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[[Image:SAR_Minvalara.png]]<br>
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'''Minvalara'''<br>
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Main Line with a Passing/Station Loop. Unmanned station on the Peterborough to Quorn cross country line.
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<td width=330 align="right">[[Image:SAR_Peterborough-Quorn_Line.png]][[Image:SAR_Peterborough_B_Name.png|link=SAR Peterborough Down |alt=Alt text |Next Up Location]]</td>
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<td width=90 align="center" bgcolor="LightBlue">'''[[SAR Index|Location Index]]'''</td>
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<td width=330 align="left">[[Image:SAR_Black_Rock_Name.png|link=SAR Black Rock |alt=Alt text |Next Down Location]]</td>
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<td align="center">[[image:Tab_HM_White.png|link=]]&#160;[[image:Tab_IN_Grey.png|link=SAR_Minvalara_Industry]]&#160;[[image:Tab_TM_Grey.png|link=SAR_Minvalara_TrackMarks]]&#160;[[image:Tab_SW_Grey.png|link=SAR_Minvalara_Switches]]&#160;[[image:Tab_Blank_Grey.png|link=]]</td>
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<td align="center" width=50>'''From'''</td>
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<td align="center" width=50>'''To'''</td>
<td align="center" width=270>'''Tower Paths (Down)'''</td>
<td align="center" width=50>'''From'''</td>
<td align="center" width=50>'''To'''</td>
<td align="center" width=270>'''Tower Paths (Up)'''</td>
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<td width=220 align="right">[[Image:SAR_Peterborough-Quorn_Line.png|link=SAR Peterborough-Quorn|alt=Peterborough-Quorn|Show Peterborough-Quorn]]</td>
<td width=110 align="center">[[Image:Next Left.png|link=|alt=]]<br>[[Image:SAR_Peterborough_B_Name.png|link=SAR Peterborough|alt=Peterborough|Next Up Location]]</td>
<td width=90 align="center">[[Image:Location Index.png|link=SAR Index|alt=Location Index|Location Index]]<br>[[image:Scenario Index.png|link=SAR Peterborough Base Session|alt=Scenarios|Scenario Index]]</td>
<td width=110 align="center">[[Image:Next Right.png|link=|alt=]]<br>[[Image:SAR_Black_Rock_Name.png|link=SAR Black Rock|alt=Black Rock|Next Down Location]]</td>
<td width=220 align="left">[[Image:SAR_Peterborough-Quorn_Line.png|link=SAR Peterborough-Quorn|alt=Peterborough-Quorn|Show Peterborough-Quorn]]</td>
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[[image:SAR_Minvalara.png|link=|alt=Minvalara map]]
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">&#160;Commodities:&#160;</span>
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<td bgcolor="blue"><font color="white">'''Approach Dn</font> <font color="yellow">Through</font> <font color="white">to Quorn'''</font></td>
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<td bgcolor="blue"><font color="white">'''Approach Up</font> <font color="yellow">Through</font> <font color="white">to Peterborough'''</font></td>
<td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Passengers</span><br>[[image:Station_Label.png|link=]]</td>
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<td bgcolor="blue"><font color="white">'''Approach Dn to Quorn</font> <font color="yellow">via Platform'''</font></td>
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<td bgcolor="blue"><font color="white">'''Approach Up to Peterborough</font> <font color="yellow">via Platform'''</font></td>
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<td bgcolor="blue"><font color="white">'''Approach Dn to Main'''</font></td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">&#160;Facilities:&#160;</span></span>
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<td bgcolor="blue"><font color="white">'''Approach Up to Main'''</font></td>
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<td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Loop</span><br>[[image:Loop_Label.png|link=]]</td>
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<td bgcolor="green"><font color="white">'''Approach Dn to Station/Loop'''</font></td>
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<td bgcolor="green"><font color="white">'''Approach Up to Station/Loop'''</font></td>
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<td bgcolor="blue"><font color="white">'''Main Dn to Quorn'''</font></td>
 
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<td bgcolor="blue"><font color="white">'''Main Up to Peterborough'''</font></td>
<span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Distance from Peterborough:&#160;</span> 13&#188; kms, 8&#188; miles</span><br>
 
Unmanned station on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Peterborough-Quorn&#160;Line&#160;</span>.<br>
 
Station and crossing loop.<br>
 
Prior to 1956 when the narrow gauge line from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Maree''' was closed, '''Minvalara''' was used by loaded '''Leigh Creek''' coal trains to prepare their fires for the long climb up to '''Peterborough'''.<br>
 
'''Minvalara''' was no longer in use after 1970 and had been removed from the working timetable by 1982. The line from '''Peterborough''' to '''Eurelia''' was closed to normal traffic in 1988 and was fully closed in 2002. Most of the track was removed in 2008.<br>
 
Today the only indication that '''Minvalara''' was once a railway location is the remains of part of the platform.
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<td bgcolor="green"><font color="white">'''Station/Loop Dn to Quorn'''</font></td>
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<td bgcolor="green"><font color="white">'''Station/Loop Up to Peterborough'''</font></td>
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<td>'''Station/Loop Dn to Siding DE'''</td>
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<td>'''Siding DE to Station/Loop'''</td>
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[[Image:SAR_Peterborough-Quorn_Line.png|link=SAR_Peterborough-Quorn|alt=Peterborough-Quorn|Show Peterborough-Quorn]]<br>
[[Image:SAR_Peterborough-Quorn Strip Map.png|link=|alt=Peterborough-Quorn Strip Map]]</td>
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Latest revision as of 23:47, 19 December 2022

    
Peterborough-Quorn
Peterborough
Location Index
Scenarios

Black Rock
Peterborough-Quorn

Minvalara map

 Commodities: 
Passengers
Passengers
       
 
 Facilities: 
Loop
Loop
     

 Distance from Peterborough:  13¼ kms, 8¼ miles

Unmanned station on the  Peterborough-Quorn Line .

Station and crossing loop.

Prior to 1956 when the narrow gauge line from Port Augusta to Maree was closed, Minvalara was used by loaded Leigh Creek coal trains to prepare their fires for the long climb up to Peterborough.

Minvalara was no longer in use after 1970 and had been removed from the working timetable by 1982. The line from Peterborough to Eurelia was closed to normal traffic in 1988 and was fully closed in 2002. Most of the track was removed in 2008.

Today the only indication that Minvalara was once a railway location is the remains of part of the platform.

Peterborough-Quorn

Peterborough-Quorn Strip Map