Tea and Sugar Train

Different Gauge Sizes

By Emily, Josh, Kavitha and Jhye.

The Railway museum is filled with fun and historic attractions. Once named the Port Dock Station Museum which was started in 1963 by a group of Rail Preservationists, the Railway Museum is a guaranteed good time. Interact with screens on the Tea and Sugar Train and learn about the exciting history, for the littlies, why not go for a ride on one of their trains? It’s a great learning experience and is bound to teach you more than one thing.

The Tea and Sugar train is one of most brilliant attractions to see at the Railway Museum. The Tea and Sugar once delivered money and goods to people around South Australia. There were four cars, which each served a different purpose. The pay car, in which a person handed out wages to people working. The Butcher’s car, which had the food. E.g. meat, ice cream, cream, milk. The Provision’s car which the goods like furniture and dry food were stored. The fourth car, the Reldy or Living Quarters which

was where to people who worked on the Tea and Sugar slept. The Tea and Sugar is an important part of history due to its delivery of basic resources. Without it, many people wouldn’t have had these resources.

Train track gauges show an important message in communication. Gauges were created for trains to run on although in different places they had different size gauges,

the narrow gauge, standard gauge and the broad gauge. Eventually these places decided to connect their rails and due to the different gauge size, things became a bit complicated. People had to come to a compromise and merge these rails together

so that people don’t have to get on and off trains in order to get to another place. This story’s lesson applies to today, communicate to make things less complicated.

The Railway museum is educational, historic and unforgettable. It’s a brilliant place for all ages and is definitely a great place to visit. While you’re in beautiful Port Adelaide, why not visit other places like the Lighthouse or the Maritime? Or go to their website at www.natrailmuseum.org.au/

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