Railway Preservation
Port Adelaide is home to the National Railway Museum, the largest undercover railway museum in Australia. The SteamRanger preservation group in the Adelaide Hills has restored a number of steam and diesel locomotives for tourist services, and the Pichi Richi Railway based in Quorn operates on part of the former Central Australia Railway.
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