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==History==
==History==
Terowie station opened in 1880 when the [[broad gauge]] line from [[Adelaide railway station|Adelaide]] was completed. In 1881, it became a [[junction station]] when the [[narrow gauge]] line from [[Peterborough railway station, South Australia|Peterborough]] opened. This resulted in Terowie becoming an important [[transshipment]] point on the [[South Australian Railways]] network.<ref name=RBromby>{{cite book|last1=Bromby|first1=Robin|title=The Railway Age in Australia|date=2004|publisher=Thomas Lothan|location=South Melbourne|isbn=0 734407 15 7|pages=70–71}}</ref><ref>[http://www.natrailmuseum.org.au/downloads/documents/Multi_Gauge_Muddle.compressed.pdf Terowie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228020700/http://natrailmuseum.org.au/downloads/documents/Multi_Gauge_Muddle.compressed.pdf |date=28 February 2016 }} National Railway Museum</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87780780 Deputations: The Break of Gauge: A Protest] ''Adelaide Chronicle'' 6 August 1898</ref>
Terowie station opened in 1880 when the [[broad gauge]] line from [[Adelaide railway station|Adelaide]] was completed. In 1881, it became a [[junction station]] when the [[narrow gauge]] line from [[Peterborough railway station, South Australia|Peterborough]] opened. This resulted in Terowie becoming an important [[transshipment]] point on the [[South Australian Railways]] network.<ref name=RBromby>{{cite book|last1=Bromby|first1=Robin|title=The Railway Age in Australia|date=2004|publisher=Thomas Lothan|location=South Melbourne|isbn=0-734407-15-7|pages=70–71}}</ref><ref>[http://www.natrailmuseum.org.au/downloads/documents/Multi_Gauge_Muddle.compressed.pdf Terowie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228020700/http://natrailmuseum.org.au/downloads/documents/Multi_Gauge_Muddle.compressed.pdf |date=28 February 2016 }} National Railway Museum</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87780780 Deputations: The Break of Gauge: A Protest] ''Adelaide Chronicle'' 6 August 1898</ref>


The opening of the [[Trans-Australian Railway]] in 1917 further increased the amount of traffic, this ceased operating via Terowie in 1937 when the [[Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line|Adelaide to Redhill line]] was extended to [[Port Pirie Junction railway station|Port Pirie]].
The opening of the [[Trans-Australian Railway]] in 1917 further increased the amount of traffic, this ceased operating via Terowie in 1937 when the [[Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line|Adelaide to Redhill line]] was extended to [[Port Pirie Junction railway station|Port Pirie]]. With the opening of the [[Leigh Creek Coalfield]] in the 1940s, the volume of freight transhipped increased again. This ceased with the opening of the [[Marree railway line|Stirling North to Marree line]] on 27 July 1957. As part of the conversion of the [[Crystal Brook-Broken Hill railway line|Port Augusta to Broken Hill line]] to standard gauge, the line north of Terowie to Peterborough was converted to broad gauge on 12 January 1970, thus making Peterborough the break of gauge point.<ref name=RBromby/><ref name=NewlandQuinlan>{{cite book|last1=Newland|first1=Andrew|last2=Quinlan|first2=Howard|title=Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000|date=2000|publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society|location=Redfern|isbn=0-909650-49-7|page=58}}</ref>


The station closed for regular passenger use on 13 December 1986. The last passenger train, a [[Steamrail Victoria]] tour using Victorian locomotive [[Victorian Railways R class|R761]] used the station on 6 June 1987. <ref>{{cite web |title=Steam Extravaganza |url=https://steamranger.org.au/enthusiast/history/pdfs/r8708a.pdf |website=SteamRanger Enthusiast Pages |access-date=30 April 2024}}</ref> The line through Terowie was taken up in 1992/93.
With the opening of the [[Leigh Creek Coalfield]] in the 1940s, the volume of freight transhipped increased again. This ceased with the opening of the [[Marree railway line|Stirling North to Marree line]] on 27 July 1957. As part of the conversion of the [[Crystal Brook-Broken Hill railway line|Port Augusta to Broken Hill line]] to standard gauge, the line north of Terowie to Peterborough was converted to broad gauge on 12 January 1970, thus making Peterborough the break of gauge point.<ref name=RBromby/><ref name=NewlandQuinlan>{{cite book|last1=Newland|first1=Andrew|last2=Quinlan|first2=Howard|title=Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000|date=2000|publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society|location=Redfern|isbn=0-909650-49-7|page=58}}</ref>

