| Part One: Development of the Railway Network | ||
| Chapter 1 | Setting the Scene | Natural history, discovery, exploration and early settlement (pastoralists, coastal settlement) |
| 2 | Port Lincoln - Cummins - Yeelanna | The first sections of the Port Lincoln Railway |
| 3 | The 'Royal Commission' Lines | Yeelanna – Thevenard, Cummins – Kimba and Yeelanna – Mount Hope |
| 4 | The 'Twenties Extensions | Wandana – Penong and Kimba – Buckleboo |
| 5 | Lake MacDonnell and the Kevin Lines | Kowulka – Kevin and Ceduna – Kevin, including gypsum and salt traffic and the flying fox |
| 6 | Subsequent Network Development | Significant developments since the establishment of the network |
| Part Two: A Closer Look | ||
| Chapter 7 | Water | The impact on the railway and the inland areas of the chronic water shortage on the Peninsula |
| 8 | The Golden Harvest | The growth of agriculture and the railway's crucial role in supporting it, including bagged and bulk handling and the 'Grain Races' |
| 9 | Timetabled Services | Scheduled train working over the years, including coastal shipping and its integration with the rail services |
| 10 | Seasonal and Special Train Working | |
| 11 | Signalling and Safeworking | |
| 12 | The Life of the Railway | The men that brought the railway to life and the conditions under which they worked, also the jetty horses |
| 13 | The Hoop Iron Railway | Physical infrastructure: track, buildings, servicing and workshop facilities |
| 14 | Station Details: Port Lincoln - Cummins | |
| 15 | Station Details: Cummins - Thevenard | |
| 16 | Station Details: Cummins - Buckleboo | |
| 17 | Station Details: The Branch Lines | |
| 18 | Locomotives | |
| 19 | Railcars | |
| 20 | Rolling Stock | |
| 21 | Other Railways and Tramways | Jetty and other tramways, BHP's Coffin Bay and Whyalla lines |
| Appendices | ||
| A | Locality Name Derivations | |
| B | SA Acts of Parliament | |
| C | SA Parliamentary Papers | |
| D | Totals of Locomotives by Class and Year, 1907-2005 | |
| E | Locomotives and Rolling Stock 1907-1920 | |
| F | Composition of Passenger-Related Workings, 1951-1968 | |
| G | Annual Train Mileages | |
| H | Line Opening and Closing Dates | |