Re: Riverton to Spalding Line - SA History

[ben_scaro@my-deja.com]

Hi

I think the Riverton-Spalding line closed due to damage from the Ash
Wednesday bushfires in 1983 or 84 and did not reopen- source, 'SA
Diesels in the 80s' pictorial.  There is a pic in there of two 830s on
a ballast working on the line in 1982.

I think a train may have run in 1986 or 87 to clear wagons- there were
a couple of pics in Catchpoint.

Cheers

Ben

> > I am after any historical references readers of this NG may have on
the
> > Riverton to Spalding line that ran through the Clare Valley. Not
much left
> > of it now - some of the route is a cycle / walking track and a few
bridges
> > culverts etc still remain
> >
> > I believe it opened in 1922 and was closed in 1985.
> >
> > Any old photos etc also appreciated
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Andrew Wood
> >
>  I can't specifically answer your question but I suspect the
Australian
> Railway Historical Society would have had some articles in it's
Bulletin
> Magazine over the years.  Try contacting their achives section (they
have
> one in Sydney I believe) or perhaps the Port Dock Museum may be able
to
> help.
>
> Even though the line might have closed in 1985,  I suspect the last
service
> must have run a few years before that.  I passed the junction at
Riverton in
> 1987 and there was a large (2.5 metre) gum tree sapling growing
between the
> tracks.
>
>


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