Cook (South Australia)

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2011-11 Cook.JPG
Cook ghost town, November 2011
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of South Australia.svg South Australia
Founded : 1917
Coordinates : 30 ° 37 ′  S , 130 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 30 ° 37 ′  S , 130 ° 25 ′  E
Residents : 4th
Time zone : ACST (UTC + 9: 30)
Postal code : 5710
LGA : Maralinga Tjarutja
Cook (South Australia)
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Cook is a railway station and is on the Indian-Pacific Railway from Adelaide to Perth , with no inhabited places nearby. It has some houses and fuel tanks for the locomotives. At the passing places trains up to 1,800 m long cross.

The city was founded in 1917 when the track was laid. It was named after former Prime Minister Joseph Cook . Rationalization in rail operations has reduced the population to six people (3 couples) today (2017) who work alternating shifts for the Indian-Pacific Railway. As a rule, four people are present who, in addition to refueling the trains with diesel, also take care of the train staff housed in containers, since the shift changes in Cook and the staff spend the rest phase here. A train has up to four drivers, depending on the length. The bush hospital is closed and the shop is only open while the train is in town. There are still two paved runways that are now only used occasionally by small aircraft.

When the city was still inhabited, water was pumped from an underground aquifer , there was even a public swimming pool, but today all water is transported on trains. Attempts to plant trees and other vegetation have not been successful.

Cook is located on the longest straight railway line in the world at 478 kilometers.

Picture gallery

  • Steam locomotive (Class G no.G18) of the Commonwealth Railways with the Trans-Australian Express in Cook (1935)

  • Aging Building in Cook (2005)

  • Billboard at Cook Hospital (2010)

  • Cook Station (2007)

  • Cook Train Station; Direction of view: East (2012)

  • Trans-Australian Railway , viewing direction: East (2014)

  • The Indian Pacific at Cook (2005)

Web links

Commons : Cook, South Australia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files