Light railway locations in South Australia, the Northern Territory

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1 Light railway locations in South Australia, the Northern Territory and around Broken Hill (NSW) List produced by Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc. South Australian Group January 2003 Last update: 13 March 2009 by Les Howard

2 SA Light railways 2003 list

3 SA Light railways 2003 list

4 Adelaide (West Parklands) SAR Institute Recreational 5ft3in Hewitts Motor Adelaide (Exhibition) Railway Miniature 1910 Adelaide (Cox Foys) Adelaide (Myer Shopping Centre) Adelaide (Zoo) Cox Foys DazzleLand Royal Zoological Society of SA Inc Miniature Miniature Miniature Adelaide (Treasury Building) SA Govt Short line in basement 2ft3in Adelaide (Foy & Gibson) Foy & Gibson Switchback Toy Dept possibly Adelaide (Exhibition) Siemens Miniature electric 1905 Adelaide (RailwayStation) Adelaide Telstra Festival Temporary track for play 1998 Alabasta later Kowalka then Kevin Waratah Gypsum P/L Gypsum field Aldgate Aldgate Barite Mine Mine U/G & A/Ground 1916 Page 1

5 Alexandra (Victoria) Rubicon Lumber & T/Way Co Pty Ltd Timber Twy Alice Springs (east of) Altunga Gold Mine Gold Mine Alice Springs Ghan Preservation Society Alice Springs Todd River Regatta Allenby Gardens J Hallett & Son Ltd Brickmaking Althorpes MB SAHB Jetty & tram ladder American River MB SAHB Hart's jetty tramway 3ft3in American River Commonwealt h Salt Refining Co see Muston Salt Lake American River Aust Salt Co Ltd see Muston Salt Lake Angaston (about 1.5 miles west) ICI Alkali Aust P/L Quarry Angaston (about 1.5 miles west) SA Portland Cement Co Quarry Page 2

6 Antechamber Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy Apollyon Valley (20 km from Broken Hill) Barrier Ranges Silver Mining Daydream Mine Apollyon Valley (20 km from Broken Hill) Bob Popeye Pittaway Daydream Mine Appila Max Sayers Appila Yarcowie Min Rly orig 1ft6in regauged to 2ft Ardrossan MB SAHB Jetty Twy Arno Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy Balaklava SAR Port Wakefield Hoyle's Plain horse twy Leased in 1870 to Mr Badcock (Jan- May) and Mr Ferguson (to Nov). Converted to steam traction Balgowan MB SAHB Jetty Twy Beachport MB SAHB Jetty Twy Connected to SAR system Beachport Stuckey & Son Wool store Sidings connected to SAR & jetty privately owned locos Beachport Golsborough Mort & Co Ltd Wool store Sidings connected to SAR & jetty privately owned locos Belair Pinera SAR Removal of SAR tunnel 1928 Page 3

7 Beltana (10miles NNE) Copper King Ochre mine Beverley Beverley Birdwood Freburgs Brickworks Ltd Chas Bourn & Son Birdwood Mill Museum Brickmaking Brickmaking pug hole Miniature Railway Birkenhead Wallaroo Mt Lyell Fertilisers Ltd Line from Birkenhead to Snowden's Beach with branches to wharf and Cresco Fertilisers Ltd. Inside works dual gauge with 5ft3in sidings Birkenhead Adelaide Cement Co? connected to W Mt L Fert Ltd Twy Blackwood Coromandel SAR Removal of SAR tunnel Blanchetown Lock 1 E &WS Dept Lock Construction c1920 Blinman Blinman Consolidated Copper Mining Co of SA Copper Mine New Guinea Bootless Bay (NG) Copper Co Copper Mine Page 4

8 Bremer Bremer Paringa Mining Co Worthing Mining Co then c1860 Bridgewater Cox's Creek SAR Elimination of bridge Brighton Glenelg, Brighton and South Coast Tramway From Glenelg above HWM to Kingston Park 5ft3in Boomerang Miniature Brighton Railway Miniature Railway in sandhills south of jetty 10in c1947 Broad Creek SA Govt Chemistry Dept Jetty Twy from explosives magazine Dry Creek Silverton Broken Hill (NSW) Tramway Co Mainline and mine sidings Silverton Transport Broken Hill (NSW) Industries Mine sidings to NSWGR mainline 4ft8.5in Line to Tarrawingee operated by Silverton Broken Hill (NSW) NSWGR Tramway Co Page 5

9 Broken Hill (NSW) Sulphide St Railway Museum Museum, 4ft8.5in, 5ft3in NSW Transport Broken Hill (NSW) Dept Steam Trams 4ft8.5in Broken Hill (NSW) Zinc Corporation Mine U/ G, A/G Broken Hill (NSW) BHP Co Mine U/ G, A/G West Darling Machinery Preservation Broken Hill (NSW) Society Museum various Brompton SAGasco Private siding from SAR 5ft3in Private loco Smith & Brown's Well Timms Rly construction 5ft3in Tailem Bend to Brown's Well 2 private locos Silverton Burns (NSW) Tramway Co Mainline from Broken Hill Burnside Adelaide Brick Co Brickmaking quarry Gilburn Brick Burnside Co Brickmaking quarry Page 6

10 Burra SA Mining Association Copper Mine 2ft 5in U/G & A/G Callington Aclare Silver Mining Co Ltd Silver mine U/G & A/G Callington SA Govt Minister of Mines Training school later Institute of Technology Cape de Coudic MB SAHB Jetty Twy 2ft6in Cape Jaffa MB SAHB Jetty Twy 2ft6in Cape Jervis Talisker Mining Co Silver mine Carawa (Haslam) MB SAHB Jetty Twy Carrickalinga (Haycock Point) MB SAHB Jetty Twy? Ceduna (Murat Bay) MB SAHB Jetty Twy Chain of Ponds E &WS Dept Milbrook Reservoir construction? c1915 Boomerang Miniature Christies Beach Railway Miniature Railway 10.25in c1960s operating at drive-in theatre Clare George Baxter Construction Riverton Clare railway 5ft3in Page 7

