRA

PETERBOROUGH

GLADSTONEPT PIRIE

PT AUGUSTA

MARREE

TAILEM BEND

WOLESLEY

LOXTON

PINNAROO

BROKEN HILL

Historic Notes

KADINA

KINGSTON

MT GAMBIER

Naracoorte hosted rails as early as 1876 as a wayside stop on the narrow gauge Kingston - Wolesley - Bordertown/Serviceton line. It then became a junction as the line south to Mount Gambier was added to the South East system in 1887. This status quo

remained until post World War II when a project was commenced to convert the wholesouth East system to broad gauge and eliminate the change of gauge at Wolesley. The conversion extended over almost 10 years and during this time Naracoorte spent an

extended (construction) period as a dual gauge station. Because of the slow rate of change,the whole line from Wolesley to Mount Gambier spent periods as an operating dualgauge (bg/ng) line and trains of both gauges were programmed depending on their

intended destination. The broad gauge arrived in Naracoorte and it remained as a dualgauge station until the final commissioing of the broad gauge on the branch line to

Kingston in 1959. Indeed it probably had movements of both gauges for sometime afterthat date as the then superflous third rail was removed from the three lines.

Thereafter Naracorte served as a broad gauge station until 1995 when the conversionof the main line between Adelaide and Melbourne to standard gauge and the consequentisolation of the broad gauge South East system which has been abandoned and decayed.

Dual Broad/Narrowgauge (temporarily)to WOLESLEY

NARACOORTE

NARACOORTE

Narrow gauge toKINGSTON

Narrow gauge toMOUNT GAMBIER

Dual Broad/Narrowgauge (under construction)(ultimately Broad)to MOUNT GAMBIER

STEWART TCE

NARACOORTE1951 - 1959*



NG MAIN LINE

* Naracoorte Dual Gauge era existed only during the conversion of the Wolseley - Mt Gambier line from ng > bg. However this was a drawn out period lasting for most of the 1950s. Since it was a time of great change any drawing can only be a snapshot of a particular time. This version depicts the era circa 1953.

WOLSELEY

KINGSTON S.E.

MOUNT GAMBIER

MACDONNELL ST

LUCINDALE RD

BG MAIN LINEPASSING SIDING

NG MAIN LINE

BG MAIN LINE (future)

NG SIDING BG SIDING No.1

BG SIDING No.2

MG SIDING No.1

MG SIDING No.2

MG SIDING No.3

MG SIDING No.4

MG SIDING No.5

YL

Shelters

New stationbuilding

==================

Livestock loading ramps

NARACOORTECREEK

This line was the next sectionto be converted (initially) to

Mixed Gauge

CoalGantry

Coal Stage

Ash Pit

ENGINE SHED

This Narrow Gauge Loco servicing area was decommissioned early in the 50s decade but was not removed until much later.

*

Y


Y

*

*

Turnout: (b.g+ s.g) Main to b.g Main. 2 moving blades

Turnout: (b.g+s.g) - Main and Branch. 3 moving blades


INTRICATE TRACKWORK DUAL GAUGE TURNOUTS & TRANSITIONS

Turnout: (b.g+ s.g) Main to b.g Branch. 1 moving blade Transition: (b.g.+s.g.) Switched transition. 2 contra moving blades

fixedpoint

Divergence: (b.g+s.g) to s.g.Main & b.g. Branch. no moving blade

fixedpoint

Divergence: (s.g+n.g) to n.g.Main & s.g. Branch. 1 moving blade

Turnout: (b.g+ s.g) Main to b.g Branch. 2 moving blades [Integrated 3rd rail transition]

Transition: (b.g+s.g) Conventional transitions (both tracks)

Transition: (b.g+n.g) "3 rail" >>> "Centre line aligned"

fixedpoint

ADELAIDE

to Melbourne

to Parkes (NSW)

to Ouyen (Vic.)

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

to Tarcoola


to Heywood (Vic)

RAILWAYS OFEASTERN

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SNOWTOWN BURRA

PT AUGUSTA

MARREE

TAILEM BEND

WOLSELEY

MT GAMBIER

NARACOORTE

LOXTON

PINNAROO

BROKEN HILL

Historic Notes

KADINA

PT PIRIE

Peterborough (then known as Petersburg) established its connection with the railways in1880 when a narrow (1067mm) gauge line pushed inland from Port Pirie to tap the farm landsproduce. Later in the same year a line from Adelaide arrived (via a break of gauge at Terowie),

and within a further year a line had extended north to Quorn connecting with the establishedline across to Port Augusta. By 1888 a line was built to Broken Hill to to transport the

valuable ore products of the area. Sitting thus at a four way junction it was a natural placeto become the nothern headquarters and was to remain so for over a century.

The first major change occurred in 1970 when the Broken Hill- Coonamia linewas converted to standard (1435mm) gauge as part of the upgrading of the Sydney-Perth line

to standard gauge. As a component of this project the broad gauge Adelaide- Terowie linewas extended to Peterborough creating a three gauge station. Unlike its neighbour at Gladstonethere was sufficient space available to build seperate marshalling and transfer yards with littledual, and almost no triple gauge track. The yards were built for the transfer of livestock and

general goods, and a broad/standard gauge bogie exchange plant was provided. The onlypassenger service was Adelaide - Broken Hill. The third era for this station began in 1993

when standard gauge was established between Crystal Brook and Adelaide making the Peterborough-Adelaide connection redundant. By 1988 the broad gauge was removed

and the narrow gauge carrying very little traffic was abandoned. For some years the narrow gauge operated as a tourist railway but eventually that closed

and the station reverted to a crossing loop on the main east-west route.

PETERBOROUGH

GLADSTONE

Narrow gauge to QUORN


Standard gauge toPETERBOROUGH &SYDNEY

Standard gauge toPT AUGUSTA & PERTH

PETERBOROUGH

see Detail Inset A

see DetailInset B

Traverser

Roundhouse

Diesel MaintenanceShop

Inset AROUNDHOUSE DETAILS

1

15 PETERBOROUGH (STATION & LOCO)1970 - 1988Triple Gauge Era

1009

Continuedon

adjacentsheet


PORT PIRIE

QUORN

A

A


156

HURLSTONE RD SILVER ST

TELFORD AVE

Fuel Point

VehicleRepair

Carriage Repair

Wash Out

Ramp Ramp

Ramp

=

PedestrianUnderpass

Y

== =

=

=

=

=

=

YY

Y

Y

A

*A*

A*

B*

2

3

5

131415

10121116

55585756

626165

66

67687

8

9

4 6

Goods Transfer

C

*TRAVERSER

D

*D

*A

* *E

Inset BDIESEL MAINTENANCE SHOP DETAILS

TRAVERSER

1

B158

D

=

=

=

A

C

E

A

=

PETERBOROUGH (SG/BG YARDS)1970 - 1988Triple Gauge Era

1010

Continuedonadjacentsheet


ADELAIDE

BROKEN HILL

A

A

===

STOCK LOADINGRAMPS and PLATFORMS


Y ====

STOCK VANWASHOUT

SHEEP TRANSFER

BOGIE EXCHANGE

151

Broad GaugeMARSHALLING YARD

8384

81

82

80 79

78

72

71 74

73

77

76

78

8586

87

88

8990 158

Standard Gauge MARSHALLING YARD

SG - BG TRANSFER YARD

DAWSON RD

RAILWAY TCE


A*A

B*B*

C*C*

B

C

ADELAIDE

to Melbourne

to Parkes (NSW)

to Ouyen (Vic.)

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

to Tarcoola


to Heywood (Vic)

RAILWAYS OFEASTERN

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SNOWTOWN BURRA

PT AUGUSTA

MARREE

TAILEM BEND

WOLSELEY

MT GAMBIER

NARACOORTE

LOXTON

BROKEN HILL

Historic Notes

KADINA

PT PIRIE

PETERBOROUGH

A broad gauge railway arrived at Pinnaroo from Adelaide in 1906 and a line of the same gauge formed a connection into Victoria in 1915. Little changed until 1995 when themain interstate line from Adelaide to Melbourne was converted to standard gauge and

after a very slow conversion, the Tailem Bend to Pinnaroo branch was opend to standardgauge traffic in 1998. At that time, the broad gauge link to Victoria was simply cut at

the eastern end of the Pinnaroo yard and traffic in that direction suspended.In 2005, a new grain terminal was established several kilometers to the east, just inside

the SA/Vic border and following negotiations about the rights to the track, GWA assumed control of the track east of Pinnaroo yard and converted it to standard gauge to a

point about 1/2 kilometre short of the border (defined as Pinnaroo AWB), leaving a short overlap with the Victorian broad gauge. For the most part load out of grain was

towards SA, but for several years broad gauge grain trains loaded at a portable facility for movement into Victoria.

This facility was short lived as V/Line closed the line west of Panyita because of the state of the track and the status as a dual gauge location evaporated.

