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The SteamRanger Heritage Railway is an 82 kilometres (51 miles) long 1600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge tourist railway, formerly the Victor Harbor railway line of the South Australian Railways (SAR). It is operated by the not-for-profit South Australian Division of the Australian Railway Historical Society. As the last operating non-suburban line ...
SteamRanger Heritage Railway: Strathalbyn, SA: Scrapped [34] 824 329 17 Dec 1912 6 Jun 1961 SteamRanger Heritage Railway Goolwa, SA: Operational [31] 830 467 30 Jun 1924 29 Sep 1968 SteamRanger Heritage Railway Mount Barker, SA: Stored [23] 831 458 20 Apr 1918 24 Dec 1969 Port Milang Historic Railway Museum Milang, SA: Not operating [35] 832 ...
SteamRanger subsequently relocated from Dry Creek to Mount Barker, and runs broad gauge services south on the line from Mount Barker station. [2] Until 2005, SteamRanger ran a Junction Jogger service from Mount Barker station to this location, but ceased probably due to a worn-out track along this section.
The SteamRanger Heritage Railway was established in 1986 to operate tourist trains on the line. In late 1989, Australian National declared the Mount Barker Junction–Strathalbyn section unsafe due to poor track condition and SteamRanger operated services from Adelaide to Strathalbyn were cancelled.
General information; Location: Druids Avenue Mount Barker: Coordinates: 1]: Operated by: SteamRanger; formerly South Australian Railways then Australian National Railways Commission: Line(s): Victor Harbor line: Bus routes: T840, 835, 835A, 837, 838, 838H, 839, 839R, 840X, 852, 853, 860F, 864, 864F, 864H, 882, 886, 887, 890: Construction; Parking: yes: Bicycle facilities: yes: History; Opened ...
In 1989, a not-for-profit railway preservation organisation, SteamRanger, was established by the Australian Railway Historical Society to operate its heritage train tours from Adelaide to Victor Harbor through the station. [4]
In 1989, a not-for-profit railway preservation organisation, SteamRanger, was established by the Australian Railway Historical Society to operate its heritage train tours from Adelaide to Victor Harbor through the station.
621 by SteamRanger [5] 624 by the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide [6] In 1994, 621 ran a one-off steam hauled tour into Victoria shortly before the Adelaide to Melbourne line was converted from broad gauge to a standard gauge. This was the first and only time a South Australian Railways steam locomotive had worked east into Victoria and ...