SteamRanger

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SteamRanger is a historic train society in South Australia. They are the only group regularly running broad gauge steam locomotives in South Australia. It is run by volunteers of the South Australian Division of the Australian Railway Historical Society.

The Cockle Train operates year-round between Goolwa and Victor Harbor along the route of Australia's first railway. It operates with a steam locomotive in school holidays, and historic diesel locomotives or railcars other weekends.

The Southern Encounter runs from Mount Barker to Victor Harbor during winter, utilising most of the remaining broad gauge branch from the main Adelaide to Melbourne line.

There are also shorter services operated to Strathalbyn from both Mount Barker and Goolwa.

Prior to 1995 when the Adelaide to Melbourne line was converted to standard gauge, SteamRanger was based at Dry Creek, an industrial suburb in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, and home to the main road-rail freight depots in Adelaide. The Southern Encounter operated from Adelaide instead of Mount Barker, including five tunnels through the Mount Lofty Ranges. Special services were also operated to other places on the South Australian broad gauge network including Burra (near the Clare Valley), Nuriootpa in the Barossa Valley and shorter services on the metropolitan network.

Steam locomotives operated by SteamRanger:

SAR 621 The Duke of Edinburgh - 1936
SAR 520 Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey (named after Sir C. Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, KCMG the Governor of South Australia when it commenced service in 1943) - not currently serviceable
Rx 207 - built in 1913
Rx 224 - 1915 - not currently serviceable
F251 - built in 1922 in Gawler, South Australia (previously hauled suburban Adelaide trains)

Others:

Diesel Locomotive 958 1955
Brill railcar 60 (also known as a Barwell Bull after the premier of South Australia at the time of their introduction, Henry Barwell)
Redhen railcars 412, 428, 364 1968