PINNAROO

GLADSTONE

Broad gauge to OUYEN (V/Line)

Standard gauge toADELAIDE

PINNAROO

South Australia Victoria

PINNAROO AWB

PINNAROO

264.4

1011

TAILEM BEND

MALLEE HWY

AWBGrain Terminal

PINNAROO AWB

===

PINNAROO GFLoading Point

264.7

SG

BG

SA Victoria

601.309[RLX2555]

265.549

PINNAROO AWB2009 - 2011*

Dual Gauge Era (b.g./ s.g.)


* This little used facility was made redundant as a dual gauge location when V/Line closed the section of line beyond (west of) Panitya.

OUYEN (V/Line)

PORT PIRIEJUNCTION1937 - 1970 *

Triple Gauge Era

1012

Y

A

A


=

THREE CHAIN RD

22450

PETERBOROUGH

ADELAIDE

(13341)

RAILWAY TCE

MOBIL OIL TERMINAL

BP SIDINGPORT AUGUSTA

20

68

25

69

48

62/63

64/65

60

61

68

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27 24

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46

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70

71

34 - Points controlled from the Signal Box are shown numbered in pink

AUSTRALIAN WHEAT BOARD

SIDINGS

LIVESTOCK YARDS

Sheep Cattle

SheepCattle

STOCK TRANSFER PLATFORM==

=Stock Transferconfiguration in

early years

Bogie Exchangeconfiguration in

latter years

BOGIE EXCHANGE

PORT PIRIE JUNCTION(SOLOMONTOWN)

Y


13333

22513

13263

1334822522

13364

22544


59

* Triple Gauge operations continued till 1970, but the 1967 -1970 period involved extensive construction works for the elimination of the Narrow Gauge and the arrival of the Standard Gauge from Broken Hill. The layout changed continuously during this period.

5751

5038

43

45

47

36

49

48

34

28

20

2214

15

2623

1716

18

13

11

9

6

81 2

3 5

4

7

10

PORT PIRIE - PORT PIRIE SOUTH1937 - 1970 *

Triple Gauge Era

STOCK LOADING RAMPS

Y

Y

A

A

WEIGHBRIDGE

===

G*

===

===

===

SAR CARRIAGE SHED

JOINT LOCO

SHED

CR CARRIAGE SHED

COALGANTRY

bg-ng TRANSFER SHED

CR TRANSFER SHED

TRAN

SFER

GAN

TRY

?

COAL

TRA

NSFE

R

OIL TANKFARM

MAIN RD

ELLEN ST

Y

Y

ng LOCO



B

B

PORT PIRIE SOUTH

PORT PIRIEELLEN STREET

* Triple Gauge operations continued till 1970, but the 1967 -1970 period involved extensive construction works for the elimination of the Narrow Gauge and the arrival of the Standard Gauge from Broken Hill. The layout changed continuously during this period.

BG

BG

Continued onadjacent sheet

===

1013PORT PIRIE RIVERNo. 2 BERTH (BALTIC WHARF)

B

B

The extension north of Ellen St Station intothe northern wharf domain and the BHASsmelter complex changed many times in thisperiod, as did the configuration of the wharfitself. Accordingly it is not practical to offera 'typical layout' for this area.

G*

201

D*

D*

2

3

4/5

6/7

18

8

Historic NotesOverleaf

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30

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7375

74

77

58

6465

7661

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118

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89 91 92 101 134

98

139140 148

143

102

100

145147

150149 151

154157

155

156161

166

153

162

163

165

173

188

192

198

200

179176

186181

182

171

180

152 158

160168

172

159

178

164167

169 175

178183

194202

204187

199

195

191

196

193

185184

189

205

206 210

208

211209

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119 120

121

122123 125

126

124 130

127128

129

131

212

213

144

146

132 135

133

136

137142

138 141

ADELAIDE

to Melbourne

to Parkes (NSW)

to Ouyen (Vic.)

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

to Tarcoola


to Heywood (Vic)

RAILWAYS OFEASTERN

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SNOWTOWN BURRA

PETERBOROUGH

GLADSTONE

PT AUGUSTA

MARREE

TAILEM BEND

WOLSELEY

MT GAMBIER

NARACOORTE

LOXTON

PINNAROO

BROKEN HILL

Historic Notes

KADINA

With its significance as a port, Port Pirie was the start point for railway construction in themid north in 1875 when a 1067mm gauge line pushed inland to Gladstone, Peterborough

(then Petersburg), and finally to Broken Hill in 1888. As a narrow gauge terminal, Pt Pirie functioned as a busy complex of industrial and wharf loading facilities until 1937.

In this year, lines were completed from Adelaide - broad gauge (1600mm) - and from Kalgoorlie - standard gauge (1435mm) - making it the first triple gauge complex in Australia,possibly the world. The drawings show the complex as a whole, but in reality there were fourdiscrete parts plus the various industrial off shoots. Pt Pirie Junction was created in 1937 toaccommodate the broad-standard passenger interchange and included minor narrow gauge

facilities. Pt Pirie South yard and the eastern "subsidiary sidings" provided the freight inter-change between the three gauges. These components made up the truly three gauge 'station'.The pre-existing Ellen Street station was converted to broad-narrow dual gauge and although

it was technically a separate entity it has been included to complete the picture. Because Pt Pirie was the meeting point for two separate railway administrations - the

Commonwealth Railways and the South Australian Railways - the standard gauge was kept almost entirely separate and hence, unlike Gladstone, there was no three gauge track here. In preparation for the arrival of the standard gauge from Broken Hill, Ellen St was abandoned and a new broad-standard two gauge station (Mary Elie St) was opened

in 1967, but 3 gauge operations continued until 1970. The 3rd era continued untilthe Crystal Brook-Adelaide standard gauge connection eliminated the broad gauge in 1982.

Standard gauge toPT AUGUSTA, MARREE& KALGOORLIE


Narrow gauge toPETERBOROUGH &BROKEN HILL

PORT PIRIE

PT PIRIE

Mixed gaugeBG & NG

PT PIRIE JUNCTION(Slolomontown)

PT PIRIE (Ellen St)

1937 -- 1967/701970 -- 1982

COONAMIA

PT PIRIE (Mary Ellie St)


Standard gauge toPETERBOROUGH &BROKEN HILL

Standard gauge toPT AUGUSTA, MARREE& KALGOORLIE

PORT PIRIE (EAST YARD)1970 - 1982Dual Gauge Era

MOBIL OIL TERMINAL

BP SIDINGPORT AUGUSTA

SheepCattle

= 138

133270

109

110

260

235

152

161

173

175

204

166

172

1014

A

Conti

nued

on ne

xt pa

ge

THREE CHAIN RDOVERPASS

PETERBOROUGH

ADELAIDE

Y



248

271

51A

55

280174

132

134255

281

139

256257

137140258259

261

262

263264

265

141

142143

144145

146

147

148

BG MAIN

SG MAIN

ADELAIDE ARRIVALADELAIDE DEPARTURE

SHUNT MAIN

OLD MAIN

LOOP

No.1 ROAD

No.2 ROAD

No.3 ROAD

SHUNT MAIN

249

268

Sheep TransferY

154

156158

159160

162

167

203

169

170

202

201

277278

279

282

171M

M

M

M

51

52M53

M53A

M 56

M

56AREPAIR ROAD

OLD MAIN EXENSION

PORT AUGUSTA ARRIVAL

LOOPPORT AUGUSTA DEPART

A

73

221

74

72 68 66

67

63

7576

78

79

70

6564

G -- 'At grade' crossing

G

G

25

26

PORT PIRIE MARY ELLIE ST STATION & SOUTH YARD

1970 - 1982Dual Gauge Era

Y

Y

A

A

WEIGHBRIDGE

===

JOINT LOCO

SHED

CR CARRIAGE SHED

TRANSFER PLATFORM

TRAN

SFER

GAN

TRY

?

COAL

TRAN

SFER

OIL TANKFARM

MAIN RD

ELLEN ST

Y



B

B

PORT PIRIEMARY ELIE STREET


=

1015PORT PIRIE RIVERNo. 2 BERTH (BALTIC WHARF)

C*

C*

BOGIE EXCHANGE

BG CARRIAGE SHED

M

M

M

1615 4

1

32

MM

4

18

321

M

M

MM

M

M

20

22

2419

WEIGHBRIDGE

M

M

M

M

5

6

78

SHUNT MAIN

ORE SIDING

CAR WASH

REPAIR ROAD

REPAIR ROAD

FUEL

FUEL

135

136

Continued onprevious page

200

44

44A

328

42

254

32742A

199326

285

303

301

308

304305

306

309

300

317 318

266267

247248

41 39

250

313

246

244

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128

312

310

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24233

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188

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113

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SignalBox

==

69

PORT PIRIE (BHAS SMELTER & WHARF)1970 - 1982Dual Gauge Era

1016

Shell Siding


B

B

TIPPLER

Rare Earth Siding

Y

ELLEN ST

GEORGE ST

70

71

72

82

73

Smelter Sidings

Loco stub

Loaded trainsLoaded trains

Un-loaded trains

Oil and Acid handling Sidings


PORT PIRIE RIVER

BHAS* SMELTER WORKS

* and subsequent operators


ADELAIDE

to Melbourne

to Parkes (NSW)

to Ouyen (Vic.)

