Carriages
Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society has a significant collection of historic carriages from the South Australian Railways and Commonwealth Railways. These pages describe their histories.
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- CR Carriages
- Long Tom
- MacArthur
- SAR Carriages
- Short Tom
- WWII
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NSS34, Commonwealth Railways Special Car No. 3, was constructed at the Commonwealth Railway's Port Augusta workshops, commencing in July 1928.…Read More
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NRC36 was the first sleeping carriage to be built by the Commonwealth Railways (CR) for the Central Australia Railway. It…Read More
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207 is a Long Tom type carriage, fitted with longitudinal seating and two lavatories. It was constructed at the South…Read More
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South Australian Railways (SAR) carriage 209 was built at about the same time as carriage 207, but was modified several…Read More
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Flinders was built in the 1890s as carriage 167, a standard Short Tom, with first and second class seating. In…Read More
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Short tom carriage no. 5 is a first-class carriage and one of a group of six short tom (31' 6")…Read More
Locomotives and railcars
These pages describe the history and provide technical information about the locomotives in the Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society collection.
Stories
These articles tell some of the stories of the Pichi Richi Railway's colourful history, which dates back to the 1870s.
Permanent way and bridges
Articles covering the history of the permanent way (track) and bridges
Second World War
During the Second World War, the Central Australia Railway and North Australia Railway were vital to conveying service personnel and equipment to northern Australia. All of these wartime trains passed through Quorn.
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- CR Carriages
- MacArthur
- SAR Carriages
- Short Tom
- Troop Meals
- WWII
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I’ll always remember Quorn. It was where we had a meal fit for a king and after eating tinned stuff…Read More
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On the way to war there was no greater comfort to our troops than to receive a home made meal…Read More
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General MacArthur and his family passed through Quorn on their own small steam engine, bogie van, dining car and two…Read More
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It was not just Commonwealth Railways (CR) workers who worked on the railways during the war. As more attractive defence…Read More
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After a trip described as a "nightmare" nearly 300 men, women, and children evacuees, many of them wearing the only…Read More
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A play on the relative remoteness of their new location, railwaymen from NSW and Victoria named their social club the…Read More
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The Central Australia Railway was key to the transport of equipment, supplies and troops during the Second World War. Before…Read More
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Seventy years ago, the Central Australia Railway carried troops, vehicles and supplies to Perth and Darwin where they were shipped…Read More
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NRC36 was the first sleeping carriage to be built by the Commonwealth Railways (CR) for the Central Australia Railway. It…Read More
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Short tom carriage no. 5 is a first-class carriage and one of a group of six short tom (31' 6")…Read More
Accidents, washaways and other incidents
