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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 ...
South Australian Railways (SAR) was the statutory corporation through which the Government of South Australia built and operated railways in South Australia from 1854 until March 1978, when its non-urban railways were incorporated into Australian National, and its Adelaide urban lines were transferred to the State Transport Authority.
SteamRanger has 60 (75) which was converted from condemned Brill trailer 207 and also 43 (75) which was donated to the society at no cost long-time ARHS member John Wilson. [6] [7] Trailer 200MT, sold to the Victorian Railways in 1928, was preserved at the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre. It was later transferred to the South Gippsland Railway.
The Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS) has been a railway organisation concerned with history and preservation of railway heritage at a national level. It has had divisions in every state and the Australian Capital Territory , although the ACT division was wound up in 2016, along with the Victorian division in 2020.