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

to Tarcoola


to Heywood (Vic)

RAILWAYS OFEASTERN

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

BURRA

PETERBOROUGH

GLADSTONE

PT AUGUSTA

MARREE

TAILEM BEND

WOLSELEY

MT GAMBIER

NARACOORTE

LOXTON

PINNAROO

BROKEN HILL

Historic Notes

KADINA

The railway reached Snowtown from Kadina in 1879 and extended on to Brinkworth in 1894.As such Snowtown was a stopping place on this narrow gauge line carrying farm producethrough Kadina to the port at Wallaroo and served this purpose for over 40 years before a

north-south line was built heading for Port Pirie. The development of this broad gaugeline passed through Snowtown in 1923 and created a dual gauge station at the junction of these

two independent lines.

In 1927 however the whole of the "Western System", which included the Kadina - Brinkworth line was converted to broad gauge and Snowtown's first period as a dual gauge station

- just 4 years - came to a close.

Much later (1982) it again gained that status....refer to the section on Mixed Gauge Lines -- Snowtown - Wallaroo Line

Broad gauge toRED HILL


Narrow gauge toBRINKWORTH

SNOWTOWN

PT PIRIE

SNOWTOWN

Narrow gauge toKADINA &WALLAROO

NORTH TCE

SNOWTOWN1923 - 1927

Dual Gauge Era (b.g./ n.g.)

ADELAIDE

CRYSTAL BROOK

`SOUTH TCE

WALLAROO

BRINKWORTH

1017


BG

GOODS SHEDSALT SHED

SULPHURIC ACIDTRANSFER SIDING

CASTLE SALT Coy.Y


Y= =

ADELAIDE

to Melbourne

to Parkes (NSW)

to Ouyen (Vic.)

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

to Tarcoola


to Heywood (Vic)

RAILWAYS OFEASTERN

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SNOWTOWN BURRA

PETERBOROUGH

GLADSTONEPT PIRIE

PT AUGUSTA

MARREE

WOLSELEY

MT GAMBIER

NARACOORTE

LOXTON

PINNAROO

BROKEN HILL

Historic Notes

KADINA

Tailem Bend is the junction on the interstate line to Melbourne, serving the diverse branchlines fanning into the Murray Mallee. For most of its history it has been a

bastion of broad gauge with two branches leaving towards Pinnaroo and the remainder of the Mallee lines via Karoonda. After the peak era of railways in the 1950s,

several of the Mallee branch lines closed and by the 1990s the only line extendingbeyond Karoonda was that to Loxton (which was shortened back to the grain terminal

at Tookayerta a few kilometers south of Loxton).In 1995 the Adelaide- Melbourne line was converted to standard gauge as the final step

in the national gauge conversion program. The line to Tookayerta (Loxton) wasconverted concurrently with the major project, but the Pinnaroo line was left for available finance to complete the change and thus for a little over two years, two

gauges remained at Tailem Bend whilst the Pinnaroo line was converted by a single gang.

Tailem Bend reverted to a single gauge station (standard gauge) in 1998


TAILEM BEND

Broad gauge toPINNAROO

TAILEM BEND

Standard gauge toSERVICETON

Standard gauge toLOXTON

TAILEM BEND1996 - 1998

Dual Gauge Era (b.g./ s.g.)1018



Y

Y

Y

NORTH TCE

24

(22) o.o.s===

===

=

TREVENA RD

21

234E

4

3

115

ADELAIDE

PINNAROO

SERVICETON

LOXTON

122

BG

SG

TO

TO

STO P

STOP

STOP

see Detail Inset

17

11

*A* A

* B

*B

(unused)

ROUNDHOUSE DETAILS


MULTIGAUGE TURNTABLES A CASE STUDY IN SYMMETRY

An asymmetrical design uses a common rail table track with a transition in the centre.Transitions required on the approaches depend on the dominant yard configurationand whether the turntable is accessed from one or both ends of a given turntable rotationalposition. A common rail table design is not suitable for triple gauge operations.

Symmetrical multigauge turntables use both rails for each gauge laid on a common centre-line.This is an unusual configuration for the rest of the rail yard and conversions of the trackarrangement are required on each approach to the turntable. If the yard involves broad and standard gauges, there is insufficient room for the normal standard gauge rail head and specialrail is laid (see below)

fixedpoint

SYMMETRICAL ASYMMETRICAL

To state the obvious, the track on a turntable must match the track approaching the table regardless of which end of the table is connected for access!When multi-gauge track is in use, this becomes more involved and the there are two different design approaches.

fixedpoint

Typical layout

Dual gauge symmetrical

Triple gauge symmetrical (Note the standard gauge thin railhead)

fixedpoints

Typical layout(yard layout - common rail on left)

For illustration purposes somephotographs are from otherillustrations.

ADELAIDE

to Melbourne

to Parkes (NSW)

to Ouyen (Vic.)

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

to Tarcoola


to Heywood (Vic)

RAILWAYS OFEASTERN

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SNOWTOWN BURRA

PT AUGUSTA

MARREE

TAILEM BEND

WOLSELEY

MT GAMBIER

NARACOORTE

LOXTON

PINNAROO

BROKEN HILL

Historic Notes

KADINA

PT PIRIE

PETERBOROUGH

Terowie is the archetypal 'change-of gauge' station located without a centre of population andwith a railway point where two lines built in opposite directions with different gauges

simply met at a point on the map. Since there was little terminating traffic, almost everythingthat arrived, be it passengers, stock, machinery, parcels, mail and later coal, had to be

trans-shipped. Historically the broad gauge from Adelaide had been extended from Burra to Terowie by 1880 and the narrow gauge was well on the way inland from Port Pirie reaching Peterborough (Petersburg) in 1881. Then in the same year it was extended south to make the Adelaide connection. It is curious, and as of the time probably political, that the broad gauge was not continued to Petersburg where there was a developing centre of activity, but endedat Terowie. The dual gauge status remained until 1970 when the broad gauge was extended

to meet the new standard gauge as part of the east coast to west coast standardisationproject, and this 90 year period repesented the longest duration of a 'change-of-gauge' status

of any station in Australia.From 1917-1937, travellers from Western Australia travelled from Port Augusta via Quorn totheir third change of train experience en-route to Adelaide, and during the second world war

the transport northwards of materials and troops of the war effort all changed at Terowie.Then for over 10 years coal from Leigh Creek heading for Adelaide's power stations was all

trans-shipped along with cattle from the inland. Thus Terowie was the classic change-of-gauge station.

TEROWIE

GLADSTONE

Narrow gauge to PETERBOROUGH


TEROWIE

TEROWIE (COAL TIPPLER - STATION)1881 - 1970



ADELAIDE

B

B

PASSENGER PLATFORM

Low LevelPASSENGER PLATFORM

1

9TRANSFER PLATFORM

REFRESHMENT ROOM

STATION

A

A

A

A

COAL TIPPLER

15

14

13

12

11

10

9

8

76

4

4A

2

1

5


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18

19

2021

22

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29

31

30

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3334

3536

37

38

PASSENGER CAR STABLING

32

TEROWIE (NORTH YARD)1881 - 1970

Dual Gauge Era (b.g./ n.g.)1020


PETERBOROUGH

5


===

Y

===

?PIGGYBACK LOADINGBAY

B

B

GOODS SHED

ENGINE SHED

SHEEP TRANSFER RAMP

TRANSFER PLATFORM

STOCK LOADING RAMPS

ENGINEERS SIDING

LIVESTOCK SIDING

===

*

*

**

9592

89

94

91

90

88

87

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6458

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6059

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62

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50

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48

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454439

47

51

42

43

40

41

TRANSFER GANTRY


RAILWAY DAM

?

?

?

ADELAIDE

to Melbourne

to Parkes (NSW)

to Ouyen (Vic.)

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

to Tarcoola


to Heywood (Vic)

RAILWAYS OFEASTERN

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SNOWTOWN BURRA

PETERBOROUGH

GLADSTONEPT PIRIE

PT AUGUSTA

MARREE

TAILEM BEND

MT GAMBIER

NARACOORTE

LOXTON

PINNAROO

BROKEN HILL

Historic Notes

KADINA

The company BHP initiated a narrow gauge "tramway" (only the government couldoperate "railways") to transport iron ore from the Middleback ranges to Whyalla in

1901 and for the next 70 years it remained an isolated facility that expanded asrequired to service a variety of mining locations.

In 1972 a standard gauge branch line from Port Augusta was opened to Whyalla toassist in the transport of the steelworks products to the eastern states, but even then

the two different gauge systems remained separate entities.

