Steam town Museum

September 1, 2019 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 9 °C

Peterborough was the steam train hub of South Australia, extending to Broken Hill over the NSW border and even Alice Springs in NT.

When diesel came along a combination of beuracratic manipulation and other factors saw the decline around the 1960s.

Seeing the presentation in the evening brought together quite a few things we had seen as we tripped from Broken Hill, Silverton and on up to Maree.Read more