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Pictures by
 Wayne Morris



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  ADELAIDE  RAILWAY  STATION  and  YARD
      once  it  was  a  wonderful  S.A.  icon



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Adelaide Station North Terrace looking south
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Adelaide Railcar and Country carriage depots


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Adelaide Railcar and Country carriage depots
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(not rail related) North Terrace looking east.


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Adelaide Railcar Depot turntable at left.

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Adelaide (no railcar depot)  24 October 1984


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Adelaide Carriage Siding wash. 24 October 1984

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Keswick. Note railcar on showground track.


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Train Departure Board.  (Wayne Morris)


 

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SAR Train Arrivals and Departures from Adelaide Station and Man in blue
at National Rail Museum. Pt Adelaide. 28-10-2009
(Barry Simmons)



Here below are a couple of pics of the Adelaide RWS - showing what remained of the old original platforms and how things were going to be changed forever to the new way. This is of course before further remodelling work was done which ruined the station and made it what it is today  "A place where the fumes congregate" or a windswept hole in the earth devoid of oxygen and character."  Well done to the clowns who did this - certainly no awards for this idea. Progress.

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Adelaide RWS remodelling work.  30 September 1986

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Adelaide RWS remodelling work.  30 September 1986


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Adelaide RWS remodelling work.
30 September 1986

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Adelaide RWS remodelling work.
30 September 1986


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   OLD  POORAKA   


June 1987


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June 1987

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Pooraka station.  June 1987


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Pooraka station.  June 1987

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Pooraka station.  June 1987


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Pooraka station.  June 1987

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Pooraka yard.  June 1987


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OTHER  SAR  STATIONS


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Wye cabin Adelaide. 29-03-1991


Both the signal cabin and the road bridge (2006) gone now.

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Mile End Bakewell  Bridge
cabin. 24-7- 1993
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Mile End Bakewell Bridge
plaque. 1993
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MILE END Bakewell Signal Cabin.
 24 July 1993


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MONATO SOUTH. 1994
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Monarto South.  1994
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MONARTO SOUTH.  1994

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BURRA 1987

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Placard Burra 1987

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FARRELL FLAT
Then "FOR SALE"  18 September 1994


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Hallett 1987

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HALLET 1987


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TEROWIE 1987

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TEROWIE 1987


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TEROWIE. Narrow Gauge Brill

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Gumbowie  11-July-1987


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Caltowie  11-July-1987

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GLADSTONE with CB2  11-July-1987


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NORTH  ADELAIDE

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MILE END Goods platform


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900 class English Electric on the 8:03am down Port Pirie passenger arriving at BOWMANS. Saturday 28th February 1976

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PENFIELD


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BELAIR relaying the BG track for siding. 1993

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TAILEM  BEND


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MILLICENT.  6th April 1992

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MILLICENT goods shed following a fire. 6th April 1992


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EUDUNDA. 14 July 1992
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EUDUNDA. yard.
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EUDUNDA. yard. 14 July 1992


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EUDUNDA.  15 October 2008

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ANGASTON.  12 December 1994.


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NURIOOTPA goods shed. 12 September 1994.

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ANGASTON.   28 December 2008


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KAPUNDA.  April 2008

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KAPUNDA. April 2008


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FREELING STATION. 1940 (
Johnno)

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FREELING STATION YARD 1940. (
Johnno)


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Sandy Creek today 3rd October 2009.
looking South - South West. 
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Sandy Creek from 'Once upon a time'.
Courtesy of MSTS train simulator


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RIVERTON Loco. 11 March 1987

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RIVERTON from signal cabin. 11 March 1987


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RIVERTON yard. 11 March 1987

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RIVERTON. 21  years later. 28 December 2008


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TARLEE on 11 March 1987

Today  December  2008.


Tarlee when the trains still worked through here 'a little'. Now in all probability will never see another train pass this way. Looking at GWA train graphs - lines only show as far as Farrell Flat / Saddleworth. Roseworthy on the other line is probably the only Broad Gauge silo to be serviced by rail. All the rest are doomed I would say Balaklava /Owen / Hambley Bridge.  END OF BROAD GAUGE is fast approaching.


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GAWLER station. 28 December 2008

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PORT LINCOLN.  27 September 2008


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Old Ellen Street station PORT PIRIE. 15 October 2008

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Old Ellen Street station PORT PIRIE.  15 October 2008


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Blyth. 11th March 1987

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Blyth Water Column

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Blyth. 11th March 1987
Looking back towards Balaklava


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Brinkworth and 944. 11th March 1987.

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944 (from Gladstone) may have been second
to last train, standing at Brinkworth. 11-03-1987.


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Wallaroo 1987

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Wallaroo 1987


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Moonta 1987

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Waikerie 1987


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Stone Hut 1980.  (Wilmington Line).
(Barry Simmons)


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  THEN and NOW S.A.R. station areas




LAURA

Year 1987
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Locos NT76, NT67 at Laura. 11-03-1987.
Year 2010
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Dismal remains of Laura yard. 21-09-2010.



ROCKY  RIVER  WIRRABARA

Year 1987
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Rocky River NG trip Wirrabara. 10-12-1987

Year 2010
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Rocky River today. 21-09-2010


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