Penrice Stone Train

Penrice Stone Train
ARG's 704 & 904 pass Birkenhead, South Australia with loaded limestone hoppers from Penrice quarry to Osborne, S.A.
Overview
Service typeLimestone train
StatusCeased
First serviceNovember 1950
Last serviceJune 2014
Former operator(s)South Australian Railways, Australian National Railways Commission, Genesee & Wyoming Australia
Route
Line(s) usedBarossa Valley railway line, Gawler line, Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line

The Penrice Stone Train “The Stonie” was a limestone train in South Australia that operated from the 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.