Glenreagh Mountain Railway, known as the GMR, was established in 1989 as a heritage
tourist railway
A heritage railway or heritage railroad (US usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) i ...
at
Glenreagh, near
Coffs Harbour,
New South Wales
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Australia. GMR's objective is to restore and operate a heritage tourist railway on the Glenreagh to Ulong section of the
Glenreagh to Dorrigo railway line.
GMR is a non-profit, community-based organisation run entirely by volunteers, and has an authority to raise funds under the Charitable Collections Act.
The GMR acquired the 35-kilometre section from Glenreagh to
Ulong Ulong may refer to:
* Ulong Island, in the Republic of Palau in the Pacific Ocean, sometimes called ''Aulong'' and originally written ''Oroolong'' in English
* Ulong channel, a gap in the reef to the west of Ulong Island, popular with divers.
* Ulo ...
in 1999 from the
State Rail Authority
The State Rail Authority, a former statutory authority of the Government of New South Wales, operated and maintained railways in the Australian state of New South Wales from July 1980 until December 2003.
History
The ''Transport Authorities Ac ...
for $1 and began restoring this section of line as well as rolling stock, to enable the heritage tourist railway to operate.
Tourist trains for the public were operated in 2004.
GMR's current rolling stock includes
steam locomotive Z19 class 1919, 4-wheel watergin L568, TAM
sleeping car, two heritage end-platform cars,
S type carriages, ex-
U set interurban carriages, and numerous trikes and track maintenance vehicles.
As of December 2005, GMR had completed trackwork to safe working standards for train operation from Glenreagh West Depot 3.5 km west to Tallawudjah Creek. Steam train operations were scheduled one weekend a month subject to fire bans.
In February 2008 operations ceased while GMR worked to fulfill its obligations under the Rail Safety Act.
Rolling stock
*
Z19 class locomotive: 1919
[Glenreagh Mountain Railway / Tramway '' Trolley Wire'' issue 306 August 2006 pages 16-19]
*
CPH railmotor
The CPH (or 42 foot) rail motors were introduced by the New South Wales Government Railways in 1923 to provide feeder service on country branch lines.
Introduction
Often referred to as "Tin Hares", having evolved at the same time as the mechanica ...
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[
* Sydney R1 class tram: 1936][Glenreagh ''Trolley Wire'' issue 309 May 2007 page 45-47]
* Melbourne W class trams: 392, 447[
]
See also
*Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum
The Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum in Dorrigo, New South Wales, Australia is a large, privately owned collection of railway vehicles and equipment from the railways of New South Wales, covering both Government and private railways. The collecti ...
(further along the same former branch line)
References
Heritage railways in Australia
Railway museums in New South Wales
Standard gauge railways in Australia
Tourist railways in New South Wales
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