It was not until the 21st century that the company which had morphed into OneSteeland then into Arrium, changed company objectives and moved into mining at more

remote South Australian locations. Coupled with the company objectives to shipits ore from a new unloading/loading facility at its private Whyalla Port, a new connection

was built from each of the networks to reach a common (dual gauge) unloader.

So it was that in 2013 Whyalla became a dual gauge location after 4 decades being knownas a site where two gauges existed, but always in separate yards.

Standard gauge toPT AUGUSTA

PORT WHYALLA

Narrow gauge toIRON DUKE(AURRIUM network)

WHYALLA

WHYALLA DISCHARGETERMINAL

1021

WHYALLA ONESTEEL WORKS & ARRIUM n.g. YARD toIRON KNOB & IRON DUKE

SHUNT SPUR

5402

PORT AUGUSTA

ORE DUMP STATION

SALTWORKS RD

5404

5402

5601

M

M

5602 5504

5408 WHYALLA ONESTEEL CASTING

5505

5506

5602

Service Rd

Unnamed Rd

DUMP RD



Y

Y

WHYALLA STEELWORKS UNLOADER 2013 >>>

SPENCER GULF

Dual Gauge Era


SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S

MIXED GAUGE MUDDLE

SECTION - BMULTI GAUGE LINES inSA COUNTRY AREAS

For other Country locations refer toSection A - Multi Gauge Stations in Country SA

Wallaroo bg+sg turnout

Country lines Drawing

Bordertown ‐ Serviceton Bordertown 1884 ‐ 1924 1031 Wolseley 1884 ‐ 1955 1032 Serviceton 1884 1898 1033Port Augusta ‐ Stirling North 1937 ‐ 1955 Port Augusta 1917 ‐ 1957 1034 Stirling (1) 1937 ‐ 1955 1035 Stirling North (2) 1955 ‐ 1966 1036Snowtown ‐ Wallaroo 1982 ‐ 1990 Snowtown (2) 1982 ‐ 1990 1038 Barunga Gap 1983 ‐ 1990 1039 Bute 1984 ‐ 1990 1039 Kadina 1982 ‐ 1990 1039 Wallaroo 1982 ‐ 1990 1040

Era

ADELAIDE

to Melbourne

to Parkes (NSW)

to Ouyen (Vic.)

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

to Tarcoola


to Heywood (Vic)

RAILWAYS OFEASTERN

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SNOWTOWN BURRA

PETERBOROUGH

GLADSTONEPT PIRIE

PT AUGUSTA

MARREE

TAILEM BEND

MT GAMBIER

NARACOORTE

LOXTON

PINNAROO

BROKEN HILL

Historic Notes

KADINA

Bordertown became the northern terminal and locomotive servicing centre for the Kingston - Naracoorte - Wolseley - Bordertown narrow gauge line in 1883. But it was

only four years later in 1887 that the 'Intercolonial' broad gauge line reached Bordertown and pressed on to Serviceton where it interconnected with the Victorian Railways to

provide Australia's first single gauge connection between two capital cities.In this situation Bordertown's dual gauge status was more coincidental than any

meaningful point of transfer between the two different gauge lines. Indeed, it was notlong before Wolseley 8 miles to the east, became the primary transfer point for

freight and passengers to change from broad gauge mainline trains to the narrow gauge of the South East system. Surprisingly perhaps, Bordertown continued to host the narrowgauge locomotive servicing tasks with the narrow gauge element of the dual gauge line

to Wolseley providing little more than a locomotive transfer link.This arrangement continued until 1924 when the narrow gauge was closed and the

servicing tasks moved to Wolseley.


BORDERTOWN

BORDERTOWN

Dual Broad/Narrowgauge toWOLSELEY

BORDERTOWN1884 - 1917



GOODS SHED

======

*

**

=== ===*

NORTH TCE

ENGINE SHED

ENGINE SHED

ADELAIDE

WOLSELEY

Ash PitY


NG

===

WOLSELEY1884 - 1955*



WOLSELEY===

===

===

===

===

======

Coal Stage

Coal Stage

NARACOORTE

ADELAIDE

===

FREIGHT SIDING No.5

FREIGHT SIDING No.6

FREIGHT SIDING No.3

FREIGHT SIDING No.2

FREIGHT SIDING No.1

MAIN PLATFORM ROAD

BRANCH PLATFORM

Stock Transfer Platforms

Sheep Transfer Ramp

WEST TCE

TATIARA PDE

* Because Wolseley was a dual gauge station for such an extended period the layout changed in detail many times. As a representative period, this diagram is indicative of the layout in the 1930-50 period whilst it was a Change-of-gauge station for the narrow gauge branch to Mount Gambier

Coal Truck Siding

Loco Coaling Track

FREIGHT SIDING No.4

MAIN

BRANCH

SERVICETON (Victoria) #1884 - 1898



SignalBox A

HORSHAM (Victoria)

* This drawing depicts the short era when the Narrow Gauge from Wolesley and Kingston SE, and the Broad gauge from Wolesley and Adelaide, crossed the border as a Dual Gauge line. to meet the Victorian Broad Gauge. Subsequently, Wolesley became the prime Change-of-gauge station.

Goods Shed

SignalBox B

=

Coal StageCoal Stage

WOLSELEY

3 way point

Car Dock Car Dock

=

=

VR SAREngine Sheds

Control from Signal A Control from Signal B

Post 15Post 16Post 17

Post 14

Post 13

Post 12

Post 9

Post 11

MAIN LINE

No.2 ROAD

No.3 ROAD

No.4 ROAD

Goods Platform

LOCO ROADS LOCO ROADS

Post 10

Post 8

Post 7

Post 5

Post 6

Post 4

Post 3

Post 2 Post 1

# In the earliest literature this station was simply referred to as "Joint Station". The station was constructed by VR and as a station located in Victoria, it is drawn with Melbourne as the datum (on the left).

MAIN LINE

LOOP LINE

GOODS SIDINGS

Station & Customs Building

ADELAIDE

to Melbourne

to Parkes (NSW)

to Ouyen (Vic.)

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

to Tarcoola


to Heywood (Vic)

RAILWAYS OFEASTERN

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SNOWTOWN BURRA

PETERBOROUGH

GLADSTONEPT PIRIE

MARREE

TAILEM BEND

MT GAMBIER

NARACOORTE

LOXTON

PINNAROO

BROKEN HILL

Historic Notes

KADINA

WOLSELEY

Standard gauge toKALGOORLIE

PORT AUGUSTA - STIRLING (NORTH)

PT AUGUSTA

Standard Gauge toMARREE (Post 1955)

Narrow gauge toQUORN/ALICE SPRINGS

PORT AUGUSTA

PORT AUGUSTA POWER STATION(renamed PLAYFORD - 1965)

Gauge conversionng>sg 1954

STIRLING(renamed STIRLING NORTH - 1954)

Standard Gauge toPORT PIRIE

Port Augusta was the port and starting point for a narrow gauge line in 1879 to Quorn which then extended progressively south to Peterborough and Terowie, and north

to Oodnadatta (and much later to Alice Springs). For 33 years it was the centre ofoperations for this network (along with Peterborough). In 1917 the great project providing

the Trans Australian railway, completed a standard gauge line from Kalgoorlie (WA) toPort Augusta and created a dual gauge environment. This demanded a major change to

the local infrastructure with maintenance and repair facilities for the standard gaugeoperations. The existing station was replaced and new workshops built. Passengers

transfered to the narrow gauge travelling to Adelaide via Quorn and Terowie (a secondchange of gauge. Stirling was subsequently established as a junction for Leigh Creek

coal trains to reach the Power Station. 1937 changed the configuration when the standard gauge was extended south to Port Pirie and Stirling became a dual gauge junction. The mid

1950 construction of a standard gauge route to Marree which branched north at Stirling(renamed Stirling North) reduced the value of the narrow connection into 'The Port' to a

service connection for Quorn and finally it was removed altogether in the late 1950s leavingthe whole area to the domain of standard gauge.

Much later (2001) narrow gauge returned to the route in the form of a second trackparalleling the main line as an extension of the Pichi Richi Preservation Society's tourist

train route from Quorn.

WEIGHBRIDGE

PORT AUGUSTA1917- 1957

Dual Gauge Era (s.g./ n.g.)1034



STIRLING (NORTH)

===

BUDD CARSHED

N.G CARRIAGESHED

S.G CARRIAGESHED

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYSWORKSHOPS

PIGG

Y-BA

CK R

AMP

RAMP

GANTRY?

WHARFAREA

===

PORT AUGUSTA STATION

RAMP

WEIGHBRIDGE

KALGOORLIE(via SPENCER YARD

now SPENCER JUNCTION)

Probable location ofng Loco Servicing

SPENCER YARD

Roundhouse19 tracks, some

narrow or dual gauge

Water Tower

MAIN

LOOP

FLINDERS PDEBridge

JERVOIS STBridge

PORT AUGUSTA CITY CBD

Y

YSPENCER GULF

Detailed track & track gauge configurations for thislocation is sparce. This diagram gives the best

conceptal presentation of the era, but some detailsare assumed and may be incorrect.

