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South Australia is one of the few places in Australia, if not the world that has all three major rail gauges, in addition to other uncommon gauges.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australian_Railways Wikipedia]</ref> | South Australia is one of the few places in Australia, if not the world that has all three major rail gauges, in addition to other uncommon gauges.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australian_Railways Wikipedia]</ref> | ||
1910 Operating 1,912 miles. Officers - [[Alexander B. Moncrieff]], Commissioner; [[Walter Rutt]], Chief Engineer; [[B. F. Rushton]], Chief Mechanical Engineer.<ref>1911 Bradshaw’s Railway Manual</ref> | 1910 South Australia State Railway. Operating 1,912 miles. Officers - [[Alexander B. Moncrieff]], Commissioner; [[Walter Rutt]], Chief Engineer; [[B. F. Rushton]], Chief Mechanical Engineer.<ref>1911 Bradshaw’s Railway Manual</ref> | ||
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South Australian Railways built and operated railways in South Australia from 1854 to the incorporation of its non-urban railways into the Australian National in 1975, together with the former Commonwealth Railways and the former Tasmanian Government Railways. The Adelaide urban lines were transferred to the State Transport Authority.
South Australia is one of the few places in Australia, if not the world that has all three major rail gauges, in addition to other uncommon gauges.[1]
1910 South Australia State Railway. Operating 1,912 miles. Officers - Alexander B. Moncrieff, Commissioner; Walter Rutt, Chief Engineer; B. F. Rushton, Chief Mechanical Engineer.[2]
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