Just to get the ball rolling again, there was something unique about Quorn station yard back in SAR/CR days! What was it?

The catch points interlocked to the three arm semaphore at the northern end of the yard. The yards was controlled and staffed by the CR.

Just to get the ball rolling again, there was something unique about Quorn station yard back in SAR/CR days! What was it?

There was (and still is) a number of unique aspects to Quorn given its SAR/CR history.

I'll have a stab at one, being possibly the only NG double compound turnout? Don't know the EP well so there may well have been ones over there also.

Also note that it was probably one of the only yards to have such a large range of rail sizes, from memory possibly all of the following: 41lb, 50 A, 50 1/2, 60 A, 60 AS, 60 WAR, 60 C of A.

Strathalbyn, Up end, where the back road crossed the short spur off the goods shed road?

Sorry fellas, been a bit slack - neither of those at least as far as I know - I must google earth them. A hint would be that it would have been closer than Strathalbyn but not in Adelaide yard,,,

Trevor

Strathalbyn, Up end, where the back road crossed the short spur off the goods shed road?

Where was the biggest angle diamond crossing in the old SAR?

Where was the biggest angle diamond crossing in the old SAR?

G'day Trevor,

OK First one I remember ..... there are two at this location (single track running north south crosses two tracks running NE/NW. Not sure of the actual angle, but I'd say it was at Port Adelaide. Specifically between No1 and No 2 Docks on the east side of the port river. Can't remember the berth number, but it is just upstream of the new rail bridge.

You can still see it on Google earth (hope this link works!)

Second location, again two diamonds one at 90 degree, one about 60 degree, At the old ICI (Penrice Soda) site at Osborne, just south of the Mechanical and Electrical workshops.


I also have a thought in the back of my head that there may have been one or two on the Outer Harbor wharves as well (the Old No.1-4 wharves), but google doesn't help because of the massive shade cloth carpark roof!

{Edit:- you might have to zoom those images in a tad! They have been "out of use" for a while on both sites}

I have to give this one to you but it was not the one I had in mind. The spur line in to Islington works passenger platform had a very big angle crossing into the Points and Crossing Shop which I thought was the biggest angle but your maps prove otherwise. There is no proof of this now as shops are inconveniently in the way of where the buildings were...

I think it is safe to so say the floor is open, so I will put up a Question.

Many years ago, distances of railway stations from Adelaide were measured in Miles, Chains and Links.  A Mile is a Mile.  A Chain is 1/80th of a Mile of Mile and a Link is 1/100th of a Chain.

My Question is this:

What is the length of a Link in Inches?  (Your answer needs to be correct to two decimal places).