Route of the pre 1917 narrow gauge (>> wharf area)Pre 1917 Station COMMERCIAL RD

STIRLING* 1937- 1955

Dual Gauge Era (n.g./ s.g.)1035



PORT AUGUSTADual Gauge line

Coal Stage

PLAYFORDPOWER STATION

ALICE SPRINGSvia Quorn

PORT PIRIE

Water Tower

Sig.Box

Y

1

2 7

18 16

17

45

19

11

HARRIS ST

34 - Signals and points controlled from the Signal Box are shown numbered in pink

38

w.cw.c

* The location changed name to STIRLING NORTH in the mid 1950s

STIRLING NORTH1955- 1966

Dual Gauge Era (n.g./ s.g.)1036



PORT AUGUSTADual Gauge line

Coal Stage

NORTHERNPOWER STATION

HAWKERvia Quorn

PORT PIRIE

Water Tower

Sig.Box

Y

1

2 718 16

17

45

19

11

HARRIS ST

34 - Signals and points controlled from the Signal Box are shown numbered in pink

38

39373

Grade Xing

13

15

Y

9

40

25 MARREE

18

2426

21

2212

Stirling North standard gauge sidings formarshalling and stock handling were located

500 metres along the Marree line on both sides of the 'Main'.

Threre were no dual gauge tracks in that area.

===

ADELAIDE

to Melbourne

to Parkes (NSW)

to Ouyen (Vic.)

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

to Tarcoola


to Heywood (Vic)

RAILWAYS OFEASTERN

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SNOWTOWN BURRA

PETERBOROUGH

GLADSTONEPT PIRIE

PT AUGUSTA

MARREE

TAILEM BEND

MT GAMBIER

NARACOORTE

LOXTON

PINNAROO

BROKEN HILL

Historic Notes

WOLSELEY

The line from Snowtown to Kadina and Wallaroo was initally narrow gauge as part ofthe Western System from 1879 to 1927. Then along with the rest of that system it was converted to broad gauge and was used primarily to transport grain from the farming

areas of the Mid North to the shipping port at Wallaroo. Its east-west connection through Snowtown to Brinkworth and the Gladstone line made this significant link in

the marketing chain for South Australian growers.

In 1982 the north-south line from Adelaide to Port Pirie was converted to standard gaugeto give Adelaide direct access to the national standard gauge network (diverted fromPort Pirie to Crystal Brook in the process) and this line passed through Snowtown.

Decision makers decided to retain the broad gauge 'farm-to-port' line and to give standardgauge access to Wallaroo as well. Accordingly the Snowtown-Wallaroo line was

converted to dual gauge encompassing Kadina, Bute and Barunga Gap in the process. However by 1990 the Snowtown to Gladstone line had seen its last broad gauge train,

and without a feed for the grain traffic the dual gauge line fell into disuse.

Tourist operators used the broad gauge from Wallaroo to Bute from 1994 to 2007 beforethe line was abandoned.


SNOWTOWN - WALLAROO line

Broad gauge toADELAIDE viaBALAKALAVA

Broad gauge toBALAKALAVA &GLADSTONE

WALLAROO

KADINA

SNOWTOWNBARUNGA

GAP

Dual Gauge Line

WALLAROO

Standard gauge toCRYSTAL BROOK

BUTE

(closed)Broad gauge toMOONTA

146.575[RLX0789]

NORTH TCE

SNOWTOWN1982 - 1990


ADELAIDE

CRYSTAL BROOK

M7

14

23

148Silos

HIGHWAY 1

146.946

RAYVILLE RD

141

3

1812m.4E

4

WIRREANDA RD

12

13

5

2M

9

M 8

145.490[RLX0788]

LUMEAH RD(SOUTH TCE)

241.7[RLX0022]

WALLAROO

24

145.490

23DM 9A

22

244

M17

M20

M11

6

240

BRINKWORTH

1038


21

TO

TO

TO

TO

===

Y


BARUNGA GAP - BUTE - KADINASNOWTOWN - WALLAROO LINE 1982 - 1990



YL

YLMG MAIN LINE

BG GOODS SIDINGS

BARUNGA GAP

===

SNOWTOWN

KULPARA RD

YL

YL

SG MAIN LINE

BG MAIN LINE

BG GOODS SIDINGS

BUTE

===

MG MAIN LINE

BG MAIN LINE

GOODS SIDING No.1

KADINA

BOWMANS

MAIN RD

MOONTA RD

GOODS SIDING No.2

GOODS SIDING No.3CALTEX SIDING

RUSSELL ST

YL

YL

WALLAROO

===

===


Y Y

WALLAROO1982 - 1990

Dual Gauge Era (b.g./ s.g.) 1040


MOONTA MAIN

GOODS SHED

ex PASSENGER PLATFORM(fenced)

KADINA

SG

FERTILISERSIDING

IRWIN ST

EMU ST

CHATFIELDTCE

JETTY RD

JETTY

Previousjettyaccess

ABRAHAMRYDEBURG

DRV

MOONTA(closed)

CHARLICK'SSIDINGS

===

===


SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S

MIXED GAUGE MUDDLE

SECTION - CMULTI GAUGE STATIONS inADELAIDE METROPOLITAN AREAS

For other Metropolitan locations refer toSection D - Multi Gauge Lines in Metropolitan Adelaide

Dual Gauge at Dry Creek MPC

Metropolitan locations Drawing

Adelaide Rail Passenger Term. 1984 ‐ 2002 1051Dry Creek MPC 1982 ‐ >>> 1052Dry Creek South (1) 1982 ‐ 2001 1053Dry Creek South (2) 2001 ‐ >>> 1054Islington Freight Centre (AFT) 1982 ‐ 1995 1055Mile End Freight 1984 ‐ 1995 1056Port Adelaide Flat 1982 ‐ >>> 1057

Era

Historic Notes

ADELAIDE (North Terrace)

BELAIRTONSLEY JCN

TONSLEY

NOARLUNGA CENTRE

DRY CREEK

PELICAN POINT

OUTER HARBOR

PORT ADELAIDE FLAT

GRANGE

WOODVILLE

GOODWOOD

SALISBURY

GAWLER

GAWLER CENTRAL

ROSEWORTHY line

NURIOOTPA line

PORT AUGUSTA line

WOLSELEY line

SEAFORD

GLANVILLE

MILE END

CAVAN

AFT

BRIDGEWATER

METROPOLITANADELAIDERAILWAYS

Adelaide Rail Passenger Terminal was built in 1984 as part of the standard gaugeextension from Crystal Brook into Adelaide and the consequent need to

accommodate interstate trains of lengths greater than could be accepted in theAdelaide North terrace station. Non-metropolitan passenger services were thencentred at Keswick for both standard gauge interstate trains and broad gauge

intrastate trains. In 1995 the mainline to Melbourne was converted to standard gauge.

With no remaining regular broad gauge services to accommodate, the only use of these rails was the occasional charter train, and later around 2002 (without any fanfare),

the last broad gauge access at the northern end was cut during some track reconfiguration.


ADELAIDE RAIL PASSENGER TERMINAL

ARPT

Broad gauge toWOLESLEY

Broad gauge toMETRO NETWORK

ADELAIDE RAIL PASSENGER TERMINAL1984-1996 (2002)*Dual Gauge Era (b.g./ s.g.) 1051


ANZAC HWY

Motorail LoadingA

A

B

B

M7

M8

M 9M1018AM

M18

M

M

20M27

27A

21B

21A23C

25D23A

24

M19

25

M11

14D

14C

14E

1514B

14A

13

M

MM

M

30

30A

38

38A34

CA1

CA2

36

35M

M39A

39

SIR DONALD BRADMAN DRROAD BRIDGE

Passenger Car Servicing

Car Wash

B

B

SG

MILE END FREIGHT YARD

WOLSELEY

2

18

19

20

KESWICK JUNCTION

**

=

=

=

=

==

=

*

A

A

MILE END JUNCTION

MILE END FREIGHT YARDMILE END LOCO

METROPOLITANNETWORK

METROPOLITANNETWORK

CRYSTAL BROOK 43

BAKEWELLBRIDGE

4244

M

59

M57A

M

59A

=

* *

Historic Notes


BELAIRTONSLEY JCN

TONSLEY

NOARLUNGA CENTRE

PELICAN POINT

OUTER HARBOR

PORT ADELAIDE FLAT

GRANGE

WOODVILLE

GOODWOOD

SALISBURY

GAWLER

GAWLER CENTRAL

ROSEWORTHY line

NURIOOTPA line

PORT AUGUSTA line

WOLSELEY line

SEAFORD

GLANVILLE

MILE END

CAVAN

AFT

BRIDGEWATER


Dry Creek has been a junction from the beginning of railways in the Adelaide area,with the main north line to Gawler branching west towards Port Adelaide and

a little later, a branch to the east through Cavan and Pooraka to Northfield (and initially on to the Stockade). It naturally developed marshalling facilities.

