Rob Powell

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The founder and creator of the Southern Peninsula Railway and was the head of the railway from its formation. He was a respected person among the community and with the people of his railway, always happy to listen and help anyone. He used his engineering background to ensure that everything was well maintained for passenger comfort, long term savings and lowering risks of accidents or delays.

After his retirement, he was always around the railway helping with maintenance, helping passengers, even being an eventual relief driver or fireman. He fully retired in 1912 when the railway was combined into the Artic island railway