The Mornington Railway is a tourist railway near Mornington, a town on the Mornington Peninsula, near Melbourne, Victoria. The line is managed by the Mornington Rail Preservation Society and operates on part of a former Victorian Railways branch line. Motto: Peace and Prosperity Nickname: Garden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Beaches make popular tourist resorts. ... The Bellarine Peninsula Railway is a volunteer-operated steam-driven tourist railway located in Victoria, Australia. ... The Daylesford Spa Country Railway (which is operated by the Central Highlands Tourist Railway) is a volunteer-operated tourist railway located in Victoria, Australia. ... One of the Puffing Billy steam locomotives. ... The Victorian Goldfields Railway is a broad gauge tourist railway in Victoria, Australia. ... Narrow gauge (2ft 6in) tourist railway located in the Thomson River and Stringers Creek valleys in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, near the former gold-mining town and popular tourist destination of Walhalla. ... The Yarra Valley Tourist Railway is a tourist railway operating on a section of the former railway between Lilydale and Healesville in the Yarra Valley area northeast of Melbourne, Australia. ... This is a list of the 200 currently operating suburban railway stations (216 including greater metropolitan stations) in Melbourne, Australia. ... Mornington is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Western Port Bay and Bass Strait. ... The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central... The Victorian Railways were the state owned and government run railway for the state of Victoria in Australia. ...

History

Reopening as a Tourist Railway

The Mornington Railway Preservation Society (MRPS) was formed out of a public meeting in 1984 with the objective of securing access to the then-closed Mornington railway line. The vision was to reopen it as a heritage railway, focusing on the operation of steam-hauled passenger trains. In 1991, after seven years of hard work and lobbying, the MRPS was granted a State Government Order in Council, giving access and operating rights to the line, so it could be operated as a tourist railway.

Current Operations and Rollingstock

The MRPS is in possession of four K-class steam locomotives (although only one is currently in service) as well as three diesel locomotives, a rail tractor and a rail motor.

Tourist trains run on the first three Sundays of each month between Moorooduc and Mornington, although the current Mornington station is displaced somewhat due to the original alignment haing been built over. Mornington is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

External Links

• Mornington Rail Preservation Society