In 1982 the standard gauge from Crystal Brook reached Dry Creek(and on in 1984 as a dual gauge to Port Adelaide) andthe area developed to provide new facilities.

Dry Creek South yard accomodated a dual gauge wagon servicing depot and later abogie exchange facility was commissioned to permit through movement of loaded

wagons from Melbourne (b.g.) to Perth (s.g.). This facility remained in service until1995 when the line to Melbourne was standardised.

Off to the western side of the main (s.g.) line a Motive Power Centre was built replacingthe locomotive facilities at Mile End, providing servicing for power units of both gauges.

DRY CREEK (Dry Creek South & Motive Power Centre)

DRY CREEK

DRY CREEK




Broad gauge toNorthern SA Network

Dual Gauge toPORT ADELAIDE

1052

BG

HBA

CAUTION - STEEP GRADIENTSTABLED LOCOMOTIVESTO BE CHOCKED ANDHAND BRAKE APPLIED

====== ===

===

DRY CREEK LOOP

DRY CREEK - MOTIVE POWER CENTRE1982 >>>



DRY CREEK SOUTH1982 -- 2001

Dual Gauge Era

1053

DRY CREEK MPC(Refer to drawing 1052)

A: Crystal Brook (s.g. Main)

BOGIE EXCHANGE

PORT WAKEFIELD RDBRIDGE

A

B

C

D

DRY CREEK SOUTH BROAD GAUGE YARD

B: Dry Creek North (Aux Main)C: b.g. access (to Metro lines)D: Gawler (Metropolitan b.g. lines)

Metropolitan Broad Gauge Lines

National Standard Gauge Main

12024D

119

22

2421

2322B

#

#

#

#

2

53

23

32

54B54


Y

# -- Teletrac parking bay

WAGON SERVICING

STANDARDGAUGEONLY

ONE SPOT ACCESS RD

Natio

nal S

tanda

rd Ga

uge M

ain

E

F

G

H

55

J

K

E: Adelaide/Pelican Point (s.g. Main)F: Dry Creek Junction (Aux Main)G: Dry Creek Junction (Sig. - 12)H: Dry Creek Junction (Sig. - 10)J: Dry Creek Junction (Sig. - 8)K: Adelaide (Metro. b.g. lines)

Refer to drawing 1061

==

====

==


DRY CREEK SOUTH2001 >>

Dual Gauge Era

1054

DRY CREEK MPC(Refer to drawing 1052)

A: Crystal Brook (s.g. Main)

BOGIE EXCHANGE

PORT WAKEFIELD RDBRIDGE

A

B

C

D

DRY CREEK SOUTH BROAD GAUGE YARD

B: Dry Creek North (Aux Main)C: b.g. access (to Metro lines)D: Gawler (Metropolitan b.g. lines)



19

23

22B


Y

WAGON SERVICING

STANDARDGAUGEONLY

ONE SPOT ACCESS RD

Stan

dard

Gaug

e Main

E

F

G

H

E: Adelaide/Pelican Point (s.g. Main)F: Dry Creek Junction (Loop)G: Dry Creek Station (Sig.-1078)H: Adelaide (Metro. b.g. lines)

Refer to drawing 1064

2826

44A

2725

M45

44MM

M

M M

M

40A

40 42

42A

21

previous

SG

OYA

PUHS

LSNS

LOW SPEEDUNTILNEXT

SIGNAL

Stan

dard

Gaug

e Loo

p

Standard Gauge MainStandard Gauge Loop

==

==

==


Historic Notes


BELAIRTONSLEY JCN

TONSLEY

NOARLUNGA CENTRE

PELICAN POINT

OUTER HARBOR

PORT ADELAIDE FLAT

GRANGE

WOODVILLE

GOODWOOD

SALISBURY

GAWLER

GAWLER CENTRAL

ROSEWORTHY line

NURIOOTPA line

PORT AUGUSTA line

WOLSELEY line

SEAFORD

GLANVILLE

MILE END

CAVANDRY CREEK

BRIDGEWATER


The Adelaide terminal for freight moved from its long standing location at Mile End to anew location on the western side of the Gawler line in the suburb of Regency Park

opposite the Islington Works in 1982. This coincided with the arrival of connection tothe national standard gauge system in the line from Crystal Brook, and paved the

way for the development of the Keswick passenger terminal and subsequently for the Mile End passing loop on the line to Melbourne (in 1995).

The terminal was originally known as Islington Freight Centre (although it was neither part of the Islington Works or in a suburb of that name) and adopted several names

perhaps based on the whims of the variety of terminal lessees that followed.It is now known as Adelaide Freight Terminal under the care of Pacific National, although

the network manager ARTC still continues to refer to it illogically as "Islington".

From its inception the centre was almost all dual gauge with standard gauge entry available from both ends, but with broad gauge entry only from the south. In 1995 the commissioning of the standard gauge line to Melbourne ended general freight traffic

on all broad gauge lines in SA and the b.g. connection was removed. Althoughmuch of the track in the terminal is still dual gauge, without broad gauge access, the

'dual gauge' category ended.

ISLINGTON FREIGHT CENTRE(ADELAIDE FREIGHT TERMINAL)

AFT

Standard gauge toWOLSELEY

SA Broad gauge NETWORK


IFC (AFT)

SA Broad gaugeNETWORK

ISLINGTON FREIGHT CENTRE*1982 - 1995

Dual Gauge Era

1055

AFT ACCESS RD

Freight Forwarders >>

1 2 34 5 6 7 8 9 10 1211

Hardstand

Ramp

Intermodal Yard

33

675

MIG4A

MIG3A

MIG4

M IG3

676

M37 32

34

M37A

REGENCY RDBRIDGE

35

MIG6 43M40

M 40A

44

CRYSTAL BROOK

A673

45

36

M IG5

M IG5A

678 4646D

MELBOURNE

ISLINGTON WORKS ISLINGTON WORKS

ISLINGTON WORKS KILBURN

32A

32B



Ballast Siding


Y

Y

* In the original dual gauge era the terminal was known as ISLINGTON FREIGHT CENTRE. Since that time the coloquial name has varied, generally dictated by the various terminal operators, until today it is known as AFT (ADELAIDE FREIGHT TERMINAL) (although the track operator still refers to it - somewhat confusingly - as ISLINGTON)

===

===

===

Historic Notes


BELAIRTONSLEY JCN

TONSLEY

NOARLUNGA CENTRE

DRY CREEK

PELICAN POINT

OUTER HARBOR

PORT ADELAIDE FLAT

GRANGE

WOODVILLE

GOODWOOD

SALISBURY

GAWLER

GAWLER CENTRAL

ROSEWORTHY line

NURIOOTPA line

PORT AUGUSTA line

WOLSELEY line

SEAFORD

GLANVILLE

KPT

CAVAN

AFT

BRIDGEWATER


Mile End was the major Freight, Goods and Loco depot for the Adelaide area, as it had been for many years, when the standard gauge arrived in 1984. Not-with-standing thedevelopment of new facilities at Dry Creek, a number of forwarders remained to be serviced at Mile End. A simplified yard with both broad and standard gauges, was

instituted and for some time also accommodated the Diesel Loco depot.Eventually the loco depot migrated to the new MPC at Dry Creek and the area

gradually wound down, and it closed in time to make way for the new Mile End crossing loop on the new standard gauge connected southward to Melbourne.

This last inter-capital Standard gauge link was eventually commissioned in 1995 and withthe simultaneous closer of remaining general freight based country broad gauge lines,

the Mile End yards finally closed.


MILE END

MILE END

Northern SABroad gauge NETWORK

Southern SABroad gauge NETWORK

1056


ANZAC HWY

B

B

SG

KESWICK PASSENGER TERMINAL

WOLSELEY

2

18

19

20

KESWICK JUNCTIONA

A

MILE END JUNCTION

KESWICK PASSENGER TERMINAL

METROPOLITANNETWORK

METROPOLITANNETWORK

CRYSTAL BROOK 43

BAKEWELLBRIDGE

4244

M

59

M57A

M 59A

=

A

A

*

==

=

==

45

4747E

4949B

2D

B

B

M

M

M

M

M

M

SIR DONALD BRADMAN DRVHILTON BRIDGES

BROAD GAUGE YARD

MIXED GAUGE YARD

to Industrial Sidings

Diesel Loco Depot =

MILE END1982-1996


Historic Notes


BELAIRTONSLEY JCN

TONSLEY

NOARLUNGA CENTRE

DRY CREEK

PELICAN POINT

OUTER HARBOR

GRANGE

WOODVILLE

GOODWOOD

SALISBURY

GAWLER

GAWLER CENTRAL

ROSEWORTHY line

NURIOOTPA line

PORT AUGUSTA line

WOLSELEY line

SEAFORD

GLANVILLE

MILE END

CAVAN

AFT

BRIDGEWATER


Rails have been in Port Adelaide from the very beginning of railways in the Adelaideenvironment (1856) serving both passenger and freight needs of Adelaide's port.