11 Geralka Clare Holiday Farm Miniature Railway 1ft6in Engineer in Clarendon Chief's Dept Reservoir construction c1893 Tunnel and pipeline to Happy Valley Clarendon Citra Aust Enlargement of tunnel to Happy Valley Compagnie Industrielle de Traveau Society General d'enterprises Cobdogla Irrigation & Reclamation Works dept Line to Loveday Cobdogla Cobdogla Irrigation Museum Miniature Railway Coffin Bay BHP Co Carriage of flux 4ft8.5in c Railway from Coffin Bay to Port Lincoln (Proper Bay) Conmurra S E Drainage Board Drain construction 4ft8.5in, 5ft3in Coromandel - Blackwood SAR Removal of tunnel Cowell (Franklin Harbor) Cowell (Franklin Harbor) MB SAHB Old Jetty railway MB SAHB New jetty railway Cox's Creek - Bridgewater SAR Elimination of bridge Page 8

12 Crystal Brook Cummins Crystal Brook Clay Quarry Smith & Timms Quarry Railway construction Horse Twy Strathalbyn to Goolwa & Victor Currency Creek SAR Harbor 5ft3in Currency Creek SAR Horse Twy to Middleton 5ft3in abandoned on conversion to steam Cutana Koolka and Mingary United Limestone Flux Co Ltd Twy Junction on Pt Pirie Broken Hill line named Koolka when operating Darlington Citra Aust Tunnel construction to Tapley's Hill Darwin Vestey's Meat Works Contruction Yarrawonga Darwin (25km south) Park & Zoo Miniature Railway Denial Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy S E Drainage Drain K Board Drain construction 4ft8.5in S E Drainage Drain L Board Drain construction 4ft8.5in Page 9

13 SA Govt Chemistry Dry Creek Dept Line to Broad Creek c Dry Creek ICI Line to Saint Kilda for salt Yatala Labour Dry Creek Prison Stone Quarries 5ft3in Dry Creek Sabulite Co Twy in explosives factory SA Govt East Painter Mines Dept Mine twy uranium 1944 Ediacara (west of Beltana) Ediacara Mine Mine twy c1924 Edithburgh MB SAHB Jetty Twy Edithburgh Castle Salt Co Salt harvesting & refining, connection to Jetty Twy Edithburgh Edithburgh Salt Co Salt harvesting Edithburgh Standard Salt Co Salt harvesting Edithburgh Australian Salt Co Ltd Salt harvesting & refining, connection to Jetty Twy Edithburgh Commonwealt h Salt Refining Co Salt refining connection to Jetty Twy Page 10

14 Elliston (Waterloo Bay) MB SAHB Jetty Twy Emu Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy 1918 Ewe Island E &WS Dept Barrage construction Finniss Fort Glanville Sorrell and Son Port Dock Station Rly Museum Reclamation c Miniature Railway 1ft6in line south from Semaphore jetty Fowler's Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy Franklin Harbor (Cowell) Franklin Harbor (Cowell) Fulham MB SAHB Jetty Twy Old MB SAHB Jetty Twy New E &WS Dept Flood mitigation c1937 Gawler SAR Horse Tramway 5ft3in Town H/Twy Gawler Gawler Sand Mining Sand mining c1911 Gepps Cross Wadey &Co Metro abbatoirs construction Glanville Largs Bay Land & Investment Co Ltd Line to Largs Bay 5ft3in c1883 connected to SAR at Glanville Page 11

15 Glen Osmond City Bricks Ltd Brickworks G V Allen Glen Osmond Mine Reserve Restored adit of silver mine Glen Osmond Woodley Wines P/L Old silver mine used as wine cellar Glenelg MB SAHB Jetty Twy 2ft6in Glenelg MB SAHB Jetty Twy 5ft3in connected to Adelaide Glenelg railway Glenelg Stone & Siddeley Ltd Breakwater construction 2ft6in Glenelg Glenelg Brighton and South Coast Twy Twy along coast 5ft3in line from Glenelg to Kingston Park Glenelg SA Govt Military Defence tramway 5ft3in 1884 from Saint Leonards via Tapleys Hill Rd across Patawalonga Creek then Military Road for about 1.5 miles (ARHS BULL 178) Goolwa E &WS Dept Barrage construction, includes main barrage at Goolwa, and Tauwitchere, Mundoo & Ewe Island Goolwa E &WS Dept Permanent track on main barrage Page 12

16 Goolwa MB SAHB Wharf Twy 5ft3in Goolwa SAR Horse Twy to Port Elliot 5ft3in converted to steam MB SAHB, Granite Island SAR Jetty Twys 5ft3in Connected to SAR system Granite Island Victor Harbor Corporation Causeway Twy 5ft3in Connected to SAR system;[ this is the restored line] Grove Hill (Yamm Creek) NT Mining and Smelting Co Ltd with some dual gauge Smelter line connected to NT rly from Iron Blow Gumeracha Milbrook Reservoir construction? c1915 Gumeracha Soapstone quarry incline Gumeracha SA Govt Local Govt Dept Gorge Road construction Gurra (east of Berri) Harry B Martin Agricultural line Hackham West Lakeside Leisure Park Miniature Railway 7.25in Page 13

