Steamranger has four sleeping cars, either in service or in various states of restoration.
Steamranger has three carriages obtained from VLINE in 1985, they are "16BE", "18BE" and "24BE".
Steamranger has a former SAR ballast train, obtained from the State Transport Authority (STA) of South Australia consisting of the following rollingstock.
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SteamRanger Heritage Railways is based at historic Mount Barker railway station in the Adelaide Hills, just 30 minutes east of the centre of the city of Adelaide in South Australia.
SteamRanger manages four steam locomotives and a number of historic carriages and owns other diesel locomotives and carriages in its own right.
SteamRanger is operated by volunteers of the Australian Railway Historical Society - South Australian Division.
Steamranger is now a popular attraction that transports visitors to and from Fleurieu Peninsula townships on weekends and during school holidays only.
Steamranger assisted the celebrations of Australia's First Railway between between the 15th and 18th May 2004.
SteamRanger Cockle train services for November will continue to be two trains each Sunday, departing Goolwa at 2.30pm and 2.45pm and departing Victor at 1.30pm and 4.00pm.
It was eventually purchased by Steamranger and arrived at their Dry Creek depot on 22nd October 1981.
It suffered a major engine failure early in 1991 and, as Steamranger had also previously acquired No.350, it was offered to the Museum as a static exhibit.
It was hauled to the museum by "Pacific" No.621 on Saturday 13th July 1991 and, after restoration to original condition, will be placed on permanent display.
Finally, as a trial, SteamRanger was given authority to set up a tourist railway by operating trains from Adelaide to Victor Harbor and with some reluctance, funding and resources were provided to assist in bringing the track up to an acceptable standard, first from Strathalbyn to Victor, then later from Mt Barker to Strathalbyn.
The new SteamRanger Tourist Railway was launched with a doubleheaded steam train to Victor in October 1986.
Share a picnic withe ducks in the Soldiers Memorial Gardens, beside the tranquil Angus River.
Incidentally, Strathalbyn has a roving, resident Town Crier and the SteamRanger train connects from nearby Mount Barker on Sundays.
Strathalbyn provides an ideal base for visitors to explore the Fleurieu, with its network of roads leading out to the surrounding districts like spokes in a wheel.
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SteamRanger operates the Southern Encounter, Highlander and Cockle Train services on the Victor Harbor Tourist Railway from depots in Mt Barker and Goolwa.
For times and fares please see SteamRanger's Home Page.
This is one of only two horse tramways with a daily operation in the world (the other is in the Isle of Mann) although if you know of more I will happily change this!
