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Hotham Valley Railway [90] (incorporating Steam Ranger, Dwellingup Forest Train and Etmilyn Restaurant Train) Kojonup Tourist Railway [91] (railway operation suspended from 2018) Pemberton Tramway Company [92] Perth Electric Tramway Society, Whiteman Park, Perth — 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauge. [93] Oliver Hill Railway, Rottnest Island ...
At Thirlmere, the NSW Rail Museum operates steam heritage trains on the Picton – Mittagong railway line between Picton, Thirlmere and Buxton. It also hosts the Thirlmere Festival of Steam in March each year. In addition to this, Transport Heritage NSW regularly operates mainline tours under the NSW Rail Museum branding. These can consist of ...
The NSW Rail Museum is Australia's largest and oldest railway museum with over 125 railway exhibits. It is the home to many steam and diesel locomotives, the most popular of which is the famous 3801. Steam train rides are available on Sundays during the winter months, to avoid the risk of bushfire in this rural area.
From the 1960s the line was popular with steam hauled specials, and was the preferred route for most journeys where they could operate without inhibiting regular services. Following it relocating to Thirlmere , in June 1976 the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum (NSW Rail Museum) commenced operating steam services on the line between Picton ...
Transport Heritage NSW operates an annual program of events, including heritage train experiences across NSW. More notable events include the Thirlmere Festival of Steam in partnership with Wollondilly Shire Council, and the Transport Heritage Expo. It is also involved in the organisation of the Hunter Valley Steamfest.
Locomotive 5917 is a two-cylinder, simple, non-condensing, superheated, coal-fired, 2-8-2 ‘Mikado' steam locomotive and one of five D59 class locomotives that were preserved. Since 2019 it has operated main line steam train tours with The Picnic Train across New South Wales, including the Kiama Picnic Train between Sydney and Kiama .
This list of preserved steam locomotives in New South Wales makes no claim to being complete.. While there are many surviving examples of several locomotive classes, some are in a very poor condition, including partly dismantled or badly corroded locomotives, the technical condition of which cannot really be accurately conveyed in their descriptions.
Timbertown Heritage Railway, Wauchope, NSW. The key attraction of Timbertown is the 595mm [2] narrow gauge [3] Timbertown Heritage Railway, with a John Fowler & Co. saddle tank 0-4-2t steam locomotive (“Ruby”) built in 1928, [4] that operates on a short circuit track within and around the town.