17 Halfway House (Warburto) Kadina & Wallaroo Railway & Pier Co Ltd Line from Wallaroo to Moonta 5ft3in Halfway House (Warburto) ft3in, 1891, SAR Line from Wallaroo to Moonta [gauge narrowed in 1891] Hallett Cove Local Govt Dept Quarry line to broad gauge station Hallett Cove Teesdale Smith Rly construction Hamley Flat SAR Horse Twy 5ft3in Engineer in Happy Valley Chief's Dept Reservoir construction c1892 Happy Valley Citra Aust Enlargement of tunnel Happy Valley Vale Royal Winery Winery track Harvey's Return MB SAHB Jetty Twy Haslam Carawa MB SAHB Jetty Twy Henley Beach Miniature Railway c1936 Henley Beach South E &WS Dept Flood mitigation c1937 Page 14

18 Highbury E &WS Dept Torrens Gorge Weir construction Hindmarsh Brickworks clay pit Hog Bay (Penneshaw) MB SAHB Jetty Twy E &WS Dept, Holder local settlers Flood control 1917 Hoyleton SAR Port Wakefield Hoyle's Plain Twy Leased in 1870 to Mr Badcock (Jan- May) and Mr Ferguson (to Nov). Converted to steam traction Inglewood Brickworks Iron Baron BHP Co Line to Whyalla Iron Knob line Iron Baron BHP Co Quarry lines? Iron Blow NT Mining and Smelting Co Ltd Mine line, part +, NT Mining and part Smelting Co + Iron Blow Ltd Line to Mount Ellison mine Siding connected to N T Rly at Grove Hill Iron Duke BHP Co Line to Whyalla Iron Knob line Iron Knob BHP Co Line to Whyalla lines in and connecting to quarry Page 15

19 Iron Monarch BHP Co Line to Whyalla lines in and connecting to quarry Iron Prince BHP Co Lines in quarry c1940 Islington SA Govt Hydraulic Engineers dept Construction of sewage farm c1880 Islington SA Govt Hydraulic Engineers dept Sewage farm Twy 2ft5.5in c1883 flangeless wheels angle iron rails Jervois Irrigation Commission Reclamation 1929 Jervois E &WS Dept Flood Bank construction 1956 Kadina Kadina & Wallaroo Railway & Pier Co Ltd Twy Wallaroo to Moonta 5ft3in Kadina SAR Twy Wallaroo to Moonta 5ft3in Kadina Kadina & Wallaroo Railway & Pier Co Ltd Twy Kadina to Wallaroo 5ft3in Page 16

20 Kadina 1878 SAR Twy Kadina to Wallaroo 5ft3in 1880 narrowed to from 1880 Kadina Yorke Peninsula Rly Preservation Society Tourist rly from Wallaroo to Bute 5ft3in Kapunda Kapunda Mines Karoonda H Teesdale Smith Railway construction to Waikerie 5ft3in 1915 Privately owned locos Karoonda Joseph Timms Railway construction to Peebinga 5ft3in 1914 Privately owned locos Keswick F A McCarty Excavating underpass Kevin (previously Kowalka, previously Alabasta) Waratah Gypsum P/L Gypsum field Kingscote MB SAHB Jetty Twy original jetty known as Queenscliffe Jetty Kingscote MB SAHB Jetty Twy Kingston SE MB SAHB Jetty Twy Connected to SAR system Kingston SE Dalgety & Co Wool store to Jetty and SAR Privately owned locos Page 17

21 Glenelg Brighton and South Coast Kingston Park (Marino) Twy Line from Glenelg 5ft3in along coast Kirton Point MB SAHB Jetty Twy 1907 Klein's Point (Stansbury) Adelaide Cement Co Quarry 2ft Klein's Point (Stansbury) Klein's Point (Stansbury) MB SAHB Jetty Twy old jetty MB SAHB Jetty Twy new jetty Koolka Koolka and Mingary United Limestone Flux Co Ltd Twy Junction for Cutana on Pt Pirie Broken Hill line named Koolka when operating Koppio Koppio Graphite Mine Graphite mine Before 1917, then Kowalka (previously Alabasta, now Kevin) Waratah Gypsum P/L Gypsum field Kowalka (previously Alabasta, now Kevin) Commonwealt h Plaster Co Gypsum field line never completed Lake Bumbunga (Lochiel) Australian Salt Co Ltd Salt harvesting Page 18

22 Lake Bumbunga (Lochiel) Castle Salt Co Salt harvesting, monorail Lake Fowler YP Standard Gypsum Gypsum field Lake Fowler YP Castle Salt Co Salt harvesting Lake Fowler YP R Kinnane Salt harvesting Lake Fowler YP Jim Ramsay Salt harvesting Lake Gerumgerum (The Coorong, Salt Creek) Salt Creek Salt Works Salt harvesting about I km south of Salt Creek Lake Harris (12 miles south of Kingoonya) SA Dept of Mines Gold battery 1ft9in Dept Mines took over the Glenloth Battery Lake Harris (12 miles south of Kingoonya) Glenloth Battery & Cyanide Works Gold battery Commonwealt h Salt Refining Lake Hart Co Salt harvesting 2ft6in Before 1930 Aust Salt Co Lake Hart Ltd Salt harvesting 2ft6in Lake Hawden North (SE) S E Drainage Board Drain construction 4ft8.5in, 5ft3in Page 19