Terowie was reduced to a crossing loop with the line closing on 26 July 1988.<ref name=RBromby/><ref name=NewlandQuinlan/>


==General Douglas MacArthur monument==
==General Douglas MacArthur monument==
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Terowie
Remaining parts of the Terowie station building in 2013. Subsequently they have been externally restored.
General information
Coordinates33°09′02″S 138°55′16″E / 33.1505°S 138.9212°E / -33.1505; 138.9212
Operated bySouth Australian Railways, Australian National Railways Commission
Line(s)Peterborough railway line
Distance221 kilometres from Adelaide
Platforms1
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened1880
ClosedDecember 1986
Services
Preceding station Australian National Railways Commission Following station
Whyte Yarcowie
towards Adelaide
 Roseworthy-Peterborough railway line Gumbowie
towards Peterborough

Terowie railway station was located on the Roseworthy–Peterborough line in the South Australian town of Terowie.

History

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Terowie station opened in 1880 when the broad gauge line from Adelaide was completed. In 1881, it became a junction station when the narrow gauge line from Peterborough opened. This resulted in Terowie becoming an important transshipment point on the South Australian Railways network.[1][2][3]

The opening of the Trans-Australian Railway in 1917 further increased the amount of traffic, this ceased operating via Terowie in 1937 when the Adelaide to Redhill line was extended to Port Pirie. With the opening of the Leigh Creek Coalfield in the 1940s, the volume of freight transhipped increased again. This ceased with the opening of the Stirling North to Marree line on 27 July 1957. As part of the conversion of the Port Augusta to Broken Hill line to standard gauge, the line north of Terowie to Peterborough was converted to broad gauge on 12 January 1970, thus making Peterborough the break of gauge point.[1][4]

The station closed for regular passenger use on 13 December 1986. The last passenger train, a Steamrail Victoria tour using Victorian locomotive R761 used the station on 6 June 1987. [5] The line through Terowie was taken up in 1992/93.

General Douglas MacArthur monument

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Douglas MacArthur monument
General Douglas MacArthur, his wife Jean and son Arthur on 20 March 1942 at Terowie railway station, where they had to change from a narrow-gauge train to a broad-gauge train on their journey from The Philippines to Melbourne. Here he made his much-publicised remark, "I shall return".

While changing trains in Terowie on 20 March 1942, United States General Douglas MacArthur was interviewed by two journalists from the Adelaide Advertiser newspaper regarding the Battle of the Philippines. He said: "The President of the United States ordered me to break through the Japanese lines and proceed from Corregidor to Australia for the purpose, as I understand it, of organising an American offensive against Japan, the primary purpose of which is the relief of the Philippines. I came through and I shall return". The following morning the Advertiser printed the interview with MacArthur under the headline: "I Shall Return."[6] MacArthur used the phrase repeatedly in his press releases until his return to Manila in February 1945. The event is commemorated by a plaque on the platform (which misquotes his remark).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bromby, Robin (2004). The Railway Age in Australia. South Melbourne: Thomas Lothan. pp. 70–71. ISBN 0-734407-15-7.
  2. ^ Terowie Archived 28 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine National Railway Museum
  3. ^ Deputations: The Break of Gauge: A Protest Adelaide Chronicle 6 August 1898
  4. ^ Newland, Andrew; Quinlan, Howard (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 58. ISBN 0-909650-49-7.
  5. ^ "Steam Extravaganza" (PDF). SteamRanger Enthusiast Pages. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  6. ^ Advertiser 21 March 1942, p.1
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