Quorn Railway Yard Brochure

Council Preservation Society for its members’ use. use. members’ its for Society Preservation state- the to connection to prior electricity with Quorn Ranges Ranges 1946. It is now owned by the Pichi Richi Railway Richi Pichi the by owned now is It 1946. provided which generator(s) the housed building Flinders Flinders Hall located at Quorn Oval. CWA purchased the hut in hut the purchased CWA Oval. Quorn at located Hall This (1922) POWERHOUSE ELECTRICITY OLD 20. The The Ph/Fax (08) 8648 6419 6419 8648 (08) Ph/Fax original undertaking for serving meals in the Memorial the in meals serving for undertaking original Flinders Ranges Information Centre, Seventh Street, Quorn Street, Seventh Centre, Information Ranges Flinders For information about other walks contact contact walks other about information For for meals outgrew the hut and the CWA resumed its resumed CWA the and hut the outgrew meals for fuel oil to the powerhouse. the to oil fuel 1800 440 101 440 1800 by the Army Service Corps Canteen. The requirement The Canteen. Corps Service Army the by them to use the siding, and later it was used to deliver to used was it later and siding, the use to them of this railway from the mid 1920s to 1956 to 1920s mid the from railway this of This was built by the Army for the provision of meals of provision the for Army the by built was This owners allowed the British Imperial Oil depot behind depot Oil Imperial British the allowed owners NM Class locomotives were the workhorses the were locomotives Class NM 21. COUNTRY WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION HUT (1942) HUT ASSOCIATION WOMEN’S COUNTRY 21. seen. When the mill became a butter factory the factory butter a became mill the When seen. and flour. The curved alignment to Cowan’s can still be still can Cowan’s to alignment curved The flour. and independent generator. independent grain of consignments handling for Terrace Railway supplied to the Railway Station in 1917 from a small a from 1917 in Station Railway the to supplied on Mill Flour Dunn’s and Mill Flour Cowan’s both wide grid in about 1980. Power had earlier been earlier had Power 1980. about in grid wide to ran sidings Private (1879) SIDING COWAN’S 19. and mail before the railway was built. was railway the before mail and J.R. Kimber J.R. Illustrations: Trains on this railway became known as the Ghan – an affectionate reminder of the Afghan cameleers who transported goods transported who cameleers Afghan the of reminder affectionate an – Ghan the as known became railway this on Trains supplied notes and advice and notes supplied and the tracks, where there is now a wide platform area platform wide a now is there where tracks, the and Members of Pichi Pichi Railway Preservation Society Inc. kindly Inc. Society Preservation Railway Pichi Pichi of Members The original timber station building stood between the present building present the between stood building station timber original The A Salute to Quorn to Salute A (1993) M McColl Flinders Ranges Heritage Survey Vol 3 Kanyaka/Quorn 3 Vol Survey Heritage Ranges Flinders Dept of Environment & Natural Resources (1995) (1995) Resources Natural & Environment of Dept Conservation Management Plan Management Conservation Draft Quorn Railway Station Railway Quorn Draft (2003) Architects Dawson David The History of Pichi Richi Railway Richi Pichi of History The (1984) R Barrington and J Babbage Sources: OKOTFRTAN TALTIMES ALL AT TRAINS FOR OUT LOOK • themselves Y Y ARD • Keep an eye open for lizards and snakes sunning sunning snakes and lizards for open eye an Keep • ARD where you put your feet your put you where • Because there are uneven surfaces, look carefully carefully look surfaces, uneven are there Because • S S TATION TATION clear where you start and where you are going are you where and start you where clear • Read your notes before you set out so that you are you that so out set you before notes your Read • R • Be prepared to stop for a drink a for stop to prepared Be • R AILWAY AILWAY AILWAY AILWAY • Wear a hat and sunscreen and hat a Wear • • Wear cool clothing in summer in clothing cool Wear • Q Q UORN UORN UORN UORN • Wear comfortable shoes comfortable Wear • Prepare for your walk your for Prepare FLINDERS WALKS FLINDERS QUORN RAILWAY STATION YARD following the bombing in 1941. Troops, supplies, evacuees The Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society was formed and stock moved continuously in and out of Quorn day and in 1973 following the efforts of a group of enthusiasts who Quorn Railway Station has a significant if not colourful night. The Quorn Country Women’s Association offered to pressed for the retention of the railway in Pichi Richi Pass role in railway history in South Australia. It was planned provide meals for troops