23 Lake MacDonnell Seesalt Ltd Salt harvesting Lake MacDonnell Gypsum field Lake Marion A H Hassell Gypsum field Before 1928 Victor Electric Lake Marion Plaster Co Gypsum field Permasite Co Lake Marion P/L Gypsum field 1913 Waratah Lake Marion Gypsum P/L Gypsum field, Salt harvesting Lake Snow YP [Snow Lake] Waratah Gypsum P/L Gypsum field Lal Lal (near Ballarat Vic) Lal Lal Iron Co Ltd Iron ore mine & smelter Langhorne Creek (Mulgundawa) Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd Salt harvesting Langhorne Creek (Mulgundawa) Jack Balfour Salt harvesting c1959 Langhorne Creek (Mulgundawa) Langhorne Creek Salt Works Salt harvesting Page 20

24 Langhorne Creek (Mulgundawa) Largs Bay Salt Ltd Salt harvesting Largs Bay Land & Investment Co Ltd Line toglanville 5ft3in c1883 connected to SAR at Glanville Largs Bay MB SAHB Jetty Rly 5ft3in Larrimah Larrimah Progress Association Tourist Railway 1994 Operating Larrimah to Birdum section of NAR Laura Laura Flax Mill Twy Leigh Creek Coal Mining Leigh Creek Co Siding connected to SAR c1890 Lipson Cove MB SAHB Jetty Twy Littlehampton Coppins Brickworks Brickworks Littlehampton Littlehampton Brick Co Ltd Brickworks Littlehampton J A Childs and sons Brickworks Page 21

25 Littlehampton Platform 1 Heritage Farm Rly Miniature Railway Lobethal Onkaparinga Bricks and Sand Brickworks Lochiel H Teesdale Smith Consruction of Long Plains to Lochiel railway Lochiel (Lake Bumbunga) Australian Salt Co Ltd Salt harvesting Lochiel (Lake Bumbunga) Castle Salt Co Ltd Salt harvesting, monorail Lock 2 E &WS Dept Lock Construction Lock 3 E &WS Dept Lock Construction Lock 4 E &WS Dept Lock Construction Lock 6 E &WS Dept Lock Construction Lockleys E &WS Dept Flood mitigation c1937 H Teesdale Consruction of Long Plains to Lochiel Long Plains Smith railway Louth Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy Page 22

26 Loveday Irrigation & Reclamation Works dept Line to Cobdogla Loveday Irrigation & Reclamation Works dept Construction of storage dam 1920 Loveday Australian Army Internment camp piggery Loveday Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy 2ft6in S E Drainage Lower Southeast Board Drain excavation 4ft8.5in Loxton Pioneer Museum Railway exhibits Loxton North E &WS Dept Pumping station construction 1948 Gilburn Brick Magill Co Ltd Brickworks c Magill Metropolitan Brick Co Brickworks C Mannum Mannum Granite Quarry to wharf 4ft0in Maralinga? Track salvaged from salt lake Maranboy (NT) Maranboy Tin Mines Mine Page 23

27 Glenelg Brighton and South Coast Marino Twy Line from Glenelg to Kingston Park 5ft3in along coast Brighton Marino Cement Co Factory to Marino siding c cable hauled Brighton Marino Cement Co Quarry railway c Wade's Marion Brickworks Pug hole c1970 Marion Metropolitan Brickworks Pug hole Marion Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy Marion Bay A H Hassell Gypsum field, Salt harvesting Before 1928 Victor Electric Marion Bay Plaster Co Gypsum field, Salt harvesting McLaren Vale Kays Winery Winery track, grape harvesting Meningie MB SAHB Jetty Twy Horse Twy Strathalbyn to Goolwa & Victor Middleton SAR Harbor 5ft3in Middleton SAR Horse Twy to Currency Creek 5ft3in abandoned on conversion to steam Page 24

28 Milang MB SAHB Jetty Twy Milang Port Milang Railway Museum Museum 5ft3in Milang Historical Society Minlacowie MB SAHB Jetty Twy Minnipa Mintaro H Teesdale Smith Mintaro Slate Quarry Railway construction c locos privately owned Quarry Mitcham Excell Quarry Co Quarry 3ft3in, Mitcham Anderson Bros Quarry Monarto H Teesdale Smith Railway to Sedan construction 5ft3in locos privately owned Mongolata Takati Gold Mine Gold Mine C1930 early 1950 Mongolata Byles Mine (Kevin Wallis) Gold Mine Moonta SAR Horse Twy in town 5ft3in Page 25

29 Moonta Kadina & Wallaroo Railway & Pier Co Ltd Line to Kadina 5ft3in Moonta SAR Line to Kadina 5ft3in Kadina & Wallaroo Railway & Pier Moonta Co Ltd Line to Wallaroo 5ft3in ft3in, 1891, Moonta SAR Line to Wallaroo narrowed to from 1891 Wallaroo & Moonta Mining & Smelting Co Moonta Ltd Smelter lines National Trust Moonta of SA Wheal Moonta Mining Museum Moonta Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy Moonta Bay SAR Horse Twy 5ft3in Morgan MB SAHB Wharf Twy 5ft3in Morphett Vale Emu Winery Winery track Before 1988 Page 26

30 Essery &, Mount Bold Cartledge Reservoir construction possibly Linwood Quarries subcontractor Mount Dutton Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy NT Mining and Smelting Co, Mount Ellison (NT) Ltd Line to Grove Hill & Mount Blow Part mixed gauge Mount Fitton Mt Fitton talc mine Talc mine Mount Hope George Baxter Construction of line to Yeelanna 1914 Privately owned loco Highways & Local Govt Mount Jagged Dept Quarry incline & Twy Mount Painter Mines Dept Exploratory uranium mine 1ft4in Goldfields Development Mount Pleasant Co Gold Mine c1896 Hd Talunga sec 116, Heinrich's Reef, Scott's Reef, Talunga Mulgundawa Salt Ltd Salt harvesting Australian Paper Manufacturers Mulgundawa Ltd Salt harvesting Mulgundawa Jack Balfour Salt harvesting c1959 Page 27

