Gladstone, South Australia
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Gladstone () is a town in the Mid North of South Australia.
[edit] Railways
Gladstone is located on the main Port Pirie to Broken Hill railway, with branches going north and south.
Originally, all the lines were 3′ 6″ narrow gauge. In 1927, the line south of Gladstone to Hamley Bridge was converted to 5′ 3″ broad gauge, making Gladstone a break-of-gauge junction.
In 1970, the line from Port Pirie to Broken Hill was converted to 4′ 8½″ standard gauge making Gladstone into a rare three-gauge break-of-gauge junction. In the 1980s, the broad and narrow gauge lines were closed, leaving Gladstone as a purely standard gauge station.
[edit] Other information
Gladstone is in the state electoral district of Frome, the federal Division of Grey, and the Northern Areas Council.
On the afternoon of 9 May 2006, an explosion at a factory ten kilometres from Gladstone killed three men and injured two more. The factory is a former ammunition factory now used for making mining explosives. The explosion could be heard in Gladstone. (ABC)
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