List of heritage railways

This list of heritage railways includes heritage railways sorted by country, state, or region. A heritage railway is a preserved or tourist railroad which is run as a tourist attraction, is usually but not always run by volunteers, and often seeks to re-create railway scenes of the past.

Thumb — Georgetown Loop Railroad in Colorado, United States.

Austria

Ampflwanger Bahn (Timelkam — Ampflwang)
Bockerlbahn Bürmoos (narrow gauge, original tracks removed)
Bregenzerwaldbahn (narrow gauge, remaining section Bezau — Schwarzenberg)
Erzbergbahn (section Vordernberg — Eisenerz)
Feistritztalbahn (narrow gauge, Weiz — Birkfeld)
Gurktalbahn (narrow gauge, remaining section Treibach-Althofen — Pöckstein-Zwischenwässern)
Höllental Railway (Lower Austria) (narrow gauge, Payerbach-Reichenau — Hirschwang an der Rax)
Landesbahn Feldbach — Bad Gleichenberg (some regular service remains)
Lavamünder Bahn (Lavamünd — St. Paul im Lavanttal, track removed)
Lokalbahn Ebelsberg — St. Florian (narrow gauge, some sections removed)
Lokalbahn Korneuburg — Hohenau (some sections)
Lokalbahn Retz — Drosendorf
Lokalbahn Weizelsdorf — Ferlach
Internationale Rheinregulierungsbahn (narrow gauge, remaining section: Austrian side of mouth of river Rhine into lake Constance — Lustenau depot — Kadelberg quarry via Swiss side of Rhine)
Rosen Valley Railway (section Weizelsdorf — Rosenbach)
Stainzer Flascherlzug (narrow gauge, Stainz — Preding)
Steyr Valley Railway (narrow gauge, remaining section Steyr — Grünburg)
Taurachbahn (narrow gauge, section Tamsweg — Mauterndorf im Lungau of the Murtalbahn)
Thörlerbahn (narrow gauge, originally Kapfenberg — Turnau, track removed)
Wachauer Bahn (section Krems — Emmersdorf an der Donau of the Donauuferbahn)
Waldviertler Schmalspurbahnen (narrow gauge, Gmünd — Groß Gerungs and Gmünd — Litschau / — Heidenreichstein)
Ybbs Valley Railway (narrow gauge, remaining section Göstling — Lunz am See — Kienberg-Gaming)

Belgium

Chemin de Fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées^[1]
Chemin de Fer du Bocq^[2]
Dendermonde-Puurs Steam Railway^[3]
Stoomcentrum Maldegem^[4]
ASVi museum^[5]
Vennbahn Closed in 2001

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo-Višegrad Railway (section from Višegrad to Vardište)

Czech Republic

Lužná u Rakovníka - Kolešovice Railway
Tovačovka (Kroměříž) Kojetín - Tovačov)
Zubrnická museální železnice ((Ústí nad Labem Střekov) - Velké Březno - Zubrnice)
Břeclav - Lednice
Hvozdnický Expres (Opava Východ - Svobodné Heřmanice)
Bruntál - Malá Morávka
Sklářská lokálka Šenovka (Česká Kamenice - Kamenický Šenov)
Kozí dráha (Děčín - Telnice)

Denmark

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Aabenraa Veteranbane^S, Jylland
Amtsbanen på Als / Ekleinbahn^N, Als, re-establish a 6 km section of the railway from Nordborg to Universe (Danish amusement park)

Bevaringsforeningen Gedser Remise – roundhouse^S, Falster, DJK
BjergBanen^S ^H, Jylland
Blovstrødbanen ^N, Zealand, DJK
Bornholms Railway Museum- narrow gauge, Bornholm, future re establish a section of the former Nexøbane
Danish Railway Museum – Funen
Djursland Railway Museum – Jylland, DJK
Hanstholm fortress^N, Jylland
Hedelands Veteranbane^N, Sjælland
Hjerl Hede Frilandsmuseum^N, Jylland
Limfjordsbanen^H, Jylland, DJK
Mariager-Handest Veteranbane^S, Jylland, DJK
Museumsbanen Maribo-Bandholm^S, Lolland, DJK
MY-Veterantog^H, Sjælland, DJK
Nordisk Jernbane-Klub^H, Falster, DJK
Nordsjællands Veterantog^H, Sjælland
Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum – near Skjoldenæsholm Castle, Sjælland
Stenvad Mosebrugcenter^N, Jylland
Struer Jernbane-Klub^H, Jylland
Struer Railway Museum- Jylland
Sydfynske Veteranjernbane^S, Fyn
Sydjyllands Veterantog^H, Jylland
Vestsjællands Veterantog^S, Sjælland, DJK
Veteranbanen Bryrup-Vrads^S, Jylland
Veteranbanen Haderslev-Vojens^S, Jylland, DJK
Veterantog Ves^H, Jylland, DJK
Videbæk-Skjern Veteranbane^S, Jylland
Østsjællandske Jernbaneklub^H, Sjælland

^H Heritage rail operator | ^N Narrow gauge railway | ^S Standard gauge railway
DJK: Dansk Jernbane-Klub. Several heritage railways and operators are members of DJK

Finland

Jokioinen Museum Railway
Kovjoki Museum Railway
Porvoo Museum Railway

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Children's Railway, Gyermekvasút

