The Silverton Tramway was a 58-kilometre-long 1,067 mm railway line running from Cockburn on the South Australian state border to Broken Hill in New South Wales. Operating between 1888 and 1970, it se
A defunct goods platform and shed in 2008 – once part of the busy station at the town of Silverton
The former Sulphide Street railway station in Broken Hill, now a museum
Abandoned level crossing in Silverton
The Crystal Brook–Broken Hill railway line is a 371 kilometre line running from Crystal Brook to Broken Hill on the Australian Rail Track Corporation network.
Silverton Tramway
…that field. The need for a private line was in part due to the New South Wales Government refusing to allow the South Australian Railways to extend its line from Port Pirie across the border. The Silverton Tramway Act 1886 was passed by the New South Wales parliament, permitting the narrow gauge line to be built by the…
A Pacific National steel train from Newcastle bound for Whyalla, passing through Yunta, between Broken Hill and Crystal Brook in 2017