Ruins of Mt Dutton Rail Siding on the old Ghan railway line

Mt Dutton Rail Siding Ruins - Oodnadatta Track visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Mt Dutton Rail Siding Ruins' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from South Australia.

Mount Dutton was one of the stations on the Great Northern Railway commonly known as The Ghan, built in 1890 in the last stage of construction while the line was being extended to Oodnadatta. It subsequently became a locomotive watering point when an artesian bore was put down.The Mount Dutton fettlers cottages and bore were disused after Commonwealth Railways took over the running of the line in 1926.

The Mt Dutton siding has four main elements —an elevated, riveted, cast iron water tank for re-watering trains, a small stone fettlers accommodation building, a pumphouse containing a steampump and upright boiler and an external windmill, and a grave surrounded by a timber fence.

The railway was abandoned in 1981 and by 1987 virtually all useful materials had been salvaged. Within six years the line looked like it had been abandoned for a hundred years.