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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS

WEEKLY NOTICES

1918

Interim listing

1
  • Safety First with a little poem than ends:

So now is the time to look well ahead,
Safety First cannot help you after you're dead.

  • St. Leonards - ticket agency.
  • Beltana - turntable speed restriction.
  • Suburban trains - first class carriage in centre of train.
2
  • Cannawigara - spelling corrected - formerly Cannawigra.
  • Port Adelaide - Glanville - loads for goods engines.
3
  • Perth express not stopping at Saddleworth or Mount Bryan.
  • Perth Express will stop at Orroroo.
  • Seaton Park - name changed - formerly Grangeville.
  • Golf Links - name changed - formerly Seaton.
  • Railway Unit - call for additional men for service abroad.
  • Hergott Springs - name changed to Marree.
  • Petersburg - name changed to Peterborough.
  • Seppelts - name changed to Dorrien.
4
  • Holloway's Ballast Pit - Beachport Line.
  • Oodlawirra - Ucolta - ballast siding.
  • Second Class non-sleeping car on Trans Australian Railway.
  • Instructions for mail sorting vans.
5
  • Sleep's Hill - Eden. Temporary dead end siding provided for contractor .
    6
    • Strathalbyn - pilot engine for Victor Harbour passenger trains to Mount Lofty.
    • Trans Australian Railway - non-sleeping car on Thursdays only.
    • Bordertown - Penola. Mails discontinued.
    • Tailem Bend to Borrika and Sandalwood. Mails discontinued.
    • Broad-gauge stations with only one passenger platform - instructions.
    • Instruction for guards weighing mails from unattended stations.
    • Mount Gambier Junction, new sheep and cattle yards.
    7
    • Double Engine working - Callington to Murray Bridge.
    • Jervois Bridge - Port Adelaide - removal of old line.
    • Trans Australian Railway - mileage for passenger traffic is 1051 miles.
    • Dudley Park - electric light now fro platform.
    • Willunga line - calculation of local rates.
    • Oodlawirra - Ucolta Ballast siding.
    • Composite brakevans and smoking compartments.
    8
    • Murray Bridge to Mount Lofty - arrangements for push engines.
    9
    • Murray Bridge to Mount Lofty - arrangements for push engines.
    • Moonta Bay - open only for passenger traffic between Moonta and Moonta Bay, and not for goods or livestock.
    10
    • Glenelg line (South Terrace). Excess fare applicable if return journey from North Tce.
    • Peebinga line - service suspended.
    • Alawoona - crane erected.
    • Trans - Australian Railway. Additional services.
    11
    • Mantung - turntable siding.
    • Mount Gambier - new transfer platform for Portland (VIc) line.
    • Trans - Australian Railway - sleeping berth may now be booked from Adelaide.
    12
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    13
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    14
    • Peterborough - Port Augusta timetable.
    • Minnipa - crossing and proceed orders.
    • Pinnaroo to Victorian Border - arrangements for goods.
    15
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    16
    • Safety First - photographs of F class and ? Q class.
    • Economy in the use of fuel - statistics on coal usage.
    • Karkarook (Kimba line) - open for traffic.
    • Non-sleeping car on Trans - Australian Railway discontinued.
    17
    • Bowmans, South Hummocks, and Melton. Permissive block signals.
    • Lowaldie (Paringa Line) correct spelling.
    18
    • Keith - Wirrega. Arrangements for working ballast siding.
    • Automatic Electric Staff instruments - instructions.
    • Wilkawatt and Moorlands (Pinnaroo line) - automatic electric staff instruments.
    • Terowie Yard - train working.
    19
    • Trans - Australian Railway - meal tickets.
    • Sleep's Hill - siding to Messr's Burt and Timms' Quarry.
    • Wilkawatt (Pinnaroo line) - automatic electric staff.
    • Victor Harbour Express.
    • Peterborough - Quorn. Mixed train service.
    20
    • Wilmington line - ballast pit.
    • Exeter Tramway crossing - signal cabin.
    21