The configuration has changed many times in and around the port's many nooks andcrannies, warehouses and docks. At the coming of container traffic a yard was

developed on the NE corner of Eastern Parade and Grand Trunkway.

In 1982 the new standard gauge from Crystal Brook demanded a new dual gaugeconfiguration of rail traffic in the port and Port Adelaide Flat was established as

the container terminal, along with a marshalling yard to provide easy connection tothe range of inner port silo installations.

The configuration changed again when then new rail bridge was built in 2008 over thePort River, with a triangle junction being built providing direct access from the yard to

Pelican Point without reversal shunting.

Dual gauge toPELICAN POINT

PORT ADELAIDE FLAT

PORT ADELAIDE FLAT

Dual gauge toDRY CREEKDual gauge to

PT ADELAIDE JCN(closed)

GILLMANJUNCTION

PORT ADELAIDE FLAT

PORT ADELAIDE FLAT

===OCEAN STEAMERS RD

BG

KERRY LOGISICS CONTAINER TERMINAL

MineralSands

Discharge

#1 R

OAD

#2 R

OAD

#3 R

OAD

#4 R

OAD

SHED

ROA

D

FENC

E RO

AD

MOONTA RD

#2 RUN

#3 RUN

#1 ROAD#2 ROAD#3 ROAD

#4 ROAD

Joe Whites ROAD

Left H

and H

olding

ROAD

Right H

and H

olding

ROAD

#5 R

OAD

#6 R

OAD

GrainDischarge

25 BERTH

#3 DOCK

REPAIR ROAD

HARD STAND

SG

HARD STAND

29 BERTH

3753

BS

51PERKINS DR

PRIVATE RD

EASTERN PDE

6.746[RLX1887]

0.390[RLX1886]

GRAND TRUNKWAY

M60A

60B

M52

56

55

54

7.438 PORT RIVER

openingbridge

GWA

======

===

===

BS

t

>B/S

>

M

M

M


* This line added in 2012

PORT ADELAIDE FLAT1982 >>>


29 BERTHPELICAN POINT

DRY CREEK(via GILLMAN JUNCTION)

GWA YARD

* This section added withthe opening of the

Port River bridge in 2008

SG ONLYWHEN SET

FORTURNOUT

B/S

M

52

52


SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S

MIXED GAUGE MUDDLE

SECTION - DMULTI GAUGE LINES inADELAIDE METROPOLITAN AREAS

For other Metropolitan locations refer toSection C - Multi Gauge Stations in Metropolitan Adelaide

3rd rail transition with moving blades - Pt Adelaide FlatMoving blades installed to permit line speed transit through the transition (but prevented mixed gauge trains)

Metropolitan lines Drawing

Dry Creek ‐ Pelican Point (via Glanville)

1982 ‐ 2008

Dry Creek Junction 1982 ‐ 2001 1061 Gillman Junction 1982 ‐ 2008 1062 Port Adelaide Junction 1982 ‐ 2008 1062 Glanville 1982 ‐ 2008 1062 Birkenhead 1982 ‐ 2008 1063 Osborne 1982 ‐ 2008 1063 Pelican Point 1982 ‐ 2008 1063Dry Creek ‐ Pelican Point (via Port River Bridge)

2008 ‐ 2015

Dry Creek Junction 2001 ‐ 2015 1064 Bishop 2010 ‐ 2015 1065 Gillman Junction 2008 ‐ 2015 1065 Port Adelaide Flat 2008 ‐ 2015 1065 Birkenhead 2008 ‐ 2015 1066 Osborne 2008 ‐ 2015 1066 Pelican Point 2008 ‐ 2015 1067Dry Creek ‐ Pooraka/Cavan 1982 ‐ ~2001 Pooraka/Cavan 1982 ‐ ~2001 1068

Era

Historic Notes


BELAIRTONSLEY JCN

TONSLEY

NOARLUNGA CENTRE

DRY CREEK

PELICAN POINT

OUTER HARBOR

GRANGE

WOODVILLE

GOODWOOD

SALISBURY

GAWLER

GAWLER CENTRAL

ROSEWORTHY line

NURIOOTPA line

PORT AUGUSTA line

WOLSELEY line

SEAFORD

GLANVILLE

KPT

POORAKA

AFT

BRIDGEWATER


PORT ADELAIDE FLAT

MILE END

Standard gauge was added to the initial Dry Creek - Port Adelaide line as part of the Crystal Brook - Adelaide line conversion in 1982 to provide access

for this gauge to the port environment. To include access to port related services on the LeFevre Peninsula, the additional rail was also added to the "Rosewater Loop",

the metropolitan line over the viaduct, around via Glanville to the freight line atBirkenhead, and then via the "backway" through Osborne to the tip of the

peninsula (this later section operating as a "yard"). This access for standard and broadgauge movements continued until plans were laid for of a new grain terminal at

Pelican Point/Outer Harbor. With the new storage limited, and with supplies for ship loading to be to be provided on a "just-in-time" basis, it was predicted that the

number of train movement per day would increase significantly.

The route was deemed to be unable to cater for this traffic, and a new access wasestablished by building an additional rail bridge directly over the Port River from the

location of the Port Adelaide Flat rail yard. This development, along with a complete rebuild of the 'yard' from Birkenhead to Pelican Point was commissioned in

2008 and a new route established --- refer to the section... Dry Creek - Pelican Point (via Port River Bridge) line

DRY CREEK - PELICAN POINT (via GLANVILLE) line

Broad gauge toOUTER HARBOR


Standard gaugeindustrial siding

PELICAN POINT

OSBORNE

DRY CREEK

GILLMANJUNCTION

Dual Gauge Line

Dual gauge toPT ADELAIDE FLAT

PT ADELAIDE JUNCTION

GLANVILLE

Broad gaugeindustrial siding





DRY CREEK JUNCTION1982 - 2001

Dual Gauge Era

1061

3

11.367[RLX0013]

CORMACK RD

0.291[RLX0062]

0.545[RLX0016]

MAGAZINE RD

1

M20A

M20

PELICAN POINT

DC76 M

1076

DRY CREEK

DRY CREEK SOUTH(and MPC JUNCTION)[refer diagram 1053]

DC78M

1078

4

A

M DC77

ADELAIDE


M 35

DC76AM

MDC76

DC77A M

M

M

MM

MM

3940A

38

37

4037


Y

Y

ADELAIDE

DRY CREEK SOUTH YARD[refer diagram 1053]

6

DC33 M

M

M

M DC33A

DC32

DC31

1074

1076

16

14

12

38AM

1055

A1171

A1173M

DC79M

DC80A

MDC80

M DC82

SignalBox

A

A

1071

1072

GILLMAN - ROSEWATER - BIRKENHEADDRY CREEK - PELICAN POINT (via GLANVILLE) LINE

1982 - 2008 Dual Gauge Era (b.g./ s.g.)1062


ONE STEEL SIDING

"ROSEWATER LOOP"

===

DRY CREEK

EASTERN PDE

GILLMAN

CORMACK RD

WINGFIELD RD NORTH ARM RD

M

13

1712

59

58 11

16

M17A

GRAND JUNCTION RD

1153 1156

NEWCASTLE STCANNING ST

RUSSELL ST

1155

PORT ADELAIDE FLAT

MPA2

M

MPA4A

MPA4 M PA3

M PA2A

MPA1

MPA1A

NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM

A

A

P

1151

PA3A

1152

1157

COLLEGE ST

PORT ADELAIDECOMMERCIAL ST CHURCH ST

PORT RIVER

P

AP

F 1252 1254

1251

ETHELTON

P

1352

RENNIE ST

A 1351

JERVOIS BRDG

ADELAIDE

OUTER HARBOR

GLANVILLE1456

M

M GV1

MGV2

===

====

==

====

==B*

B

PORT ADELAIDE JUNCTION

A

1451

GV1A

NELSON ST

SEMAPHORE RD

A A*

M8

4

=== 3

4DPELICAN POINT

BIRKENHEAD

Continued on adjacent sheetAA

WILLOCHRA RD

LARGS NORTH - PELICAN POINTDRY CREEK - PELICAN POINT (via GLANVILLE) LINE

1982 - 2008 Dual Gauge Era (b.g./ s.g.)Drawn: G F Vincent forNational Railway MuseumPort Adelaide 1063

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PELICAN POINT RD

PELICAN POINT

DUBAI PORTSCONTAINER TERMINAL

SIDINGS

No. 6 BERTH (OUTER HARBOR)

DisusedOLD OUTER HARBOR

SIDINGS

MERSEY RD

TERMINALS P/LOil TerminalSIDING

KENMARE ST SOLVAY RD HAMILTON AVE

PENRICE SODA PRODUCTS SIDINGS

STOP

VEITCH RD

B

B

STOP

B

B

OSBORNE

ELDER RD


A

A LARGS NORTH

MOBIL OIL SIDING

Historic Notes


BELAIRTONSLEY JCN

TONSLEY

NOARLUNGA CENTRE

PELICAN POINT

OUTER HARBOR

GRANGE

WOODVILLE

GOODWOOD

SALISBURY

GAWLER

GAWLER CENTRAL

ROSEWORTHY line

NURIOOTPA line

PORT AUGUSTA line

WOLSELEY line

SEAFORD

GLANVILLE

KPT

POORAKA

AFT

BRIDGEWATER


PORT ADELAIDE FLAT

MILE END

DRY CREEKBIRKENHEAD

Standard gauge was first added to the Dry Creek - Port Adelaide line in 1982 and extended to the LeFevre Peninsula via the "Rosewater Loop", the metropolitan line

over the viaduct, around via Glanville to the freight line at Birkenhead, and then via the "backway" through Osborne to the tip of the peninsula.

