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Penrice Stone Train 1950-2014

The Penrice Stone Train was the last broad gauge freight service in South Australia. It carried limestone from Penrice Quarry near Angaston on the Barossa Valley line to Penrice Soda Products' soda ash factory in Osborne in Adelaide's north-western suburbs, and the co-located Readymix concrete batching plant. The train commenced operating in November 1950, and ceased operating in June 2014 when the Osborne factory closed. Over the years, it had been hauled by the Rx, 500, 700, 750, 900, 930…

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