Port Elliot railway station

The first station at Port Elliot was a small wooden sentry box-type structure which opened in 1866 but was destroyed in a storm.

[2][3] Regular Australian National passenger services ceased in 1984, largely due to the devious rail route from Adelaide to Victor Harbor and a rise in car ownership.

[4] In 1989, a not-for-profit railway preservation organisation, SteamRanger, was established by the Australian Railway Historical Society to operate its heritage train tours from Adelaide to Victor Harbor through the station.

Six years later, as part of the One Nation infrastructure program, the main line between Adelaide and Melbourne was converted to standard gauge, leaving Steamranger's depot at Dry Creek in metropolitan Adelaide isolated.

In a major project, all of SteamRanger's locomotives, rolling stock and infrastructure were moved to Mount Barker station.

Mr Noel Webb speaking to a crowd at Port Elliot railway station. He is standing in front of a WWI recruitment train (c1916)