Penrice Stone Train

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.

It ceased operating abruptly in June 2014 when Penrice Soda Products went into receivership and the Osborne factory closed.

The final train into Osborne was 1152S from Penrice to Osborne, hauled by 843/841/844 on 20/6/2014 The last ever run was 1152S on 24/6/2014, this was a half loaded “stone” with 843/841/844 which terminated at Dry Creek, with the train crew notified of immediate effect that Penrice Soda Products had closed.

SAR, AN, ASR & G&W would allocated a locomotive to Penrice Soda Products at Osborne for shunting, before 2010 517 would be used, after which it was 831.

In its final ten or so years, the train was hauled solely by 700 and 830 class locomotives, (831, 841, 843, 844 & 704 ready to be used).