    • Adelaide and Perth Express.
    22
    • Karkarook (Kimba line) correct mileage.
    • Adelaide yard and cabin - all electric signalling.
    • Late running of trains.
    23
    • Victor Harbour Express - discontinued on Saturdays.
    24
    • Dutiable goods and list of distilleries in South Australia.
    25
    • Mallala and Long Plains - mails to be carried by trains .
      26
      • Safety First. Photographs. Working a station crane. Cutting off rivet heads in workshop.
      27
      • Terowie Mill siding - T class engines not permitted
      • Riverton to Clare line opened.
      28
      • Ambleside - new name - formerly Hahndorf.
      • Port Pirie - train working in Ellen Street.
      29
      • Port Adelaide (Dock) signals
      30
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      31
      • Halbury - caretaker withdrawn.
      32
      • Northern places - arrangements for mails.
      33
      • Ceduna - officer in charge.
      • Peterborough and Quorn - daily mixed trains.
      34
      • Peterborough and Port Augusta - mails not to be sent by express.
      • Wilmington line mails. TPO withdrawn.
      35
      • Glenelg - South Tce Line - signals.
      • Merildin - telephone line connecting station with Mintaro township.
      • Queen's Wharf and siding (Port Adelaide) shunting.
      • Parcels between South Australia and Victoria (provides a list of all stations in South Australia)
      • Safety First - photographs including Rx.
      36
      • Alberton - mail for Adelaide discontinued.
      • Mount Gambier yard - signalling.
      37
      • Monarto South to Murray Bridge. Load s for Rx and N class increased.
      • Paringa - 3 ton crane.
      38
      • missing
      39
      • Victor Harbour - 5 ton crane
      • Clare - turntable installed.
      • Glenelg Line (South Terrace).- signals
      • 3 position electric signals- instructions re speed of trains.
      40
      • Perth Express - Chair seats between Terowie and Port Augusta for through passengers.
      • Kalgoorlie - perishable traffic not to be accepted.
      • Adlake lamps - instruction re oil to be used and trimming wicks.
      41
      • East - West line - perishables not to be forwarded beyond Cook.
      • Nuriootpa station yard signals.
      • Mantung - turntable installed.
      42
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      43
      • Riverton Yard - signals and interlocking.
      • Mount Gambler - Heywood Line - maximum speed.
      • Glenelg (South Terrace) Line - Forrestville signals.
      • Eden - new main line.
      44
      • 'Wirreanda' name of Officer's Van No 26 working on Great Northern Line.
      • Standard Time at stations. Officer in charge at Semaphore will take the time from the time-ball.
      45
      • Kaldow (Thevenard line) - formerly Kilto.
      46
      • Gasholder working - Mile End, Adelaide, and Glenelg.
      47
      • Wynarka - caretaker appointed.
      • Willunga, Robertstown, Clare lines - abolition of charging 'local rates' 22nd November.
      48
      • Wirrabarra - private siding Messrs Lewis and Reid.
      • Northfield station - open for goods traffic.
      • Trucks for traffic consigned to Victoria.
      • Willunga, Robertstown, Clare lines - new fares in consequence of abolition of local rates
      • Safety first - photograph of side-loading carriages, boiler shop at Islington.
      • Ambulance Vans (four wheel) stationed at Quorn and Marree. Also Wallaroo.
      49
      • Beachport Line - excursion fares.
      • Cooke's Plains - electric staff station.
      • Mount Pleasant Line - working trucks without air brake permitted.
      50
      • Oodnadatta train - dates.
      • Mount Hope line - continuation of Friday Train.
      51
      • Gawler - North Gawler wheat sidings.
      • Port Wakefield - Paskeville. Push engine working only during daylight.
      • Hamley Bridge signals.
      52
      • Kapunda - Roseworthy. Engine loads subject to bogie brakevan or four loaded trucks with air brakes.
      • Monarto South to Murray Bridge - engine loads.