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Johnny's Pages
Old S.A.R.
Shunter's Memories
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Last
edited: 25 April 2011
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MOONTA
MINES TOURIST RAILWAY
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12th June 2010
Trip to the Northern Yorke Peninsula's Copper Coast.
Leaving home at 8am travelling along the Pt Wakefield Rd and 95 kms later we arrived at Pt Wakefield to check what remains of the Port Wakefield Station
of the former site, then leaving to Kulpara, turning left to Melton about 10 kms south.
At Melton I could easily see the former rail crossing over the Kulpara Maitland Rd , it took a bit more searching to
locate the former station and platform which
I managed to find.
(Barry Simmons) |
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Port Wakefield crane in an easterly direction.
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Port Wakefield platform looking west direction.
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Port Wakefield platform looking west direction.
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Port Wakefield platform in west direction.
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Melton Station platform.
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Melton station Platform signal mast.
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Melton crossing Kulpara - Maitland Road
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Melton crossing on Kulpara - Maitland Road.
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PASKEVILLE
You might
ask were's Paskeville Station after Melton.
Answer, there's nothing, no platform, no Ballast, no Rail and
all level ground too.
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There is a crane nicely painted and seems not to be
in it's original location right near the main street.
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Where Paskeville station
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| From Melton we returned to Kulpara to join the Copper Coast Highway to Kadina to check the Present Day Scene of former Railway Station & Yard at Kadina Station , after that we continued to Wallaroo and took
photo's there of the Railway Station also there is some remaining rolling stock of the
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KADINA
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Kadina front of station.
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Kadina looking towards Paskeville-Bute.
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Kadina looking towards Paskeville-Bute.
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Kadina looking towards Wallaroo.
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We continued
on to Wallaroo Railway Station also there
is some remaining rolling stock of the YPR Tourist Train.
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WALLAROO
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Wallaroo crane, shed, YPR rolling stock.
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Wallaroo Railway Station.
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Wallaroo
Goods Shed and YPR Redhen.
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Wallaroo
Railway Station.
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Wallaroo Station
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Wallaroo YPR Rollingstock still left.
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Wallaroo Silo Yard looking South before gravel
Car Park covers the tracks. 21-11-2010.
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Some of the remaining track in the Wallaroo Silo
area looking North. 21-11-2010.
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Wallaroo yards back to 1987.
(Wayne
Morris)
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Wallaroo silo yards back to 1987.
(Wayne
Morris)
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On
the Northern edge of Moonta, is the Cross Roads Station area.
CROSS ROADS
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Cross Roads where station was.
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Cross Roads station
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MOONTA
We arrived at Moonta it was lunch time so we headed to the Cornish Kitchen in town for a feed of Cornish Pasties . After we headed to the Moonta Railway Station built in 1909 to capture more photo's of the Yorke Peninsula Railway Station.
There's a plaque stating this station was built by Gambling & Sons in 1909
and closed in 1979 . The original 5' 3" gauge is still in front of the station with the 2 foot (24
inches) tourist gauge track going over the top of this in a loop.
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Moonta Station
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Moonta Station
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Moonta
Station front.
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Moonta
Station trackside.
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Moonta Station trackside.
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Moonta Railway Station Plague
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Moonta goods crane and goods shed
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Moonta Station yard with 2' tourist train track.
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Moonta Station from trackside.
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Moonta goods crane and goods shed
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MOONTA MINES NG RAILWAY
Next was a trip
to the Moonta Mines Tourist Railway Station next to the Moonta Mines School now
a Museum, this Tourist Train is run by The National Trust Moonta Branch by Volunteers. The Gauge is 2 foot with about 5,000 sleeper consisting of Metal sleeper at $54 ,Wood Sleeper $27,and Cement sleeper $12, the distance of
track is 5kms.
The Trip started at the Moonta Mines a State Heritage
area and goes though the old mine's workings under the old
Broad Gauge tracks and old Ord moulds before getting
to the Moonta Railway Station, then returns back to Moonta Mines Tourist Station.
The trip takes 50 minutes with a commentary
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Moonta Mines Tourist Signs at Moonta station.
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National Trust Sign
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Moonta Mines Station Sign & Time Table
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Moonta Mines Station Platform
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Moonta Mines Railway Station with Train undercover.
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Touist Train Engine Paddy Ryan Express
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Moonta Mines Tourist Train and Carriages
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Rail crossing in mines area with tunnel
though tailing heap.
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Track between Moonta Mines and Moonta Station
with cement sleepers.
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Hopping off the Train for commentary
about the mines ruins
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Inside Mines ruins
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Off the Train for short tour.
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Engine is a Deutsch Diesel
37 Horse Power Air Cooled motor.
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Returned
to Moonta Mines Station, end of trip.
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Moonta
Tourist train ride movie highlights.
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