Re: Status of the Wallaroo line [SA}

[Chris Brownbill <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au>]

The preservation Group is the Yorke Peninsula Railway.  I have read in
Catchpoint magazine of their intention to imminently extend their operations
Eastward from Kadina to Bute, and not long thereafter to Snowtown!  If they are
able to do this then presumably the line is all in situ and potentially trains
could be run right through from Wallaroo to anywhere if a connection is made at
Snowtown.  The only fly in this ointment is that I'm not sure whether they run
on Broad or Standard gauge - if they run on broad gauge then there would be no
possibility of physical connection to the SG main line at Snowtown.

Ed wrote:
> 
> There are huge silos at Wallaroo, all very active together with the port.
> Much of the grain is probably grown on locally on Yorkes Peninsula, an
> exceptional wheat growing area I believe.
> The railway line was standarised (dual guage? I can't remember) from
> Snowtown approx. 1984, but has been disused for the last 5-10 years.
> Sulphuric Acid from Port Pirie was a traffic that also used this line until
> recently.
> There is a preservation group that run trains (?) between Wallaroo and
> Kadina.
> All the line from Snowtown to Wallaroo was in situ in 1997, but I believe
> the other local lines have been lifted (eg. to Moonta and towards Port
> Wakefield).
> BTW - Moonta, Wallaroo and Kadina are well worth a visit; lots of historic
> buildings etc.
> 
> Anyone with better information?
> 
> Regards
> Ed
> 
> Maurie Daly <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
> mauried.510.0024A19C@tpg.com.au">news:mauried.510.0024A19C@tpg.com.au...
> > Interesting article in July edition of Rail 2000 about this line ,(if
> indeed
> > there still is a line).
> > Seems that wallaroo is a major grain centre generating in excess of 350000
> > tonnes of grain annually which is all moved currently by road.
> > Recently some 240000 tonnes of grain had to be moved by truck to Pt Giles
> ,
> > some 118 kms away which required some 5000 trucks .
> >
> > Does anyone know what the status of this line is ,ie is any of it SG and
> how
> > far does it go,and who owns it ASR,SA Govt ,ARTC ?
> >
> > MD
> >