15-692: Not to be confused with Cook . Cooks may refer to: Cooks (islet) , islet in Palmerston Island in the Cook Islands Cooks (surname) ...Cooks! , British television cooking show Cooks, Michigan , unincorporated community in Schoolcraft County, Michigan, United States See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Cooks All pages with titles containing Cooks Cook (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
30-413: A defunct British travel company Film [ edit ] The Cook , a 1917 animated Krazy Kat film The Cook (1918 film) , an American comedy film by Fatty Arbuckle, with Buster Keaton The Cook (1965 film) , a Soviet comedy film Other [ edit ] Cook (crater) , a crater on Earth's Moon Cook (dog) (2000–2016), a Spanish dog actor Cook (surname) Cook codec ,
45-703: A lossy audio compression codec developed by RealNetworks USS Cook , two ships of the U.S. Navy The Cook (Arcimboldo) , a c. 1570 painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo An unintended solution in chess problems; see Glossary of chess problems See also [ edit ] " La Cuisinière " (lit. "The Cook"), a 1930 song by Mary Bolduc Cooke (disambiguation) Cooked (disambiguation) Cooks (disambiguation) Cook County (disambiguation) Cook Glacier (disambiguation) Cook Island (disambiguation) Cook Islands (disambiguation) Cook River (disambiguation) Cook Township (disambiguation) Cook Traysway (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
60-454: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cook (disambiguation) (Redirected from Cook (disambiguation) ) [REDACTED] Look up Cook or cook in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cook or The Cook may refer to: Food preparation [ edit ] Cooking ,
75-549: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cook, South Australia Cook is a railway station and crossing loop located in the Australian state of South Australia on the Trans-Australian Railway . It is 824 kilometres (512 miles) by rail from Port Augusta , 863 kilometres (536 miles) by rail from Kalgoorlie , and about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of
90-569: Is replenished. Cook was established in 1917 on the Nullarbor Plain when the Trans-Australian Railway was built. It is named after the sixth Prime Minister of Australia, Joseph Cook . When the town was a major Commonwealth Railways centre for track maintenance and locomotive and rolling stock repairs, it supported a school and hospital. At that time, railway employees and their families depended on two weekly provisions trains for
105-545: The Eyre Highway via an unsealed road. It is on the longest stretch of straight railway in the world, at 478 kilometres (297 mi), which extends from Ooldea , South Australia to beyond Loongana , Western Australia . Cook is the only scheduled stop on the Nullarbor Plain for the Indian Pacific transcontinental passenger train and has little other than curiosity value for passengers strolling around while their train
120-509: The Gulf of Alaska Cook County , a county in Illinois (contains City of Chicago ) Australia [ edit ] Cook, South Australia Cook County, New South Wales Cook, Australian Capital Territory Division of Cook , an Australian House of Representatives electoral district Electoral district of Cook , a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district Shire of Cook , in
135-403: The delivery of supplies. When the town was populated, water was pumped from an underground artesian aquifer but later, all water was carried in by train. The short 1955 film Nullarbor Hideout was set in and around Cook; the first scenes give a good impression of the railway line and infrastructure, and a sense of the townspeople's isolation and their dependence on the railway. In 2009, Cook
150-464: The far north of Queensland Elsewhere [ edit ] Cook Peninsula , Nunavut, Canada Cook Strait , the strait separating the North and South Islands of New Zealand Companies [ edit ] Cook Group , an American manufacturer of medical devices Cook Records , an American record label Cook Trading , a UK manufacturer and retailer of frozen ready meals Thomas Cook Group ,
165-520: The preparation of food Cook (domestic worker) , a household staff member who prepares food Cook (profession) , an individual who prepares food for consumption in the food industry Chef , a professional proficient in all aspects of food preparation Geography [ edit ] U.S. [ edit ] Cook, Minnesota , a city Cook, Nebraska , a village Cook, Ohio , an unincorporated community Cook Hill (disambiguation) Cook Hollow , Oregon County, Missouri Cook Inlet , off
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#1732845597538180-546: The railway to Darwin. The reliability of modern diesel locomotives and the introduction of concrete sleepers and continuously welded rail rendered resident employees redundant. Track and facilities maintenance is undertaken by Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) and diesel refuelling facilities remain for Intermodal train services and the Indian Pacific ; there is overnight accommodation for resting Pacific National train crews. The crossing loop can cross trains up to 1.8 kilometres (1.1 miles) long. The former airstrip
195-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cook . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cook&oldid=1259431062 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
210-446: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cooks . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cooks&oldid=1164202499 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
225-536: Was said to have a resident population of four. The town was effectively closed in 1997 when the Australian National Railways ' assets were sold to railway operating company Australian Southern Railroad . Ownership was later transferred to National Rail Corporation , later becoming Pacific National after a trade for the Intermodal yard facilities at Alice Springs in 2004 in preparation for the opening of
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