Solomontown railway station
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Solomontown railway station was one of a total of six stations that operated at various times between 1876 and the early 2010s to serve the rural maritime town of Port Pirie, 216 km by rail north of A
Timeline of Port Pirie's six railway stations
Location of narrow gauge Solomontown station at Port Pirie ca 1950
Ore train from Broken Hill near Port Pirie hauled by SAR loco T204, about 1951
Port Pirie railway station was the fifth of six railway stations for passengers that operated at various times from 1876 to serve the small maritime town of Port Pirie, 216 kilometres by rail north of
Solomontown railway station
…long-distance broad-gauge and standard-gauge passenger trains had become much longer than the Port Pirie Junction platforms, necessitating a new station at Mary Elie Street, 1.6 km (1.0 mi) away. The following year, the Junction station was demolished and the track surrounding it, including that of the narrow-gauge stop…
Budd railcar CB2 and a luggage van waiting on the Commonwealth Railways (standard gauge) side of the Mary Elie Street platform, about half-way along its 700-metre (770-yard) length, about 1969. Broad-gauge South Australian Railways trains arrive on the other side.