page_title: Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre
section_title: Services
hierarchical_section_title: Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre / Services
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a view of part of the roundhouse located at the Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre. In this view can be seen the SAR Motor Inspection Car in its garage. Left to right: NSU 55, NC 1 (both ex Commonwealth Railways), W 901 and Pmr 720 (both ex Western Australian Government Railways).
context_page_description: The Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre is a static railway museum based in the former railway workshops located in Peterborough, South Australia.
  Peterborough was the administrative and service centre for the Peterborough Division of the South Australian Railways, employing up to 1,500 people in the workshops during its heyday. The railway workshops covered an extensive area mainly to the west of the township, and it is in these original buildings that the exhibits are displayed.
  The turntable and roundhouse are the main features of the exhibit.
  The turntable is unusual in that it accommodates three rail gauges: Narrow gauge, standard gauge
  and broad gauge. In Australia there were only two similar turntables; all three were on the same line, with the one at Peterborough the only one remaining. This unique situation arose from the standardisation project of the late 1960s. At this time the broad gauge line was extended from Terowie to Peterborough and the Port Pirie to Broken Hill section was replaced by standard gauge line. The Peterborough to Quorn section remained narrow gauge.
context_section_description: The Centre is open seven days a week; an entry fee is charged.
  Guided tours, lasting about an hour and a half, provide a narrative of the equipment displayed, the infrastructure on site and its social history as well as exploring amusing railway anecdotes and experiences.
  After the Centre's opening, technical difficulties limited the availability of the planned sound and light show; but after considerable work to resolve the issues the show is now considered a huge success, operating most nights, dependent only on bookings. The sound and light show has contributed to an increase in the number of overnight stays in the town, which benefits the other tourist attractions and the town in general.
  The Centre had accreditation as a rail-transport operator to run its motor inspection car, MIC 127, between the centre and the former goods platform in Peterborough yard, though this is rarely done.
caption: Part of the roundhouse, showing some of the engines on display
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