Stuart track

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Thanks for that link, Graeme.

What fascinating stories they told. When I was a kid, my Dad was based at Terowie with the AIF in the mid north of SA, so I can sort of relate to a lot of those happenings.

Terowie was a Change of Gauge depot & everything going north had to be trans-shipped over to the narrow gauge line.

I recall freight trains which "seemed" miles long, loaded with Guns, Tanks, Carriers, Trucks, Wiles Cookers etc, etc You name it, it was there.

It was also a large Staging Camp where Troops were held pending rail transport north & was the Station where Gen. MacArthur made his famous, "I will return..........." speech to the media of the day.
The platform exists today, albeit in a bit of a sorry state, & a stone with plaque marks the spot where he allegedly stepped off the train.