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Press, 16 March 1982, Page 31

The heyday of the Tasmanian railway era has become a victim of progress: gone are the steam locomotives and the main line passenger trains, including the once-famous “Tasman Limited.” Yet steam buffs have a chance to relive the past at the Don River Tramway, Tasmania’s only full-size operating passenger-carrying railway. The Tramway is an operating museum located two kilometres west of Devonport on Bass Highway. The railway, which winds along the banks of the picturesque Don river, dates back to the early 1880 s and is the site where the first steam locomotive used in Tasmania was built. The pride of the Don River’s locomotive and rolling stock is the vintage steam locomotive CCS23 (above), built in 1902 by Beyer Peacock. This train operates hourly services on the hour during the week-end from the Don Village Station to the coast (12 noon to 5 p.m. summer, reduced hours winter). The museum also contains

the largest collection of dating from 1879 to 1951, and other steam and diesel steam trains in Tasmania, carriages, traction engines, powered exhibits.