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Site 1
// my Steamtown. and Peterborough Page // Railway Search
- http://www.railpage.org.au/pix/Peterborough/
- A web page
which a friend has kindly made for me on which I can post
pictures of "The Peterborough Railway System"
which also includes photos of SteamTown and Loco W901 ,
also a lot of information of this Rail System in the
Years of Steam.
- Sample
Site 2
- Terowie. was a great
railway town, and Historic sites
- including
the Old Station buildings, The Platforms and a few
Kilometers of Broad Gauge track need to be preserved and
protected from Vandalism , I have put together a bit of
information and a Rail fan Friend has made up a few pages
- and
included my photos at : http://www.omni.com.au/terowie
- Sample
Site 3
- My friend
David's Web Page where you will find a lot of
Very interesting information on Australian Railways.
- Peterborough
Railway History
: // History.text //Re-Sleepering.jpeg //Track,Upgrade.text //Tags.note // Rail Pass // Wool
Freight.note
// Orders.txt
Indian Pacific //Anniversary.jpeg // IP.
notes
// IP&GM27.jpeg // IP
Service.jpeg
- Trans
continental passenger service runs Twice weekly between
Sydney and Perth, This service is operated and owned by
"Great Southern Railways" This service will
celebrate its 30th Anniversary on the 23rd of February
this year 2000.
Ghan // The"Ghan".jpeg // Dining-Ghan.jpeg // Chef-Ghan.jpeg
- Luxury
passenger service carrying Tourists from Sydney to
Australia's Red Centre at Alice Springs, passengers
travel in air conditioned comfort with excellent meals
prepared on board .
- Freight
//Road&Rail. / Loco-Life.Note / BL,Class. / DL,Class. / EL51. /CL,class /Note
- Several
freight Companies run Rail Services through My Station ,
situated at the Halfway point between Sydney and Ceduna
at Peterborough in the Mid North of South Australia an Ore train
also runs twice daily between Broken Hill and Port Pirie
- Trailer Railers
//Trailer
Railer.jpeg // Trailer.Note
- A new rail
service has commenced this year , made up of Road
Trailers mounted on special bogies , a new concept of the
old Flat Top method of Carrying Road Trailers on the
railways , this new service started of with 6 Trailers
and has now grown to around over 20 Trailers Railers.
- Steel Products
Freight // Steel.jpeg // BHP:
Loading Steel
- Also
commenced last month , August was a Steel Freight service
taking
- Billets
from Whyalla to Newcastle and returning to Whyalla with
Finished products, Plate and Wire etc. This service
travels up and down with two trains most days.
- Monthly Passenger
Lists //
My-Passengers.jpeg
- My station
has been showing a vast increase in passenger usage over
the
- past 8
months due mainly to my advertising campaign , on Town
notice boards and on The "News Groups"and The
"Internet". I have been keeping a record of all
passengers using the station and the last count shows the
Numbers at 20per month, this includes those Joining the
Train and Alighting.
- Eastbound
"Up" // Up-Train.jpeg
- Too Broken
Hill and Sydney, the "Ghan" from Alice Springs
- and the
"Indian Pacific" from Perth.
- Westbound
"Down" //
Down-Train.jpeg
- Too
Adelaide , Perth and Alice Springs from Broken Hill
- and
Sydney.
Passenger Bookings
// Tel : 132147 G S R
Bookings
GSR Email Enquiries // mail-to:
enquiries@gsr.com. // Time-Table.text
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STATION HISTORY :
// Details.Text
- SEPTEMBER 1996
- Moved to
Peterborough from Whyalla and I
was dismayed at sorry State of the Railway
Station and started making some enquiries , to find out
who owned the station complex and who ran the Passenger
Trains.
- OCTOBER 1997
- At this stage I
had no Knowledge of Railways or Steam Engines , and I
began to hang around SteamTown where I learned a lot
about the Railways both good and bad, I made my First
Video of W901 making a run to Eurelia and hence fell in
love with The Railways, and decided to do something
positive about The Station.
-
- OCTOBER 1988.
