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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS

WEEKLY NOTICES

1922

Interim listing

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  • Vans 24 and 26 for conveying perishables between Mile End and Wolseley.
  • Trucks not fitted with screw couplings - not to be used between Murray Bridge and Serviceton.
  • Season tickets, return tickets, and excursion tickets - list of (suburban) routes over which alternative route travel is permissible. (Glenelg railways dominate).
  • Opening of Clare to Spalding railway on Monday 9th January. Mileages, sidings, loads and timetables.
  • Peterborough and Port Pirie - service with carriage attached runs daily (Sundays excepted).
2
  • Trans-Australian Express - up and down expresses will stop at Orroroo, Carrieton, and Hammond on Sundays as well as Tuesdays and Thursdays.
3
  • Millicent station yard - relocation of Up Home signal.
  • G and J classes of wagons, being converted to GA, GB, and JJ wagons with greater carrying capacity.
  • Spalding line - conveyance of mails.
  • Telephone switchboard at Adelaide station will replace public central exchange - list of all railway offices connect and extension numbers.
  • Licensed porters - By-Law 185
4
  • Eyre Peninsula Lines - stations with Permissive Block books.
  • Manoora - three-position electric signalling installed 24th January.
  • Vans for carriage of explosives.
5
  • Northfield - catchpoint.
  • Outer Harbour line - siding for Adelaide Electric Supply Company.
  • Riverton station - signalling alterations.
  • Long Gully - Sunday special trains now cancelled.
  • Adelaide to Murray Bridge - timetable for Saturday evening passenger service.
6
  • Northfield - catchpoint advice in W.N. 5 cancelled.
  • Wolseley station - signals and interlocking.
  • Cobera - telephone installed.
7
  • Northfield - catchpoints - instructions.
  • Apamurra - receiving post office established 17th February.
  • Carriage of grapes to stations on the Willunga line - instructions for coming season.
  • Spalding line - instructions re mails between Clare and Spalding.
8
  • Saddleworth station - electric signalling operative 28th February.
9
  • Alternative routes - Spalding and Gulnare excursion tickets valid for return.
  • Bowmans - broad-gauge construction trains crossing narrow-gauge main line.
10
  • Bowmans - broad-gauge construction trains crossing narrow-gauge main line.
11
  • Long Plains line - down and up mixed trains only shunt at Two Wells, Mallala, and Long Plains. Loading for other sidings must not be sent by mixed trains.
  • Riverton station - signals
  • Balaklava and Port Wakefield - now connected by telephone.
  • Taplan - water column secured by S lock to prevent water from being stolen.
  • Arrangements for conveyance of furniture for employees being transferred from one station to another.
12
  • Sleep's Hill and Schwerkolt's Quarries - shunting arrangements. "Kicking off" of vehicles is strictly forbidden.
  • North line - light engines returning to Adelaide after assisting down trains may work up goods trains, but arrangement does not apply to the Gawler engine.
  • Staff warned that points must not be trailed during shunting.
13
  • Ambulance car now stationed at Marree (converted from P.O. van 17) - details of equipment provided.
  • Non-air trucks may be loaded for Murray Lands and Pinnaroo lines.
  • Glenelg line (South Terrace) - trains to stop clear of crossing at Black Forest.
  • Melbourne Express - second engine only required beyond Tailem Bend on down train if load exceeds 240 tons.
  • Croydon station - signal alteration.
14
  • Licensed luggage porters in operation from 10th April at Adelaide station, whereafter uniform porters will no longer carry passengers' luggage.
  • Carriage of mails to and from Northern towns (mainly Port Pirie - Peterborough) on Sundays.
  • Paringa - 20 ton weighbridge
  • Maggea - twice weekly mail service.
  • Easter train services - South line. Mount Gambier to Portland.
15
  • Bowmans - broad-gauge construction trains crossing narrow-gauge main line.
  • Peterhead - electric bell to notify train coming from Largs or Glanville - Officer in charge at Peterhead must guard the crossing.
16
  • Willochra - sheep and cattle yards erected.
  • Hookina - cattle yards erected.