31 Langhorne Creek Salt Mulgundawa Works Salt harvesting Mundoo E &WS Dept Barrage construction Mundoora SAR Twy to Port Broughton Murat Bay (Ceduna) MB SAHB Jetty Twy Irrigation & Reclamation Murray Bridge Works dept Reclamation opposite side of river Murray Bridge MB SAHB Wharf Twy 5ft3in with electric cranes Murray Bridge MB SAHB Wharf sidings 5ft3in Connected to SAR system Commonwealt h Salt Refining Muston Co Line to Salt Lake 2ft6in Australian Salt Muston Co Ltd Line to Salt Lake 2ft6in Irrigation & Reclamation Mypolonga Works dept Reclamation c1911 Myponga Beach MB SAHB Jetty Twy 4ft0in Page 28

32 Nackara Creek Oodlawirra Ironstone Flux Co Open cut, 2ft line in quarry, line to Oodlawirra Nairne (5 miles NE) J S Watts & Sons (Traditional Brick Co P/L) Brickworks Nairne Creek (Petwood, Scotts Creek) SAR Elimination of bridge known as Scotts Creek Bridge, some maps show creek as Nairne Creek Narrung (Point McLeay) MB SAHB Jetty Twy Neptune Island MB SAHB Jetty Twy Nillinghoo (north of Teetulpa) Kirkeek's Treasure Mine Mine c miles north of Yunta Australian Noonamah (NT) Military Forces Forestry 1944 Forestry Company 2 nd AIF Normanville MB SAHB Jetty Twy 4ft0in Normanville MB SAHB Jetty Twy Australian North Arm Creek Govt Torpedo station jetty twy North Arm Creek (Broad Creek wharf) SA Govt Chemistry Dept Explosives twy from Dry Creek Page 29

33 SA Govt North Glenelg Military Defence tramway 5ft3in 1884 from Saint Leonards via Tapleys Hill Rd across Patawalonga Creek then Military Road for about 1.5 miles (ARHS BULL 178) Yatala Labour Northfield Prison Quarry 5ft3in ? North Shields MB SAHB Jetty Twy Brunswick Nowingie (Vic) Plaster Co Mine 5ft3in Connected to VR mainline Commonwealt Nullabor Plain h Railways Construction of TAR light railways used on earth works Olary Raven Hill Feldspar Mine Feldspar mine Dome Rock Olary Mine Mine 1ft4in Investigatory work for dams upstream - Onkaparinga River E &WS Dept Clarendon c1967 Oodlawirra Oodlawirra Ironstone Flux Co Quarry, 2ft line in quarry, line to Oodlawirra Ooldea Firewood line Length approx 5 miles Oraparinna J Tobin Barite mine Page 30

34 Oraparinna SA Barites Ltd Barite mine ICI Alkali Aust Osborne P/L Factory sidings connected to SAR 5ft3in Privately owned locos Osborne SAGasco Gas works sidings connected to SAR 5ft3in Privately owned locos Penrice Soda Osborne Products P/L Factory sidings connected to AN 5ft3in loco hired from AN Outer Harbor MB SAHB Wharf sidings connected to SAR 5ft3in MB SAHB owned locos Smith & Outer Harbor Timms Harbor construction 5ft3in c1906 Outer Harbor Seaweed line to iodine factory Para Hills Geoff Horne Miniature Railway 11in in garden, steam loco Para Wirra (National Park) Menzies Barossa Gold Mining Co Gold Mine Paringa (Lock 5) E &WS Dept Lock Construction SA Govt Patawalonga Creek Military Defence tramway 5ft3in 1884 from Saint Leonards via Tapleys Hill Rd across Patawalonga Creek then Military Road for about 1.5 miles (ARHS BULL 178) Page 31

35 Peebinga Joseph Timms Construction of line to Karoonda 5ft3in 2 Privately owned locos Peesey Swamp Pacific Salt Co Salt harvesting Peesey Swamp Jenzens Salt harvesting A E Hall & Co Peesey Swamp Ltd Salt harvesting? 1957 Penneshaw (Hog Bay) MB SAHB Jetty Twy Penneshaw less than Penneshaw (Hog Bay) Brickworks Jetty Twy c1910 Gardner & Pennington Hunter Line to Port Adelaide c1890 for sand removal ICI Alkali Aust Penrice P/L Quarry Pernatty Pernatty Lagoon Lagoon Co Copper Mine near Mt Gunson & Birthday siding on TAR Peterborough SA Mines Dept Gold battery 1ft8in, Petwood SAR Elimination of bridge known as Scotts Creek Bridge, some maps show creek as Nairne Creek Philcox Hill 1892 Philcox Hill Quarry Quarry 1909 length about 1 mile Page 32

36 Pike Creek Mining Pike Creek (NT) Museum Museum contains some light rail items Cosmopolitan Gold Mining Pike Creek (NT) Co Gold Mine C1892 c1904 Loxton Pike River (Creek) Farming Co Agricultural produce line monorail line from Taldra to creek landing Pinera Belair SAR Removal of tunnel 1928 Pittenweem Doora Mine Copper Mine in Copper triangle M K W Point McLeay (Narrung) MB SAHB Jetty Twy Point Turton MB SAHB Jetty Twy Point Turton BHP Co Limestone quarry Port Adelaide MB SAHB Wharf sidings 5ft3in Port Adelaide E &WS Dept Sewage treatment plant Twy connected to wharf probably Connected to SAR system Owned locomotives & selfpropelled cranes Gardner & Port Adelaide Hunter Line from Pennington c1890 for sand removal Page 33

