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The Bush Mill Railway was a gauge
The Railway also had 5 semi-open coaches and 2 coal wagons, these became part of the collection at the
miniature railway
A ridable miniature railway (US: riding railroad or grand scale railroad) is a large scale, usually ground-level railway that hauls passengers using locomotives that are often models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel or petro ...
, situated from Port Arthur, in Tasmania
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. It opened in 1986.The Railway News Vol.53 No.2 July 2004 p. 46
Route
The Bush Mill Railway climbed steeply through a series of loops and zig zags up a hillside, then across a spectacular Serpentine Bridge. A half-size replica of the K1 was constructed to operate on the line in 1990. The prototype K1 was the world's first Garratt locomotive, built for the North-East Dundas Tramway on Tasmania's west coast.Settlement
A replica settlement was established which featured a 19th-century sawmill and a number of items which were directly related to the logging tramways which once dotted much of Tasmania.The Railway News Vol.49 No.2 June/July, 1997 p. 50 It closed on 30 June 2004.Locomotives
The Railway also had 5 semi-open coaches and 2 coal wagons, these became part of the collection at the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
The Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway is a minimum-gauge railway that primarily serves holidaymakers in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England. It operates from near the Cleethorpes Leisure Centre, running to the mouth of the Buck Beck.
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and the coaches have now moved on to the Sherwood Forest Railway
References
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