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9 unusual facts about South Australian Railways


Aldgate railway station, Adelaide

South Australian Railways Working Timetable Book No. 265 effective 10:00am, Sunday, 30 June 1974.

Randolph Roy Bruce

Bruce was born in Adelaide, South Australia to CJP and Anna Bruce and attended Norwood High School before becoming a clerk in the South Australian Railways.

He returned to his work at the railways, moved to seaside Brighton for a lung complaint contracted in the war, and died there in 1957 after having risen to the role of Chief Paymaster at the SAR.

Sleeps Hill railway station

Sleeps Hill was the location of a number of quarries which became the source of ballast stone for the South Australian Railways (SAR).

South Australian Railway Company

The South Australian Railway Company is not to be confused with South Australian Railways.

South Australian Railways

The Adelaide urban lines were transferred to the State Transport Authority, which was incorporated into TransAdelaide in 1994.

Locomotives and rolling stock were bought from Britain and the USA, from builders such as Beyer, Peacock and Company, Dübs and Company, their successors, the North British Locomotive Company, and Baldwin Locomotive Works.

Upper Sturt railway station

When the nearby station at Nalawort was closed in the late 1950s, Upper Sturt become the second railway station on the South Australian Railways system to have a tunnel between it and the next station in either direction.

South Australian Railways Working Timetable Book No. 265 effective 10:00 am, Sunday, 30 June 1974.



see also

ALCO DL500B

The two Australian examples of this type of locomotive are the New South Wales Government Railways (NSWGR) 44 class No.s 4401 - 44100 (100 in class) and the South Australian Railways (SAR) 930 class.

South Australian Railways Bluebird railcar

In March 1978 all were included in the transfer of the South Australian Railways to Australian National.