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Celebrating Fifty Years of Preservation

This concise history describes the narrow gauge railways of Quorn and Port Augusta. It includes the story of the development of the Central Australia Railway from the construction of the Port Augusta to Government Gums Railway, commenced in 1877, through to the dismantling of the Marree to Alice Springs section in 1983. Also featured are the origins and exploits of the legendary Ghan train services and its final arrival in Darwin.

This book commemorates the first fifty years of the Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society, a volunteer organisation devoted to the operation and preservation of 43km of historic, 1067mm narrow gauge railway through the Pichi Richi Pass in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. A summary of locomotives and rolling stock in the Pichi Richi Railway collection is provided included the unique Steam Motor Coach No.1 affectionately known as the Coffee Pot.

Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society. Edited by Rodney Barrington. 200 pages.