Bush Mill Railway
The Bush Mill Railway was a 15 in (381 mm) gauge miniature railway, situated 2 km (1.2 mi) from Port Arthur, Tasmania. It opened on the 4th of March 1986.[1]
Route
[edit]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 locomotive K1, the world's first Garratt locomotive built for the North East Dundas Tramway, was constructed to operate on the line in 1990.[2]
Settlement
[edit]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.[3]
It closed on 30 June 2004.
Locomotives
[edit]| Name | Built | Year | Wheel Arrangement | Current railway | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K3 | Bush Mill Railway | 1990 | 0-4-0+0-4-0 | Unknown | model of the first Garratt locomotive. In the summer of 1993 it visited the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway and the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway |
| Mountaineer | W.van der heiden | 1972 | 0-4-0 + tender | Windmill Animal Farm | Originally named Sarah Kate, rebuilt in 1992 with a larger boiler, cylinders, new cab and tender, was rebuilt at Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway around 2012 with new even larger boiler. |
| DA1 | Bush Mill Railway | 1986 | 0-4-0D | Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway | Diesel locomotive, started out as auxiliary tender coupled behind Sarah Kate, until it was rebuilt into a locomotive around late 1986 to early 1987 |
The railway also had five semi-open coaches and two coal wagons, these became part of the collection at the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway and the coaches have now moved on to the Sherwood Forest Railway.
References
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- ^ "Jun 9, 2004". tas.preservica.com. Retrieved 8 August 2025.