- Telephoned
Steve Bradford the Ceo of Great Southern and told him of
my plans, he suggested that I contact the Peteborough Council and ask them
to take a lease out on the Station Complex , The council
asked the People to submit letters on this proposal and
they only received two, which was very disappointing ,
and the Council Rejected my Ideas.
-
- OCTOBER 1999
- Finally , after
looking after The Station for one year , my platform is
looking nice and tidy with only a few weeds and lots of
Pidgion Dung. A nice tidy toilet for the ladies and
Gents, The platform signs are missing and to tourists it
must look like a "No Where Stop". I shall carry
on here and hopefully in the new Millennium the Station
will find a new lease of life with the building of the Darwin
Line.
- FEBRUARY 2001
- A new committee
"
The
Peterborough Station Volunteer Group " is formed and
takes over care of "The Peterborough
Railway Station" on the 1st of February 2001,
my web site will follow the
Progress Report of the long job ahead, Thanks must go
to Chris Budczies who prepaired the submissions to
Transport South Australia and The Peterborough District
Council, both of which were approved..
- APRIL 2002
- We moved from
Peterborough to Crystal Brook which is obout 100
Kilometres South on the Main North Line out of Adelaide,
a small Volunteer Group is still looking after the
Railway Station, without the Stationmaster, until we can
find someone else to take on this roll, which I hope will
include running this Websitse ..
-
-
- Stamp Collecting
- At a younger age ,
this was my first ambition , to have more Stamps than My
Girlfriend at 12 years , so that I could always call
around her place to swap Stamps. Anyone want a well worn
Stamp Collection.
- Steam Locomotives
// W901-Black Rock.jpeg
//
3801
- My favorite
magazines and books these days all seem to be about Steam
Trains and their History , also which Steam is running
and where. Steam Locomotive W901 is currently on active
duty at Steamtown.
- Steam Preservation
// W901
- on Turntable.jpeg // SteamTown
Timetable.
- The SteamTown Preservation Society at
Peterborough brings Steam back to life for me and
Thousands of Visitors every year , let us hope that
SteamTown continues to grow and keep the Steam Dream
alive, they still have a "T" class and the PMR
720 to bring back into Steam.
- Station Master
// Station-Master.jpeg // Station-Mistress.jpeg
- My main interest is
looking after My Station , this includes providing
- Drinking Water ,
that I must take to The Station in a container which is
filled from my water tank, I also clean the toilets and
the platform, chop down weeds and help passengers with
there luggage as there is no Waiting Room at present ,I
also provide seats and a table, all this I do for Free,
and the pleasure I get from the Trains.
- Train Watching // Watching
Trains
// Medivac.jpeg
- The smell of diesel
and exhaust smoke , the Singing, Screeching Rails
- under the heavy
leaden Bogies , The raw sound of power as Four NR loco's
pull up The Grade towards Broken Hill , watch trains ?
why not.
- Train Photography // Emergence // Trains Photo Gallery
- There is no better
feeling than to be on the high ground watching a long
Freight thread its way over The Loop , then power away up
the main line with black smoke belching from the exhausts
, then Click, Click and you have the memory forever,
- My photos are
posted to :
- Railways News
Group Postings
- To: news:
aus.rail / news: aus.rail.models To: news: alt.binaries.
pictures.rail
- Railway Videos
Available
- My Panasonic Video
camera often accompanies me on my Train
- Watching days and
the following Home Made Videos are available
- 1. Multi loco Freight
Trains working the Peterborough Loop.
- 2. The Ghan and The Indian
Pacific at My Station
- 3. A two hour tourist
video of The Northern Flinders Ranges,
- covering from Burra
in The South to Copley in The North, sorry no
- trains on this one.
- 4. 30th Anniversary of
"The Indian Pacific" , featuring the
celebrities
- and The
Celebrations at Adelaide Interstate Terminal 22/02/00
-
Street address
16 Gadd Ave Crystal Brook 5523
Electronic mail address
stationmaster@ozemail.com.au
Web address
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~stationmaster/
Office phone
886362546
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Last revised: April 17, 2006. / Disclaimer..
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