Kingston SE railway line

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Kingston SE railway line
Overview
StatusClosed and removed
Termini
Continues from Mount Gambier line
Service
System South Australian Railways
History
Opened1876
Closed28 November 1987
Technical
Track gauge 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)

The Kingston SE railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network.

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History

An isolated line was authorised by the South-Eastern Railway Act in 1871 and completed in 1876 from the port at Kingston SE inland via Lucindale to Naracoorte as narrow gauge. For the first six months after the line was completed, no locomotives were available, so wagons on the line were towed by horses. It was converted to broad gauge with a new terminus one kilometre east of Kingston, on the edge of the port township in 1957. It closed on 28 November 1987. [1] The last train on the line travelled on 9 December 1987; a Rail Tourist Association tour with Bluebird railcar 255 'Pelican'. [2] The line was dismantled on 15 September 1991. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Bell, Peter; Marsden, Susan (29 September 2010). "Kingston SE – An Overview History". Professional Historians Australia (SA) Inc. p. 21. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Final Train Visits Kingston 9 December 1987
  3. ↑ Diesel Days on the Kingston S.E. Goods Milne, Rod Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, October, 1997 pp356-364


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