37 Port Adelaide Port Dock Railway Station Museum Museum 1ft6in, Port Augusta ETSA Private sidings 4ft8.5in Privately owned loco Crystal Salt Port Augusta Co Salt harvesting Port Augusta Ocean Salt Co Salt harvesting Port Augusta MB SAHB Wharf sidings, 4ft8.5in Port Augusta West MB SAHB Jetty Twy Port Broughton SAR Line to Mundoora Port Broughton MB SAHB Jetty Twy Port Broughton Seaweed harvesting Port Clinton MB SAHB Jetty Twy Port Elliot SAR Horse Tramway 5ft3in Line to Goolwa, later to Victor Harbor and Strathalbyn Port Elliot Arcadian Brick Co Ltd Clay quarry twy 1.5 miles NW of Pt Elliot Sec89 HD Goolwa, Powered haulage Page 34

38 Port Germein MB SAHB Jetty Twy To 1952 Port Gibbon MB SAHB Jetty Twy Port Hughes MB SAHB Jetty Twy Port Julia MB SAHB Jetty Twy Port Kenny MB SAHB Jetty Twy Port Le Hunte MB SAHB Jetty Twy Port Lincoln (Town) MB SAHB Jetty Twy Port Lincoln (Shipping Pier) MB SAHB Jetty Twy Port Lincoln (Kirton Point) MB SAHB Jetty Twy Connected to SAR system Port Lincoln (Proper Bay) BHP Co Line from Coffin Bay 4ft8.5in Carriage of flux Port MacDonnell MB SAHB Jetty Twy 5ft3in Port MacDonnell MB SAHB Jetty Twy Port Moorowie MB SAHB Jetty Twy Port Moresby (NG) Flax production Port Neill MB SAHB Jetty Twy Port Noarlunga MB SAHB Jetty Twy Port Parham Jack Balfour Salt harvesting c1963 Page 35

39 Port Pirie MB SAHB Wharf sidings Port Pirie BHAS Smelters tracks & private sidings, 5ft3in tracks, sidings Boomerang Miniature Port Pirie Railway Miniature Railway 10.25in c1946 operating in front of Federal Hotel Port Price ( Price (Will Creek)) Port Price (Price (Will Creek)) MB SAHB Wharf Twy Gulf Salt Co Port Price (Price (Will Creek)) Ocean Salt Co, Port Rickaby (Rickaby) MB SAHB Jetty Twy Port Sinclair (Port Le Hunte) MB SAHB Jetty Twy Royal Netherlands Harbour Works, Wilkins & Port Stanvac Davies Jetty construction 1962 Page 36

40 Petroleum Refineries Port Stanvac (Aust) P/L Private siding 5ft3in Connected to SAR system Transfield Port Stanvac Engineering Pipe Laying Port Turton MB SAHB Jetty Twy Port Turton BHP Co Port Victoria MB SAHB Jetty Twy Port Vincent MB SAHB Jetty Twy Aust Salt Co 1938 Port Vincent Ltd Salt harvesting 1940 subcontractor Mr Benbow Port Vincent M Benbow Salt harvesting Port Wakefield SAR Line to Hoyle's Plain Port Wakefield MB SAHB Wharf Twy Port Willunga MB SAHB Jetty Twy Price (Port Price) Ocean Salt Co Salt harvesting Price (Port Price) MB SAHB Wharf Twy Leased in 1870 to Mr Badcock (Jan- May) and Mr Ferguson (to Nov). Converted to steam traction Page 37

41 Price (Port Price) Gulf Salt Co Salt harvesting Proper Bay (Port Lincoln) BHP Co Line from Coffin Bay 4ft8.5in Carriage of flux Queenscliffe MB SAHB Jetty Twy At the North end of Nepean Bay, two towns were surveyed close together. The north town was named Kingscote & the south one Queenscliffe. The south town developed but the north one did not. From the early 1900s Queenscliffe came to be known as Kingscote, but was not officially renamed Kingscote until the early 1940s. Because of the above, photos taken of the Queenscliffe Jetty are actually of the original Kingscote jetty. Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Quorn Society Inc Preserved Railway Radium Hill Underground lines To 1961 Ral Ral Creek (Renmark (Chaffey)) Quarry line along the west bank of the creek Rapid Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy Page 38

42 Rapid Bay BHP Co Quarry railway State Rivers & Water Supply Redcliffs (Vic) Commission Line siding to pumping station Renmark (Chaffey) Quarry line along the west bank of the creek Renmark (Chaffey) Fruit block line c1920 Renown Park SA Co-op Brick Co Ltd Brickmaking pughole Renown Park P G H Ltd Brickmaking pug hole SA Portland Reynella Cement Co Quarry c Reynella Joseph Timms Railway construction Rickaby (Port Rickaby) MB SAHB Jetty Twy 1915 Riverton George Baxter Railway construction to Clare 5ft3in 1922 Privately owned loco Robe MB SAHB Jetty Twy 5ft3in Old Robe MB SAHB Jetty Twy 2ft6in New Robe S E Drainage Board Drain construction 4ft8.5in, 5ft3in Page 39

43 Robe Slipway 6ft0in ships from sea to lake Robe Slipway 6ft0in ships from sea to shore State Rivers & Water Supply Robinvale (Vic) Commission Pumping station line To 1975 Western Mining Roxby Downs Corporation Underground lines 3ft0in ICI Alkali Aust Saint Kilda P/L Salt harvesting line from Dry Creek Saint Kilda AETA Electric Tram Museum 4ft8.5in c SA Govt Saint Leonards Military Defence tramway 5ft3in 1884 from Saint Leonards via Tapleys Hill Rd across Patawalonga Creek then Military Road for about 1.5 miles (ARHS BULL 178) Saints SAR Line from Port Wakefield to Hoyle's Plain Salt Creek Salt Creek (The Coorong) Salt Works Salt harvesting Leased in 1870 to Mr Badcock (Jan- May) and Mr Ferguson (to Nov) converted to steam traction Lake Gerumgerum about I km south of Salt Creek Page 40

