The Bush Mill Railway was a gauge miniature railway

Ridable miniature railway

A ridable miniature railway is a ground-level, large scale model railway that hauls passengers using locomotives that are models of full-sized railway locomotives .-Overview:Typically they have a rail track gauge between and , though both larger and...

, situated 2 km (1.2 mi) from Port Arthur

Port Arthur, Tasmania

Port Arthur is a small town and former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia. Port Arthur is one of Australia's most significant heritage areas and the open air museum is officially Tasmania's top tourist attraction. It is located approximately 60 km south east of...

, in Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

. It opened in 1986.

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 world's first Beyer-Garratt locomotive, North-East Dundas Tramway, Tasmania's K1

TGR K Class

-Further reading:* Belibin, Bruce and McKillop, Bob - K1 steams again Light Railways, Number 193 February 2007 pp. 3-7- External links :* http://www.whrsoc.org.uk/Projects/K1Loco.html* http://www.railtasmania.com/loco/garratts.htm...

, was constructed to operate on the line in 1990.

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.

It closed on 30 June, 2004.

Locomotives

Name	Built	Year	Wheel Arrangement	Current railway	Notes
K3	Bush Mill Railway	1990	0-4-0+0-4-0	Perrygrove Railway Perrygrove Railway The Perrygrove Railway is a minimum gauge railway of gauge. It is a private heritage railway at Perrygrove Farm in the Royal Forest of Dean near Coleford, Gloucestershire, England...	model of the first Garratt Garratt A Garratt is a type of steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts. Its boiler is mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines are mounted on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler. Articulation permits larger locomotives to negotiate curves and lighter rails that might...  locomotive. In the summer of 1993 it visited the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway is a minimum gauge heritage railway in Cumbria, England. The line runs from Ravenglass to Dalegarth Station near Boot in the valley of Eskdale, in the Lake District...  and the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is a gauge light railway in Kent, England. The line runs from the Cinque Port of Hythe via Dymchurch, St...
Mountaineer	W.van der heiden	1972	0-4-0 + tender	Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway is a railway built in 1948 in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire operating between Cleethorpes Leisure Centre and behind Pleasure Island/buck beck. It was originally built to a slightly smaller gauge.-History:...
DA1	Bush Mill Railway	1986	0-4-0	Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway is a railway built in 1948 in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire operating between Cleethorpes Leisure Centre and behind Pleasure Island/buck beck. It was originally built to a slightly smaller gauge.-History:...	Diesel locomotive

The Railway also had 5 semi-open coaches and 2 coal wagons, these have also become part of the collection at the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway

Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway

Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway is a railway built in 1948 in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire operating between Cleethorpes Leisure Centre and behind Pleasure Island/buck beck. It was originally built to a slightly smaller gauge.-History:...