SAR Paratoo V2

For SAR Peterborough Narrow Gauge Division v2.0. For the original V1.0 click here  Commodities:  Passengers Goods Livestock      Loco Services:  Coal Water    Facilities:  Loop Turning      Scenario Sessions Starting at Paratoo:   Paratoo-Gladstone Bulk Ore  Transcontinental Express Freights  Distance from Peterborough:  57½ kms, 35¾ miles Manned station on the  Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line . Station, crossing and goods loops with a stockyard siding, a loco water/coaling facility and a turning WYE. Paratoo was the only location on the line with a dedicated signal box. Broken Hill is 236km (147mi) to the North-East. After the conversion of the line to standard gauge (4ft8½in - 1435mm) during 1969-1970, all loops, sidings and facilities were removed. There is now little visible evidence of the original narrow gauge railway infrastructure at Paratoo.