17
  • East-West express, Murray Bridge to Serviceton - second engine not required beyond Tailem Bend if load is less than 240 tons.
  • Consist of train with carriages for Paringa and Loxton.
  • Henley Beach line - enginemen to ring bell continuously between Grange and Henley Beach.
  • Virginia - ticket and parcels agency.
  • Riverton station yard - temporary signal alterations.
  • Waikerie line - siding at 154.25 miles.
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  • Mount Lofty - instruction for push-engine.
20
  • Maggea - mail arrangements now three times per week.
  • Port Broughton - Kadina motor lorry conveying passengers - altered day of operation.
  • Bowmans - broad-gauge construction trains crossing narrow-gauge main line.
21
  • Marino - up trains must telephone Brighton for permission to proceed.
  • Waikerie line - mail bag service for siding at 154.25 miles.
22
  • North Gawler - point indicator for Sand Siding.
  • Perth Express - reserved seats may be arranged between Adelaide and Port Augusta, and lists carriages for narrow-gauge section including Yanyarrie and Wanilla.
  • Western System - re-organisation of gangs. Gangs located at Hoyleton, Blyth, Yacka.
  • North Gawler - trains cannot cross until further notice.
23
  • Outer Harbour - goods not accepted at Commissioner's risk as no goods shed.
  • Commonwealth railways - special arrangements for carriage of dogs and poultry and passengers consigning dogs by same passenger train required to attend to feeding and watering with provisions from the dining car.
24
  • South Hummocks - telephone connected to Port Wakefield and Balaklava.
  • Glanville station yard - signal alterations.
  • Peterborough - arrangements for push engines towards Terowie.
  • Port Pirie - shunting arrangements for Ellen Street, Smelting works, and wharves.
  • Parachilna - ballast siding at 329 miles and 8 chains near Meadows.
25
  • Jabuk station - goods and parcels must be prepaid.
  • Waikerie line - siding at 154.25 miles to be known as Hillmanville.
  • Hookina - ballast pit.
  • J wagons - capacity is 10 tons but some still have 8 ton capacity plates.
  • Outer Harbour - catch points.
  • Adelaide and Marama - weekly mail bag.
26
  • Quorn - mails despatched on Sundays by Trans-Australian Express.
  • Rendelsham - direct exchange of mails with Adelaide from 1st July.
  • Grand junction to Glanville - electric signalling effective 2nd July.
  • Quorn - buzzer telephone in Traffic Superintendent's office.
  • Adelaide to Gawler - timetable changes.
27
  • Keswick - Showgrounds Junction signalling alterations.
  • Ambulance Van - a fracture board is provided to place under the wire mattress for use in case of fractures.
  • Melbourne Express - examination of tickets for second division.
  • Eyesight and Hearing tests and medical examination of workers.
  • Outalpa and Nantabibbie sidings - re-opened.
  • Camden and Morphettville - tickets interchangeable.
28
  • Willunga line - load for F class engines on limited mixed trains from Brighton to Willunga is 150 tons.
  • Blyth station yard signals - alterations.
29
  • Stockyard Creek - caretaker withdrawn.
30
  • Postal employees travelling on goods trains - not required to sign risk note.
  • Hillmanville - open for goods and passenger traffic.
  • East-west Express between Murray Bridge and Serviceton - second engine required if tonnage exceeds 210 tons.
  • Trans-Australian line - carriage of small animals by passenger train.
31
  • Long Plains - load for any engine on mixed trains not to exceed 300 tons.
  • Oodnadatta line - location of gangs.
  • South line - new ballast siding at 57.5 miles between Murray Bridge and Kinchina.
32
  • Adelaide and Broken Hill, and Burra service - extra trains to operate.
33
  • South Line - location of wayside telephones.
  • Adelaide and Broken Hill - timetable correction.
34
  • Willochra - telephone alteration.
  • Summit (Port Augusta to Quorn) - shunting and crossing of trains no longer possible.
  • Gladstone - point indicator.
  • Belalie North to Gladstone -engine loads conditional on Westinghouse brakes.