Refer to the section Dry Creek - Pelican Point (via Glanvillee) line

A route via a new bridge over the Port River was commissioned to cater for the increased traffic servicing a new grain terminal at Pelican Point.

This development, along with a complete rebuild of the 'yard' from Birkenhead to Pelican Point was commissioned in 2008.

DRY CREEK - PELICAN POINT (via PORT RIVER BRIDGE) line

Standard gaugeindustrial siding

PELICAN POINT

OSBORNE

DRY CREEK

GILLMANJUNCTION

Dual Gauge Line

Broad gaugeindustrial siding





PORT ADELAIDE FLAT see separate diagram

PORT ADELAIDE FLAT

BISHOP

AbandonedRosewater Loop

BIRKENHEAD

Standard gaugegrain loop

Port River

DRY CREEK JUNCTION2001 >>

Dual Gauge Era

1064

3

11.367[RLX0013]

CORMACK RD

0.291[RLX0062]

0.545[RLX0016]

MAGAZINE RD

1

M20A

M20

38AM

38M

5

PELICAN POINT

DC76M

1076

DRY CREEK

GWA

ACAC

SG GWA DRY CREEK SOUTHYARD

DRY CREEK SOUTH(LOOP and MPC JUNCTION)

[refer diagram 1053]

DC78M

1078

M38A

4

>B/S

A

M DC77

ADELAIDE


16

16E

37M

DRY CREEK RCDDRY CREEK RCD

DC31AM

DC33AM

A

1071

P

1072

MDC30

A1073

M M

M

DC32A DC31

DC32

DC33M

A1075F

YL

YL AA

1173

1171

MDC80A M DC80

MDC79

MDC82A

1077

3.1

BISHOP - GILLMAN - PORT ADELAIDE FLAT DRY CREEK - PELICAN POINT LINE 2008 >>>

Dual Gauge EraDrawn: G F Vincent forNational Railway MuseumPort Adelaide

1065

DRY CREEK

M

27

4.967[RLX0183]

EASTERN PDE

33

B S

DTEI line toPORT ADELAIDE JUNCTION

(closed)Note T/O 27 is locked from being reversed

36===

5.481[RLX0184]

BEDFORD ST

PTS

FRANCIS STXING & OVERPASS

[RLX0015]6.074

[RLX2126]

44

37

53 B S

PERKINS DR PRIVATE RD

6.709[RLX1888]

M60A

60B

M52

55

54

7.438

PORT RIVER

openingbridge

GWA

4.8

GILLMAN JUNCTION

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==

===

BSt

>B/S

>B/SM

M

34

BIRKENHEAD

PORT ADELAIDE FLAT

M52

52

1500m.

BISHOP

R11

14

M17

M20

14E13

1.924[RLX0014]

SOUTH RD

23

23E

24

3.556[RLX1698]

HANSON RD

===

t

RAILWAY TCE

ATD

>B/S>B/S

SUPERWAY (OVER)

BLUESCOPE LYSAGHTSIDING

11.756[RLX0962]

SOLVAY RD

12.031[RLX0963]

HAMILTON AV

8.766[RLX0954]

M BERTH ACCESS

BIRKENHEAD - OSBORNE DRY CREEK - PELICAN POINT LINE 2008 >>>

Dual Gauge Era1066

PORT RIVER BRIDGE &PT ADELAIDE FLAT

TRIANGLE

PELICAN POINT

BIRKENHEAD

64M47

9.336[RLX0959]

CALTEX ACCESS RD

64E

63

8.087[RLX0177]

STIRLING ST

75

61

BS

63E

===

73

R71

MOBIL OIL SIDING

ELDER RD

CLX

BGX

M BERTH LX APPROACH.MOVEMENTS

RETURNING TOBIRKENHEAD

MUST CLEAR THIS POINT PRIOR TO

PROCEDING

BROAD GAUGENOT AUTHORISEDON WEST LINE

WITHOUT TRAINAUTHORITY

====== WEST DUAL GAUGE MAIN

EAST DUAL GAUGE MAIN

M57

M57A

9.886[RLX0178]

WILLOCHRA ST

76

74

======

81

PENRICE SODA PRODUCTS SIDINGS

M82

80

LARGS NORTH

0SBORNE

A

A

A

A

B

B

BGX

BROAD GAUGENOT AUTHORISEDWITHOUT TRAIN

AUTHORITYt t

>B/S

>B/S

M

PELICAN POINT2008 >>>

Dual Gauge Era


1067

M97

84E83

12.981[RLX0180]

VEITCH RD

M90

===

14.896[RLX0181]

PELICAN POINT RD

M89

84D

PELICAN POINT83E

84

weighbridge

mountedback to back

CTCCTC

93E 93

M100

M102

CTC

M 104 M 102A

CTCBGX

94 94E

CTC BGX

DUBAI PORTSCONTAINER TERMINALSIDINGS

START CTC.BROAD GAUGE

NOT AUTHORISEDWITHOUT TRAIN

AUTHORITY

MOVEMENT SHALLNOT PROCEED

PAST THIS POINTWITHOUT AUTHORITYOF YARD SUPERVISOR

YAA

BG

MACKENZIE INTERMODAL TERMINAL SIDING

Viterra GrainGRAIN TERMINAL

unloader

ARTC

DRY CREEK

No. 6 BERTH (OUTER HARBOR)

Historic Notes


BELAIRTONSLEY JCN

TONSLEY

NOARLUNGA CENTRE

PELICAN POINT

OUTER HARBOR

GRANGE

WOODVILLE

GOODWOOD

SALISBURY

GAWLER

GAWLER CENTRAL

ROSEWORTHY line

NURIOOTPA line

PORT AUGUSTA line

WOLSELEY line

SEAFORD

GLANVILLE

KPT

POORAKA

AFT

BRIDGEWATER


PORT ADELAIDE FLAT

MILE END

DRY CREEK

The Pooraka-Cavan complex on the original broad gauge Northfield (Stockade) line was established in 1913 as the stock receival terminal for the Adelaide meat supply

industry. It was still performing this function in 1982 when the standard gauge connection to Crystal Brook and the national network reached Dry Creek and because the railways

were still in the business of transporting stock it was clearly necessary to extend this facility into the stock arrival complex. It was achieved by connecting a standard gauge lead

from the Dry Creek North yard, across the metropolitan Gawler line and through a series of unloading sidings and then as a dual gauge line, east to Cavan and Pooraka.

An independent broad gauge line was retained to permit metropolitan trains uninterupted access to the line (until the demise of this service in 1987.

Eventually the carriage of stock by rail was abandoned in South Australia in 1997 and the Cavan/Pooraka branch was abandoned.

DRY CREEK - POORAKA line

DRY CREEK NORTH YARD

Dual gauge toPELICAN POINT



Broad gaugeMetropolitan Network

POORAKA

CAVAN

DRY CREEKJUNCTION

DRY CREEK MPC

DRY CREEK SOUTHYARD

CAVAN - POORAKA DRY CREEK - POORAKA BRANCH LINE 1982 - 1997

Dual Gauge Era1068

to DRY CREEK SOUTH YARD

ALTE

RNAT

E MA

IN(T

HROU

GH R

OAD)

DRY CREEKNORTH YARD(s.g.)

CRYSTAL BROOK

PT WAKEFIELD RD

GAWLER

M

DC127A

103

MDC127

106D

106

A

1472

PT WAKEFIELD RD

MM

M

M

MM

M

M

M

83 62D

83A8482

8080A

79

87 88

M 7

M 9

M 20

M

20A5D

ARC Siding COMENG ARESCo Siding

COLD STORESSiding 3D

35 4 24

26M

28

ADELAIDE

DRY CREEK

SG

BG

Sheep unloading ramps, platforms & yards

Stock unloading platform

SG

CHURCHILL RD

6261

==

==

==A

1178

A

1176

A 1174

CAVAN

POORAKA

AA

11711173


Abandoned Export Sidings

SOUTHERN YARDS


E *D

D *

==

E

EldersSiding

== C

C*

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