44 Commonwealt h Salt Refining Salt Lake Co Line to Muston 2ft6in Australian Salt Salt Lake Co Ltd Line to Muston 2ft6in Australian Salt Salt Lake Co Ltd Salt harvesting N G Copper Sapphire Creek (NG) Co Line to Bootless bay Sceale Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy Scotts Creek (Petwood, Scotts Creek) SAR Elimination of bridge known as Scotts Creek Bridge, some maps show creek as Nairne Creek Glenelg Brighton and South Coast Seacliff Twy Twy along coast 5ft3in line from Glenelg to Kingston Park Seacliff Brighton & Seacliff Yacht Club The railway that wasn't Rails used as bracing underneath timber ramp to yacht club Second Valley MB SAHB Wharf Twy Second Valley MB SAHB Jetty Twy (lifted 1970s?) Page 41

45 private Second Valley boatsheds Boat ramps various Semaphore MB SAHB Jetty Twy 2ft6in Semaphore MB SAHB Jetty Twy 1 st 2 nd Semaphore (north of jetty) PDRSM Miniature Railway 1ft6in Semaphore (south of jetty to Fort Glanville) PDRSM Miniature Railway 1ft6in steam loco Semaphore Miniature Railway 5ft3in I/C loco Circular track Silverton Silverton (NSW) Tramway Co Mainline Broken Hill to Burns Silverton (NSW) Miniature Railway Sleeps Hill Adelaide Quarries Stone quarry, 5ft3in 2ft line in quarry, 5ft3in private sidings connected to SAR Sleeps Hill Baxter Tunnel construction c1917 on SAR mainline, Australian 5ft3in Smithfield Dept of Supply Munitions stores lines, SAR sidings (SAR) Battery electric locos 2ft Smoky Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy Page 42

46 Snowden's Beach Wallaroo -Mt Lyell Fertilisers Ltd Line from Birkenhead to Snowdens Beach with branches to wharf and Cresco fertilisers Ltd. Inside works dual gauge with 5ft3in sidings Glenelg Brighton and South Coast Somerton Twy Twy along coast 5ft3in line from Glenelg to Kingston Park S E Drainage South East District Board Drain construction (Drains K & L) 4ft8.5in Southend MB SAHB Jetty Twy Stansbury (Klein Point) MB SAHB Jetty Twy Old Stansbury (Klein Point) MB SAHB Jetty Twy New Stansbury (Klein Point) Adelaide Cement Co Quarry Permasite Co Stenhouse Bay P/L Gypsum field Waratah Gypsum Pty Stenhouse Bay Ltd Gypsum field Australian Gypsum Products Pty Stenhouse Bay Ltd Salt harvesting Page 43

47 Stephens Creek (NSW) NSWGR Line from Broken Hill to Tarrawingee operated by Silverton Tramway Co Stirling North A F Zanker & Son Brickmaking Sec 870 Hd Davenport 4 miles east of Port Augusta Stonyfell Stonyfell Quarry Ltd Quarry Stonyfell Dunstan Ltd Quarry Strathalbyn SAR Horse Twy 5ft3in Twy Strathalbyn Victor Harbor - on conversion to steam, street section in Strathalbyn abandoned Streaky Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy Smith & Tailem Bend Timms Railway construction to Browns Well 5ft3in Privately owned locos Old Tailem Tailem Bend Town Museum 5ft3in Some railway exhibits Loxton Taldra Farming Co Agricultural line to Pike Creek landing monorail Taldra Loxton Farming Co Agricultural line from farm to Taldra SAR siding Taldra W H Bruce & Co Agricultural line from farm to Taldra SAR siding Page 44

48 Kiddy Park Tanunda (Fun fair) Miniature Railway 1ft6in? Electric loco Tapleys Hill Citra Aust Tunnel construction to Darlington Tarcoola Mines Dept Gold battery 1ft8in, Tarcoola Tarcoola Blocks Co Gold Mine (underground) c1900 Tarcoola Tarcoola Blocks Co Gold battery 1ft4in Tarrawingee (NSW) NSWGR Line from Broken Hill Tarrawingee (NSW) Open cut mines operated by Silverton Tramway Co lines in and connecting the 2 open cuts Tauwitchere E &WS Dept Barrage construction Teetulpa (north of Nillinghoo) Kirkeek's Treasure Mine Gold Mine c1900 Tennant Creek (NT) Flash Smelter Smelter line Tennant Creek (NT) Warrego Mine Mine Tennant Creek (NT) Gecko Mine Mine Thevenard MB SAHB Jetty Twy Connected to SAR system Page 45

49 Thevenard MB SAHB Jetty Twy?2ft6in Tod River Timms & Kidman Reservoir construction, Torrens Island (North Arm) Australian Govt Torpedo station Jetty Twy Australian Govt Quarantine Torrens Island station Jetty Twy Torrens Island ETSA Bridge construction? 1963 I/C loco SA Govt Highways & Local Govt Torrens River Gorge Dept Gorge Road construction c1925 previously Local Govt Dept Boomerang Miniature Torrensville Railway Miniature Railway 10.25in c1935 Tumby Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy To 1908 Tumby Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy operating in park near Thebarton Oval 1 st 2 nd Ucolta SAR Cleaning railway dam May be private contractor Uley Graphite 1866 Uley Mine Graphite mine miles SW of Pt Lincoln Umberumberka (NSW) Dam construction c1911 Page 46