35
  • Richmond - telephone installed.
  • Express trains Murray Bridge to Serviceton - load for S class engine is 215 tons.
  • Northfield station - electric lighting
  • Sandy Creek - Resident staff withdrawn from 31st August. Electric staff block to be from North Gawler to Lyndoch from 1st September.
  • Truro and Angaston lines - timetable alteration.
36
  • Narrow -gauge A vans with wooden underframes restricted to Quorn and Oodnadatta.
  • Balaklava nd Kadina - telephones installed.
37
  • Oodnadatta line - location of gangs.
  • Port Wakefield station yard signals.
  • Winnininnie siding - signalmen again located.
  • Belalie North to Jamestown - load advice applies to T class engines.
38
  • Halbury siding - now a porter in charge.
39
  • Woodville station signals.
40
  • Safety First - (plates) right and wrong way to level coal in tender of Rx class engine.
  • Monarto South connected with telegraph.
  • Golf Links siding - indicators.
41
  • Brinkworth station yard signals.
  • Railway Gardens Competition - judging criteria.
  • Mutooroo and Cutana sidings.
  • Cool chamber working for summer season.
42
  • Hallett - station yard signals.
43
  • Malpas - formerly Wolowa.
  • Victor Harbour Express - timetable.
  • Riverton station - electric signalling alterations 27th October.
  • South Line - ballast siding at 81 miles (Between Tailem Bend and Cookes Plains).
44
  • Mantung - station master appointed.
  • Coomandook - signals and interlocking.
  • Glanville - starting signal.
  • Nadda - arrangements re mails.
  • Regulations re employment, transfer expenses, issuing of uniform, long-service leave, leave of absence, Life assurance, Superannunation, Retirement, Classification, Sunday time, Overtime, Home stations, Travelling allowance, Examining Board.
45
  • Gladstone yard signals.
  • Port adelaide to Glanville via St Vincent Street permanently closed from 15th November.
46
  • Bumbunga line (under construction) - wheat traffic.
  • Brinkworth station yard signals.
  • Marlborough Street (Henley Beach Line) ticket and parcels agency opened 14th Nov.
  • Mount Gambier and Wolseley Line - timetable.
47
  • Peterborough - push engine arrangements towards Terowie.
  • Bumbunga Line (under construction) - wheat traffic.
  • Adelaide Station Yard - electric signalling.
  • Karoonda, Karte, Kringin, Mootatunga, and Peebinga - mail bags.
  • Coomandook - interlocking
48
  • Goodwood to Brighton - loads for F class engines.
  • Wolseley to Serviceton - load for GB engines is 100 tons.
  • Peterborough station yard signals.
49
  • Wolseley - station yard signal relocated.
  • Torrens Park - ticket and parcels agency established.
  • Malpas - mails exchanged three times a week.
  • Wolowa - exchange of mails with Tailem Bend discontinued.
  • Belalie - exchange of mails with Peterborough.
  • Willunga line stations - conveyance of mails by rail discontinued on 1st January 1923.
  • Failure of safety valves - recent boiler explosion on an English Railway was caused by engineman failing to report safety valve failing to blow off at required pressure.
50
  • Long Plains - mail bag arrangements.
  • Use of cattle vans for goods loading.
  • Pinnaroo line - load for Tx engines for goods and mixed trains is 50 percent over the load for a K class.
  • Pinnaroo and Murray Lands line - call for return of figures on passengers carried over these lines for the previous twelve months.
  • Pinnaroo line - 16 ton trucks may now be loaded to full capacity.
  • Paringa line - speed restriction between Tailem Bend and Karoonda, 20 miles per hour.
  • Passenger and mixed train running - from 2nd January 1923, a daily report is to be made listing all trains that did not reach their destination on schedule.
51
  • Cradock - arrangement for mails, including Travelling Post Office.
  • Wolseley - daily mail bag.
  • Paratoo - closure of post office, and mail bag to Peterborough.
  • Terowie to Orroroo - mails discontinued.
  • Goods loading in cattle vans - table of load capacities.
  • Waikerie - mails.
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