Penrice Stone Train

The Penrice Stone Train was a limestone train in South Australia that operated from the Penrice Quarry near Angaston on the Barossa Valley line to Penrice Soda Products' soda ash factory in Osborne in Adelaide's north-western suburbs, and the co-located Readymix concrete batching plant.[1]

704 & 904 haul the Penrice Stone Train through Birkenhead in June 2005

History

The train commenced operating in November 1950, initially being operated by the South Australian Railways, and later by Australian National and Genesee & Wyoming Australia. It was notable as the last broad gauge freight service in South Australia. It ceased operating abruptly in June 2014 when Penrice Soda Products went into receivership and the Osborne factory closed. The last service was halted whilst loading and returned to Dry Creek to terminate. [2][3]

In its final 10 or so years, it was hauled solely by 700 and 830 class locomotives. It had previously been hauled by the Rx, 500, 700, 750, 900, 930, GM, CK and BL classes.

References
  1. SA Defence Hub Economic Boom to Benefit from New Concrete Plant Penrice Soda Holdings 16 March 2007
  2. Penrice soda ash plant at Osborne closing ABC News 25 June 2014
  3. "Penrice stoney and SBR iron trains cease" Railway Digest August 2014 page 19
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