and evacuees during their stops at between Quorn and Port Augusta. The Society now makes as a railway junction for rail traffic travelling north-south Quorn, serving them either on the verandah, or in the army- a major contribution to tourist experiences in the central and east-west across the continent and for the transport of built Sydney Williams hut, or in the First World War Flinders Ranges, running and maintaining the railway and minerals from the Flinders Ranges. The prospect of Memorial Hall on the Quorn Oval. Much appreciated rolling stock. This includes the appealing little ‘Coffee Pot’, opening rich agricultural lands on the Willochra Plain was freshly cooked meals for hundreds of people were provided a steam rail coach which operated from 1906 to 1931 an added incentive. The Great Northern Railway, later sometimes at short notice. These were Quorn’s glory days. carrying goods and passengers, including sports teams, known as the Central Australian Railway, reached Quorn After the war railway business in Quorn waned especially between Quorn and local towns. from Port Augusta in 1879. after the completion of the new northern railway west of the A cottage-style timber station building was erected in that Ranges in 1956. The line between Hawker and Quorn was SELF-GUIDED WALK: Allow 1 hour year when the yards were also completed, maintained until 1970 to transport barytes from START: At the Station building although work continued on workmen’s the Oraparinna mine to the treatment plant Station bell and telephone line (item 2) cottages and railway water supplies which is just north of the Quorn Railway LOOK OUT FOR TRAINS AT ALL TIMES. 3. THE CREAM SHED (about 1920) With wire into the 1890s. The old station Station Yard. Improved roads brought an You can also take a guided tour of the Pichi Richi mesh top and bottom of this shed, air was allowed to was replaced by the present end to use of the railway. Railway Workshops. Enquire at the Station or at the circulate to control the temperature inside. Perishable elegant stone and brick Visitor Information Centre in Seventh Street. goods for despatch were stored here temporarily. structure in 1916. After the 1930s when the butter factory (in Cowan’s During the Second 1. RAILWAY STATION BUILDING (Jan 1916) old mill, see Item 19) closed, cream was sent to the World War Quorn Local stone and locally manufactured bricks were Orroroo dairy from here. became a hive of activity used for the new building which replaced the original in the movement of timber one. The Dutch gables are a unique feature 4. TURNOUTS (1879) There are several sets of troops to Darwin in and the Resident Engineer, Frank Yeomans (who is manual turnouts (points) amongst the trackwork. preparedness for a believed to have been responsible for the design), may They are used to control which tracks trains will use Japanese invasion, have decided to emulate the gable on a bank building and were used frequently during shunting operations. at 6 Railway Terrace. Following much effort on the The shunter’s job was a responsible one, to ensure part of the Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society, that rolling stock was not on a collision course. Today, part of the Pichi Richi line was opened in 1974 as a turnouts on major railways are controlled electrically tourist railway by the then Governor of South by train controllers using computer systems. Australia, Sir Mark Oliphant. The Station is now managed by the Society. 2. STATION BELL AND TELEPHONE LINE (date unknown) Passengers needed to be aware that the train was about to depart and the bell summoned them to the Station. The Station telephone connected with the Overland Telegraph Line and messages from delayed trains could be sent by attaching hand pieces to overhead wires anywhere along the line. The whole of the Central Australia Railway was controlled by Quorn train control. Station building on Railway Terrace (item 1) Switch lever (cheese knob) for turnouts or points (item 4) changes the position of blades relative to rails 5. SIGNAL (1930’s) Each of the three arms has two 9. RUNNING SHED (1879) Originally this shed was positions—horizontal and downwards at 45°. These where all locomotive servicing was carried out, but in QUORN RAILWAY STATION YARD were the departure signals for the south, north and the mid-1880s this function was transferred to new mainlines respectively. All were normally at ‘stop’ i.e. workshops off Stokes Terrace. Later, sleeping and dining horizontal. When a Train Order was issued to cars for the Central Australian Railway were kept here proceed toward Hawker or Bruce the signal was and it became known as the ‘carriage shed’ or ‘car barn’. ‘pulled off’ to 45° down for the line the train was waiting on.

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