Bridge to Nowhere, Black Rock

It appears that the Port Pirie ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ has some competition from Black Rock.  [Read more...]

Brill ‘Barwell Bull’

Taken near Quorn December 2007  [Read more...]

The Flying Scotsman, 1988

Bob Kennedy and the legendary UK locomotive Flying Scotsman at Peterborough in 1988 on its journey west from Broken Hill. The Flying Scotsman was in Australia in 1988-89 as part of the nation’s bicentennial celebrations. Whilst here, Flying Scotsman established a new record by steaming the 442 miles (711 km) from Parkes to Broken Hill. This was the longest non-stop run ever recorded by a steam locomotive.  [Read more...]

Bob Kennedy with locomotive NSU-52

Peterborough-based engine driver Bob Kennedy at Orroroo with former 1950s Central Australian Railway (CAR) locomotive NSU-52 ‘light engine’ c1980s. Bob’s brother Bill, was also an engine driver, now retired. lives at Quorn (2008)  [Read more...]

Observer, Country News 22/01/1881

Country News Orroroo, January 14. The good effects of the late storm are not lasting as the weather is again as hot and close as it can possibly be. In this town we had only a small quantity of rain, whilst in the hills – not half a mile away – it fell in torrents, filling up large waterholes and stone quarries. I noticed sometime ago that some one writing from this district stated that the Pekina Creek was dry just beyond Orroroo. This was not the case, as there has been more water running this season than for many years, my informant... MORE

Orroroo Railway Station Crowd 1937

A big day at Orroroo railway station - Back to Orroroo - October 1937  [Read more...]

Orroroo - Quorn - Farina Railway

Request for Tender for railway infrastructure removal Now….. After serving residents of the Orroroo district as a means of communication, passenger transport, a common carrier and tourist attraction for over 120 years it seems that the remaining section of the ‘Quorn line’ emanating out of Peterborough will be ‘ripped up’ in the latter part of 2008. The removal of the narrow gauge railway will end Peterborough’s days as a railway junction town and remove any future hopes of a train running through the... MORE

A dozen eggs, cooked and well travelled

This story from 100 years ago comes from the Quorn Mercury via the Adelaide Observer, Saturday 25 April, 1908. “A workman, while dismantling a sheep van at the Quorn Locomotive Workshops, discovered a nest of hen eggs (12 in number) in a recess on top of the bogey, between the body of the vehicle and the axles. Judging by the appearance they had been there for a number of years, and the railway department had carried them free of charge for thousands of miles. With the heat of the north they had been boiled or baked quite hard, and... MORE

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