List of heritage railways in Australia

This is a list of heritage railways in Australia, some of which can also be considered tourist railways. For convenience, heritage tramways have also been included.

New South Wales

Tully Sugar Mill No.6 at Illawarra Light Railway Museum

4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) gauge unless otherwise stated.

• Cooma Monaro Railway^[1]
• Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum
• Glenreagh Mountain Railway
• Illawarra Light Railway Museum—Albion Park Rail—2 ft (610 mm) gauge.
• Lachlan Valley Railway
• New South Wales Rail Transport Museum—Thirlmere
• Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway
• Rail Motor Society—Paterson
• Richmond Vale Railway Museum
• Sydney Tramway Museum
• Valley Heights Rail Museum—Valley Heights
• 3801 Limited

Victoria

Puffing Billy train at Lakeside station

5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) unless otherwise noted

• Alexandra Timber Tramway—2 ft (610 mm) gauge.^[2]
• Ballarat Tramway Museum—4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) gauge.
• Bendigo Tramways^[3]—4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) gauge.
• Bellarine Peninsula Railway—3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge.
• Coal Creek Bush Tramway—2 ft (610 mm) gauge.^[4]
• Daylesford Spa Country Railway
• GreenTrail—now a rail trail
• Kerrisdale Mountain Railway & Museum—2 ft (610 mm) gauge.^[5]
• Mornington Railway
• Puffing Billy Railway—2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge.
• South Gippsland Railway (closed in January 2016)
• Victorian Goldfields Railway
• Walhalla Goldfields Railway—2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge.
• Yarra Valley Tourist Railway

Queensland

3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge unless otherwise stated.

• Atherton—Herberton Historic Railway Inc.
• Australian Society of Section Car Operators, Inc.
• Ballyhooley Steam Railway(610mm)
• Beaudesert Rail—disbanded 2003
• Big Pineapple Railway (610mm)
• Brisbane Tramway Museum (1435mm)
• Bundaberg Steam Tramway Preservation Society Inc^[6] (610mm)
• Burrum District Heritage Society (610mm)
• Cairns Kuranda Steam Limited Partnership (Savannahlander)
• DownsSteam Tourist Railway & Museum^[7]
• Dreamworld Railway (610mm)
• Durundur Railway^[8] (610mm)
• Ginger Factory Railway (610mm)
• Kuranda Scenic Railway
• Mackay Heritage Railway
• Mary Valley Rattler
• Maryborough City Whistle Stop Inc.
• Mount Morgan Railway Museum
• Normanton to Croydon Railway—Gulflander^[9]
• Queensland Rail Ltd (Heritage)
• Ravenshoe Railway Company^[10]
• Rockhampton Steam Tramway
• Rosewood Railway Museum^[11]—operates a two-station section of line
• Southern Downs Steam Railway^[12]
• Texas & Inglewood Heritage Railway Society Inc.
• Tinbeerwah Mountain Railway (610mm)
• Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway

South Australia

• Pichi Richi Railway — an operating 39 km (24 mi) narrow gauge (1067 mm / 3'-6") line between Quorn and Port Augusta
• SteamRanger Heritage Railway — an operating 84 km (52 mi) broad gauge (1600 mm / 5'-3") line from Mount Barker to Victor Harbor
• Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre at Peterborough — museum; evening sound-and-light displays
• National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide — large museum with short journeys on-site
• Tramway Museum, St Kilda — extensive tram and bus museum and a 1.8 km (1.1 mi) operating standard gauge (1435 mm / 4'-​8 ¹⁄₂") tram line.

Western Australia

1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge unless otherwise stated.

• Bennett Brook Railway 2 ft (610 mm) gauge
• Golden Mile Loopline^[13]
• Hotham Valley Railway
• Pemberton Tramway Company
• Wheatbelt Heritage Rail

Tasmania

Mount Lyell No. 3 of West Coast Wilderness Railway at Strahan Station

3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge unless otherwise stated.

• Bush Mill Railway (closed in November 2004)
• Derwent Valley Railway Preservation Society (closed in 2005)
• Don River Railway
• Ida Bay Railway
• Wee Georgie Wood Railway 2 ft (610 mm)
• West Coast Wilderness Railway

Northern Territory

• Ghan Preservation Society ("The Old Ghan") 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge.

Australian Capital Territory

• Canberra Railway Museum—ARHS ACT (closed in 2016)

See also

• List of heritage railways

References