Category:Central Australia Railway

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This category relates to the narrow-gauge railway that was constructed between Port Augusta, South Australia and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia between 1878 and 1929. Trains that ran on it included the renowned passenger train, The Ghan. The line closed in 1981, having been superseded by a new Tarcoola–Alice Springs link in what was to become the Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor.

Central Australia Railway

Former Australian narrow-gauge railway line

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Instance of

transcontinental railroad

Location

Australia

Inception

15 December 1879

Date of official opening

15 December 1879

Length

1,241 km

Terminus

Alice Springs

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Q1544332 VIAF cluster ID: 124486330 Library of Congress authority ID: n93101842
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Subcategories

This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.

A

Algebuckina Bridge (10 F)
Alice Springs Railway Station (32 F)

P

Port Augusta railway station (1 C, 12 F)

Q

Quorn railway station (26 F)

W

Woolshed Flat railway station (28 F)

Media in category "Central Australia Railway"

The following 68 files are in this category, out of 68 total.

Abandoned narrow-gauge railway line -- former Central Australia Railway.jpg 1,944 × 2,592; 1,016 KB
Beltana Railway Station Building 2021.jpg 6,000 × 4,000; 10.26 MB
Bridge washaway on Central Australia Railway, 1937.tiff 4,884 × 2,892; 13.49 MB
Buildings in Marree railway station yard, Central Australia Railway, 1954.jpg 1,792 × 860; 620 KB
Camels with wool from Nappamerry at Farina railway station, 1928 (SLSA B 24004).jpg 973 × 529; 147 KB
Central Australia Railway (route of the "old Ghan") -- trackbed near Lake Eyre South, South Australia (cropped).jpg 4,160 × 1,829; 2.06 MB
Central Australia Railway (route of the "old Ghan") -- trackbed near Lake Eyre South, South Australia.jpg 4,160 × 3,120; 4.89 MB
Central Australia Railway line into Alice Springs, 1958 (A Attwood -- LANT ph0815-0139).jpg 6,000 × 3,940; 4.6 MB
Central Australia Railway location map.png 441 × 800; 226 KB
Commonwealth Railways CB class railcar (Budd car) at Farina, South Australia,1957.jpg 3,408 × 2,079; 2.79 MB
Commonwealth Railways leaflet for passengers on Central Australia Railway and North Australia Railway -- map side.png 4,269 × 17,591; 16.08 MB
Commonwealth Railways leaflet on Central Australia Railway and North Australia Railway -- map cropped to CAR (in south).png 4,269 × 9,372; 19.04 MB
Commonwealth Railways narrow-gauge steam locomotive NM37 and part of The Ghan train at Port Augusta, 20 January 1954 (Noel Reed).jpg 2,165 × 1,278; 2.06 MB
Commonwealth Railways narrow-gauge steam locomotive NM37 and The Ghan train at Port Augusta, 20 January 1954 (Noel Reed).jpg 2,864 × 2,039; 640 KB
Commonwealth Railways NM25 Quorn 4 July 2020.jpg 3,948 × 2,632; 3.76 MB
Copley Railway Station Building January 2021.jpg 6,000 × 4,000; 8.65 MB
Coward Springs engine drivers cabin.jpg 3,500 × 2,625; 2.69 MB
Coward Springs station masters house.jpg 3,500 × 2,625; 2.43 MB
Donkeys and drays at Copley station, Central Australia Railway, ca 1920 (SLSA B 34910).jpg 948 × 542; 312 KB
Evolution of the Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor (2 phases).png 3,361 × 2,479; 708 KB
Ex-Commonwealth Railways NSU class diesel-electric locomotive no. 57 at Marree, South Australia.jpg 1,139 × 802; 247 KB
Ex-Commonwealth Railways NSU class diesel-electric locomotive no. 63 of the former Central Australia Railway and North Australia Railway, at the Adelaide River Rail Heritage Precinct -- cropped.jpg 1,298 × 688; 982 KB
Ex-Commonwealth Railways NSU class diesel-electric locomotives nos 57 & 60 at Marree, South Australia.jpg 3,456 × 2,592; 3.67 MB