50 NSW Water Umberumberka (NSW) Authority Pumping station line Venus Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy Victor Harbor MB SAHB Causeway Twy to Granite Island 5ft3in Connected to SAR system Victor Harbor VIctor Harbor Miniature Railway Miniature loco operating in park beside preserved Rx VIctor Harbor SAR Horse Tramway to Strathalbyn 5ft3in converted to steam 1876 VIctor Harbor John Fekete Miniature Railway 1ft0in Victor Harbor VIctor Harbor Corporation Horse Tramway to Granite island 5ft3in replacement for trackless train which replaced earlier horse tram Vivonne Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy Wadnaminga Virginia Mine Mine Irrigation & Waikerie Drainage Dept Flood control 1914 Irrigation & Waikerie Drainage Dept Flood control 1917 Waikerie Joseph Timms Railway construction from Karoonda 5ft3in 2 Privately owned locos Wallaroo MB SAHB Jetty Rly Connected to SAR system Page 47

51 Wallaroo MB SAHB Jetty Rly 5ft3in Connected to SAR system Wallaroo Mt Lyell Wallaroo Fertilisers Ltd Private sidings Connected to SAR system Privately owned loco Kadina & Wallaroo Railway & Pier Wallaroo Co Ltd Twy Wallaroo to Moonta 5ft3in Wallaroo SAR Twy Wallaroo to Moonta 5ft3in Wallaroo SAR Twy Wallaroo to Moonta Kadina & Wallaroo Railway & Pier Wallaroo Co Ltd Twy Kadina to Wallaroo 5ft3in Wallaroo SAR Twy Kadina to Wallaroo 5ft3in Wallaroo SAR Twy Kadina to Wallaroo Wallaroo & Moonta Mining & Smelting Co Wallaroo Ltd Smelter lines Page 48

52 Yorke Peninsula Railway Preservation Wallaroo Society Tourist Railway 5ft3in operating on SAR/AN track to Kadina, Bute. Privately owned loco Wardang Island BHP Co Quarry Warooka Pacific Salt Co Salt harvesting Warooka A E Jensen Salt harvesting To 1969 A E Jensen sold his leases to Pacific Salt Co Warooka Pacific Salt Co Salt harvesting Waterloo Bay (Elliston) MB SAHB Jetty Twy Waukaringa (north of Yunta) Mine Boomerang Miniature Wayville Railway Miniature Railway 10.25in 1936 SA Centennial Exhibition Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Wayville Society Show Miniature Railway c1940 Page 49

53 Bob Lawrence (Fun Castle Wayville Pty Ltd) Miniature Railway 10.25in? Weaver's Lake Castle Salt Co Salt harvesting Wedge Island MB SAHB Jetty Twy Wellington East W H Bowman 1919 Loco purchased use unknown West Beach (Henley Beach South) E &WS Dept Flood mitigation c1937 Barry's West Hindmarsh Brickyards Ltd Clay pit Sec 373 Hd Yatala Torrens Av Federal West Thebarton Brickworks Brickmaking to c1910 Hallett Brick West Thebarton Industries Ltd Brickmaking c Whyalla BHP Co Smelter lines, 4ft8.5in connected to CR/ANR/AN 4ft8.5in Line to mines (Iron Knob, Iron Baron, Iron Whyalla BHP Co Monarch, Iron Duke, Iron Prince) Whyalla MB SAHB Jetty Twy Whyalla BHP Co Stone quarry Page 50

54 Morrison Knudsen of Whyalla Australia Private sidings 4ft8.5in connected to AN system Will Creek (PortPrice) MB SAHB Wharf Twy Will Creek (PortPrice) Gulf Salt Co Salt harvesting Will Creek (PortPrice) Ocean Salt Co Salt harvesting,, Williamstown BHAS Clay Deposit miles SE of Williamstown Australian Industrial Williamstown Minerals (NL) Clay Deposit miles SE of Williamstown Willunga Bangor Slate Quarry Quarry Martins Slate Willunga Quarry Quarry 1908 A H Kilsby & Wiltyerong (River Murray) Son Reclamation 1947 Wirrealpa Wirrealpa Silver Lead Mine Mine Woakwine S E Drainage Board Drain construction 4ft8.5in, 5ft3in Page 51

55 Irrigation Woods Point Commission Reclamation 1929 Woodside Bird-in-Hand Mine Gold Mine Woodside Two-in-thebush Mine Gold Mine Wool Bay MB SAHB Jetty Twy Commonwealt h Dept of Woomera Supply Private sidings 4ft8.5in Privately owned loco Wycliff Well (NT) Caravan Park Miniature Railway Yanko Yanko Glen Yancowinna (NSW) NSWGR Tarrawingee Line from Broken Hill operated by Silverton Tramway Co Wirrina Yankalilla Holiday Resort Miniature Railway 7.25in c1987 sold to Hackham Yatala Prisons Dept Quarry 5ft3in Yeelanna George Baxter Railway construction to Mt Hope 1914 Smith & Yeelanna Timms Railway construction 2 Privately owned locos Page 52

56 Kadina & Wallaroo Railway & Pier Yelta Co Ltd Line from Wallaroo to Moonta 5ft3in Yelta SAR Line from Wallaroo to Moonta 5ft3in Yelta SAR Line from Wallaroo to Moonta Parramatta Copper Mines Yelta Ltd Copper Mine 1903 Yunta Ajax Mine Mine Kirkeek's Yunta Treasure Mine Gold Mine c miles north of Yunta (Nillinghoo) Page 53