View source for SAR Port Augusta-Hawker

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<td bgcolor="lightgrey">[[Image:SAR_PortAugusta-Hawker_Line.png|link=|alt=Hawker Line]] [[Image:Location Index.png|link=SAR Index|alt=Location Index|Location Index]] [[image:Session Scenario Index.png|link=SAR Peterborough Base Session|alt=Scenarios|Scenario Index]]

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[[Image:SAR_Quorn_W_Name.png|link=SAR Quorn|alt=Quorn|To Quorn]]

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<span style="font-weight: 700; color: white;">Junction for</span>&nbsp;[[Image:PeterboroughLine.png|link=|alt=Peterborough Line]]

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[[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]][[Image:Shed_Icon.png|link=|alt=Shed]][[Image:Turntable_Icon.png|link=|alt=Turntable]][[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[Image:Passenger_Icon.png|link=|alt=Passengers]][[Image:Oils_Icon.png|link=|alt=Oils_Fuels]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]][[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=Grain]]</td>

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[[Image:SAR_Hawker_Name.png|link=SAR Hawker|alt=Hawker|To Hawker]]</td>

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[[Image:Terminus.png|link=|alt=Terminus]]

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[[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]][[Image:Shed_Icon.png|link=|alt=Shed]][[Image:Turntable_Icon.png|link=|alt=Turntable]][[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=Livestock]]

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<span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700;">Symbols:</span></td>
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<td width=45>[[image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]]</td>
<td width=205>'''Loco Coal Stage'''</td>
<td width=45>[[image:Bunker_Oil_Icon.png|link=|alt=Fuel]]</td>
<td width=205>'''Bunker C Oil Fuel Point'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Passenger_Icon.png|link=|alt=Passengers]]</td>
<td>'''Passenger Stop (Active)'''</td>
<td>[[image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]]</td>
<td>'''Passenger Stop (not Active)'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Turntable_Icon.png|link=|alt=Turntable]]</td>
<td>'''Loco Turntable'''</td>
<td>[[image:Shed_Icon.png|link=|alt=Shed]]</td>
<td>'''Loco Shed'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]]</td>
<td>'''Loco Water Tank'''</td>
<td>[[image:Wool_icon.png|link=|alt=Wool]]</td>
<td>'''Wool Bales'''</td>
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<td>'''Goods Facility'''</td>
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<td>'''Grain Storage or Processing'''</td>
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<td>'''Oil and Fuel Terminal'''</td>
<td>[[image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=Stockyard]]</td>
<td>'''Stockyard'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]]</td>
<td>'''Passing Loop'''</td>
<td>[[image:WYE_Icon.png|link=|alt=WYE]]</td>
<td>'''Turning Triangle or WYE'''</td>
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<span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700;">Line History:</span><br><br>
<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Opened:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;1879-1891<br>
<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Closed (in sections):&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;1956, 1972<br>
<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Reopenned as a Heritage Railway:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;1974-2001<br>

Built as a narrow gauge (3' 6" - 1067mm) line from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Oodnadatta''', it reached '''Quorn''' in 1879, '''Maree''' in 1883 and '''Oodnadatta''' in 1891. Originally known as the '''SAR Northern Line''', it was transferred from the '''SAR''' to the '''Commonwealth Railways''' in the early 1920s. In 1922 it was extended to '''Alice Springs''' near the centre of the continent and then became known as the '''Central Australia Line'''.<br>

Despite crossing some of the driest parts of the continent the line was often damaged by severe flooding. Stories of trains and passengers stranded for days by flood waters and track washouts were common.<br>

The route taken by the line in its southern section had more to do with local politics and influencial land owners than it did to good economic sense and practical railway engineering. Its route from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Quorn''' took it through the '''Flinders Ranges''' via the '''Pichi Richi Pass''' which required steep grades and tight curves. The route of the northern section was largely dictated by the availability of reliable water sources. The economics of the line was so poor that in the early 1900s it was considered for closure.<br>

When the southern section from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Maree''' was converted to standard gauge (1435mmm - 4ft 8.5in) in the early 1950s, the '''Flinders Ranges''' and '''Quorn''' were bypassed by a more direct and less difficult route. The '''Port Augusta''' to '''Quorn''' section was closed in 1956 although the section from '''Quorn''' to '''Summit''' was still in use by excursion trains from '''Peterborough''' in the 1960s. Also in 1956 the line from '''Quorn''' to '''Maree''' was terminated at '''Hawker''' while the section from '''Maree''' to '''Alice Springs''' remained in operation with passengers and freight forced to change trains from standard gauge to narrow gauge at '''Maree'''. The entire line to '''Alice Springs''', both standard gauge and narrow gauge, was closed in 1980 when a new standard gauge line to '''Alice Springs''' was opened on a totally new alignment that avoided all flood prone areas.<br>

The '''Quorn''' to '''Hawker''' section continued to be operated by the '''Commonwealth Railways''' using '''SAR''' locomotives and a mixture of '''CR''' and '''SAR''' rolling stock. The '''CR''' ran a single return freight service each week. There were no passenger services. This section of the line was eventually closed in 1972. The line from '''Peterborough''' to '''Quorn''' was closed in 1987/88.<br>

The '''Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society''' restored the entire narrow gauge line from '''Quorn''' to '''Port Augusta''' in stages from 1974 to 2001. They operate regular steam and diesel hauled passenger services between '''Quorn''' and '''Woolshed Flat''' and between '''Port Augusta''' and '''Quorn'''.

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