Farina railway station track layout -- narrow and standard, black and white.tif 1,085 × 2,325; 9.63 MB
Farina railway station track layout -- narrow and standard, coloured.tif 1,085 × 2,325; 7.22 MB
Farina railway station track layout -- narrow gauge only.tif 1,085 × 2,325; 9.63 MB
Farina railway station track layout -- standard gauge, coloured.tif 1,085 × 2,325; 9.63 MB
Flinders Ranges and routes of Central Australia Railway & Marree line.tif 1,653 × 2,338; 14.75 MB
George Bastian 074.tif 5,543 × 3,609; 19.1 MB
George Bastian 075.tif 5,462 × 3,484; 18.17 MB
George Bastian 076.tif 5,483 × 3,444; 18.03 MB
George Bastian 077.tif 5,513 × 3,437; 18.09 MB
George Bastian 078.tif 5,616 × 3,551; 19.04 MB
George Bastian 079.tif 5,672 × 3,535; 19.14 MB
George Bastian 080.tif 5,574 × 3,495; 18.6 MB
George Bastian 081.tif 5,604 × 3,537; 18.93 MB
George Bastian 103.tif 4,030 × 2,944; 11.34 MB
George Bastian 104.tif 4,106 × 3,133; 12.29 MB
George Bastian 105.tif 4,101 × 2,921; 11.45 MB
George Bastian 106.tif 2,993 × 4,169; 11.92 MB
George Bastian 107.tif 2,993 × 4,146; 11.86 MB
George Bastian 108.tif 4,242 × 2,947; 11.94 MB
Ghan passengers stretch their legs, winter ca 1948 at Finke (Dorothy Pyatt -- SLSA B 77447-51).jpg 2,612 × 1,066; 1,002 KB
Ghan train crossing flooded Finke River, Northern Territory, Australia ca 13 Feb 1953 (Peter Dunham).jpg 1,914 × 1,445; 2.65 MB
Map -- evolution of the Adelaide-Darwin rail corridor, 1855-2004.png 2,135 × 3,239; 330 KB
Map of Central Australia Railway and Marree line.tif 1,071 × 1,194; 3.66 MB
Map of the Adelaide–Darwin rail route and the former Central Australia Railway.png 2,338 × 1,653; 1.25 MB
Marree Hotel and railway.JPG 3,456 × 2,592; 3.82 MB
Marree railway yard with mixed train circa 1950 (NLA object 155052741).jpg 1,298 × 715; 468 KB
Men standing at Farina railway station ca 1920 (SLSA B 58255) (Dunk, Frank).jpg 1,005 × 573; 365 KB
Oodnadatta in outback South Australia -- panorama view, 1947.jpg 2,391 × 363; 491 KB
Parachilna Railway Platform and Sign January 2021.jpg 5,159 × 3,439; 3.54 MB
Parachilna Railway Station Building January 2021.jpg 6,000 × 4,000; 7.27 MB
Passengers from Central Australia Railway train stroll at Parachilna ca 1897, Robert Mitchell photo (SLSA PRG-1610-11-180).jpg 975 × 492; 107 KB
Rail yard at Hergott, South Australia (later, Marree) ca 1897, Robert Mitchell photo (SLSA PRG-1610-11-53).jpg 980 × 542; 270 KB
Railway station yard at Oodnadatta, South Australia ca 1897 (SLSA PRG-1610-11-48 Robert Mitchell).jpg 953 × 321; 106 KB
Remains of the former Central Australia Railway line (route of the narrow-gauge train, The Ghan) near Marree.jpg 3,578 × 2,307; 1.52 MB
Restored South Australian Railways narrow-gauge bogie open wagon at Farina, 2021.jpg 6,000 × 4,000; 21.2 MB
SAR Cattle Wagon at Farina January 2021.jpg 6,000 × 4,000; 9.23 MB
SAR NG open wagon at Farina January 2021.jpg 6,000 × 4,000; 10.4 MB
SAR sheep wagon at Farina January 2021.jpg 5,257 × 3,502; 5.03 MB
Satellite view of William Creek township ca 2020 with former railway station layout superimposed.png 3,469 × 2,321; 13.85 MB
Servicemen in cattle cars ca 1945, Central or North Australia Railway -- R.P. Nicholas (SLSA PRG-1435-4-6).jpg 994 × 528; 173 KB
Silverton Tramway W22 Quorn 4 July 2020.jpg 5,415 × 3,609; 5.03 MB
South Australian Railways narrow-gauge freight train headed by a Y class locomotive at Coward Springs, Central Australia Railway, ca 1920.jpg 1,003 × 471; 104 KB
Track on the Central Australia Railway near Alice Springs.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 435 KB
Two NSU class locomotives that used to haul the narrow-gauge train, The Ghan, in the former railway yard at Marree, in 2001.jpg 400 × 274; 23 KB
William Creek railway station, South Australian Railways, and stationmaster ca 1916 (SLSA PRG-1559-8-8).jpg 911 × 627; 421 KB

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