Re: Pimba, Woomera & Roxby Downs

["Peter Knife" <pijik@knifecutt.fam.aust.com>]

Richo <richardc@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know whether there were ever any serious propsals to connect
the
> eyre peninsula lines to SAR or CR. especially since prior to 1917
everything
> around would have been 3'6"

In 1917 the basic Eyre Peninsula network was only just being completed, and
it was only ever intended as a means of opening up agricultural land by
providing access to ports (Port Lincoln and Thevenard). AFAIK connection to
the "mainland" systems was never a serious proposal.

Cheers
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Peter Knife
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http://www.fam.aust.com/knifecutt/sar.htm
Sydney, Australia