A disused building in Cook

The Indian Pacific at Cook

Cook (30°36′S 130°24′E) is a railway station and crossing loop on the standard gauge Trans-Australian Railway from Adelaide to Perth, with no inhabited places around. It has a few houses, and fuel tanks for the locomotives. The crossing loop can cross trains up to 1800m long. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 917 KB)Cook. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 917 KB)Cook. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1632x1232, 733 KB) Summary The Indian Pacific train where it stops for an hour or so in Cook, South Australia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1632x1232, 733 KB) Summary The Indian Pacific train where it stops for an hour or so in Cook, South Australia. ... Fresh from the launch of the new Indian Pacific livery on 24th September, NR 28 hauls the Indian Pacific out of Perth (through Maylands) on Wednesday, 28th September 2005. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ... Looking east on the Trans-Australia Railway from Cook, South Australia The Trans-Australian Railway crosses the Nullarbor Plain from Port Augusta in South Australia to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia and contains the longest straight stretch of track in the world. ... Adelaide is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia. ... Perth is the state capital and most populous city of Western Australia. ... A crossing loop is a place on a single line railway where trains in opposing directions can cross each other. ...

The town was created in 1917 when the railway was built. It is named after former Prime Minister Joseph Cook. It was effectively closed in 1997 when the railways were privatised and the new owners didn't need a support town there, although the diesel refueling facilities remain, and there is overnight accommodation for train drivers. The shop and bush hospital are closed. Cook is the only scheduled stop on the Nullarbor Plain for the Indian Pacific passenger train across Australia and provides has curiosity value for the passengers. Today, it is said to have a resident population of two, and is essentially a ghost town. 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Rt Hon Joseph Cook Sir Joseph Cook (7 December 1860 - 30 July 1947), Australian politician and sixth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Silverdale, a small mining town near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... -1... Fresh from the launch of the new Indian Pacific livery on 24th September, NR 28 hauls the Indian Pacific out of Perth (through Maylands) on Wednesday, 28th September 2005. ... A street corner in the ghost town of Bodie, California. ...

When the town was active, water was pumped from an underground Artesian aquifer but now, all water is carried in by train. Attempts have been made to introduce trees and other vegetation, but these have not been successful. Geological strata giving rise to an Artesian well. ...

Cook is on the longest stretch of straight railway in the world, at 479 km.