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THE RIESLING TRAIL
WATERVALE TO PENWORTHAM
The grade is 1 in 60 uphill from Watervale station, then eases to 1 in 140 before the long straight, which is 1 in 64. On the first curve after this long straight there is a short stretch of level.
The trail veers off the mainline through the Watervale station yard and keeps close to the western boundary of the yard, denying opportunity to observe the features of the station yard.
To the east of the yard is a white house with a green roof, that is of a design built extensively by the South Australian Railways in the 1920s. There was never a station master at Watervale, however there was a caretaker, and therein was possibly its purpose. Next to this house is track that leads into the Watervale station yard, and by taking this direction it is possible to access the mainline and the remnants of the platform that was on the west of the track.
At the northern end of the Watervale yard the trail again rejoins the railway formation. Here is another of the black and white station signs, but well distant from the point on the platform where the original existed.
Beyond Mount Horrocks Road there is a long straight that extends to the road bridge at Penwortham. This is the longest straight section between Auburn and Clare. The diagram of gradients and curves for the railway show that the start and finish corresponded with the 83 and 84 mile posts (miles from Adelaide).
Immediately north of the road bridge, can be seen the abutments of the original road over bridge that was replaced in 1953. The Morrison Road crossing marks the point of the Penwortham stopping place.
The next section is from PENWORTHAM to SEVENHILL.