Diagrammatic maps are included, and, with many stills, help tell the story of the Pichi Richi Pass. The Pichi Richi Railway is a volunteer-operated heritage railway, providing train experiences on the old Ghan line running between Quorn and Port Augusta, in South Australia's majestic Flinders. It is a full 120 minutes long, and all digital, with natural sound. The DVD video production was filmed in October 1999 and October 2005. ![]() An ex-CR diesel hauls a work train, and historic SAR and CR passenger stock is seen on the "Pichi Richi Explorer," "Afghan Express," and "Wizards Explorer" workings. 106 at work between Quorn and Port Augusta during typical weeks in high season. New South Wales Rail Transport Museum Northern Rivers Railroad NREC ALCo Australia NSW TrainLink Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway P&O Trans Australia Pacific National Pacific National Tasmania (PNT) Patrick Portlink Pichi Richi Railway Pilbara Rail Heritage Society, Seven Mile (WA) Pioneer Sugar Port of Echuca Port Pirie Council. 25, the tiny "Coffee Pot" steam rail motor, and Brill Type 75 diesel rail motor No. 186, ex-Commonwealth Railways "NM" class 4-8-0 No. Our video shows ex-WAGR and Silverton Tramway "W" 4-8-2s, ex-SAR "T" 4-8-0 No. The Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society preserves the last remnant of the old Central Australia Railway and keeps alive the memory of South Australia's northern narrow gauge lines and their connection with Commonwealth Railways. It never extended beyond Alice Springs and has now been totally bypassed by new lines. The Afghan Express is a steam-hauled train using distinctive timber-bodied carriages built in the late 1920s for the narrow gauge old Ghan train service. Trains use steam locomotives or historic diesels and genuine timber-body carriages up to 115 years old. ![]() Diverted to serve newly settled marginal lands near Quorn, the line became an expensive white elephant after crops failed and cultivation was abandoned in the 1880s and 1890s. The Pichi Richi Railway operates between Quorn and Port Augusta. But the project was overambitious, underfunded, and was captured by parochial concerns. After completion of the 1800 mile Overland Telegraph from Adelaide to Darwin, Adelaide's politicians turned their attention to a narrow (3ft 6in) gauge line to Darwin. It is all that now remains of South Australia's never-completed North-South Transcontinental railway. The Pichi Richi Railway has a dramatic past.
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