Southern & Silverton Rail was an Australian rail operator founded in 1886 as the Silverton Tramway Company. The company operated the 1067 mm Silverton Tramway, conveying silver-lead-zinc concentrates
Diesel-electric locomotive Cs1 in the Silverton Rail livery introduced in 1998
442s3 in the Silverton Rail livery introduced in May 1984
Preserved Y1 at Sulphide Street Museum, Broken Hill in August 2009
Preserved W24 at Sulphide Street Museum, Broken Hill in August 2009
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
Southern & Silverton Rail
…Southern & Silverton Rail was an Australian rail operator founded in 1886 as the Silverton Tramway Company. The company operated the 1067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Silverton Tramway, conveying silver-lead-zinc concentrates 58 kilometres (36 miles) from Broken Hill to the South Australian border. In 1970, its main line was bypassed…
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