4External linksHistoryPreserved Y1 at Sulphide Street Museum, Broken Hill in August 2009Preserved W24 at Sulphide Street Museum, Broken Hill in August 2009The Silverton Tramway Company was formed in 1886 by a consortium led by J. S. Reid, to buildand operate the Silverton Tramway, a 58-kilometre (36 mi)-long 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)-gaugerailway running from Cockburn on the New South Wales-South Australia state border to BrokenHill; after the Government of New South Wales enacted into legislation the Silverton TramwayAct of 1886 that granted the Silverton Tramway Company the rights to build and operate arailway. It was headquartered in Melbourne, listing on the London Stock Exchange in 1897, latertransferring to the Australian Securities Exchange.