Italy

Bernina Railway, in the Rhaetian Railway between Italy and Switzerland; inscribed in the World Heritage List of UNESCO
Valmorea railway
Sulmona–Isernia railway [it]
Cosenza-Camigliatello–San Giovanni in Fiore railway [it]
Avellino–Rocchetta Sant'Antonio railway [it]
Gemona del Friuli–Sacile railway [it]
Palazzolo–Paratico railway [it]
Ceva–Ormea railway
Mandas–Arbatax railway [it]
Isili–Sorgono railway [it]
Sassari–Tempio-Palau railway
Macomer–Bosa railway [it]
Alcantara–Randazzo railway [it]
Castelvetrano–Porto Empedocle railway [it]
Noto–Pachino railway [it]
Asciano–Monte Antico railway
Civitavecchia–Orte railway [it]
Fano–Urbino railway [it]
Chivasso–Asti railway [it]
Castagnole–Asti-Mortara railway [it]
Alessandria–Cavallermaggiore railway [it]
Novara–Varallo railway
Urbino–Fabriano railway [it]
Sicignano degli Alburni–Lagonegro railway [it]
Rocchetta Sant'Antonio–Gioia del Colle railway [it]
Cuneo–Mondovì railway [it]

Latvia

Gulbene-Alūksne railway^[7]
Ventspils narrow-gauge railway^[8]

Luxembourg

Train 1900

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Bieszczady Forest Railway
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Sochaczew
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja
Seaside Narrow Gauge Railway
Wigry Forest Railway

Portugal

Barca d'Alva–La Fuente de San Esteban railway
Corgo line
Linha do Douro
Sabor line
Tâmega line
Linha do Tua
National Railway Museum (Portugal)
Narrow-gauge railways in Portugal
Monte Railway (Funchal, Madeira)

Republic of Ireland

Romania

Mocăniţa from Vasser Valley, Maramureş (CFF Vişeu de Sus)
Sibiu to Agnita narrow-gauge line in Hârtibaciu Valley

San Marino

Ferrovia Rimini–San Marino (In 2012, 800 meters of the track was reconstructed and opened to service at the San Marino terminal station with the original train as a tourist attraction.)^[9]

Sweden

Anten-Gräfsnäs Järnväg – narrow gauge, near Gothenburg^[11]
Association of Narrow Gauge Railways Växjö-Västervik – narrow gauge (includes a section of mixed gauge track into Västervik)^[12]
Böda Skogsjärnväg – narrow gauge, Öland^[13]
Dal-Västra Värmlands Järnväg – standard gauge, Värmland^[14]
Djurgården Line (tramway) – Stockholm
Engelsberg-Norbergs Railway – standard gauge, Västmanland
Gotlands Hesselby Jernväg – narrow gauge, Gotland^[15]
Jädraås-Tallås Järnväg – narrow gauge, Gästrikland^[16]
Ohsabanan – narrow gauge, Jönköping^[17]
Risten–Lakvik Museum Railway – narrow gauge, Östergötland^[18]
Skara – Lundsbrunns Järnvägar – narrow gauge, Västra Götaland County^[19]
Skånska Järnvägar – standard gauge, Skåne^[20]
Smalspårsjärnvägen Hultsfred-Västervik – narrow gauge, Småland^[21]
Upsala-Lenna Jernväg – narrow gauge, Upsala County
Östra Södermanlands Järnväg – narrow gauge, Södermanland

Switzerland

United Kingdom and Crown dependencies

England

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

Isle of Man

Channel Islands

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Canada

United States

Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad
Adirondack Railroad
Agrirama Logging Train
Arcade and Attica Railroad
Azalea Sprinter
Big South Fork Scenic Railway
Black Hills Central Railroad
Black River and Western Railroad
Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad
Branson Scenic Railway
Bluegrass Railroad and Museum
Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
Belvidere and Delaware Railroad (AKA Delaware River Railroad)
California Western Railroad (AKA, The Skunk Train)
Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
Conway Scenic Railroad
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
Chehalis–Centralia Railroad
Chelatchie Prairie Railroad
Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
Dollywood Express
Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway
East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company
Everett Railroad
Gold Coast Railroad Museum
Georgia Coastal Railway
Georgia State Railroad Museum
Georgetown Loop Railroad
Grand Canyon Railway
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
Grapevine Vintage Railroad
Heber Valley Railroad
Hesston Steam Museum
Hocking Valley Scenic Railway
Huckleberry Railroad
Illinois Railway Museum
Indiana Transportation Museum
Kirby Family Farm Train
Kentucky Railway Museum
Kettle Moraine Scenic Railroad
Lumberjack Steam Train
Little River Railroad (Michigan)
Mount Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum
Mount Washington Cog Railway
Mid-Continent Railway Museum
Monticello Railway Museum
Midwest Central Railroad
My Old Kentucky Dinner Train
Nevada Northern Railway Museum
New Hope Railroad
North Shore Scenic Railroad
Nickel Plate Express
Niles Canyon Railway
Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad
Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad
Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad
Rio Grande Scenic Railroad
Roaring Camp
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
SAM Shortline Excursion Train
Silverwood Theme Park
Steamtown National Historic Site
Serengeti Express
Southeastern Railway Museum
Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad
Strasburg Rail Road
Sumpter Valley Railway
South Central Florida Express, Inc. (AKA, Sugar Express)
Tallulah Falls Railroad Museum
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
Tweetsie Railroad
Texas State Railroad
Three Rivers Rambler
TECO Line Streetcar
Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Railroad
Virginia and Truckee Railroad
Valley Railroad Company (AKA, The Essex Steam Train)
Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
White Pass and Yukon Route
Wilmington and Western Railroad
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway
Walt Disney World Railroad
Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad
Wildlife Express Train
Whippany Railway Museum
White Mountain Central Railroad
Whitewater Valley Railroad
Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad

Mexico

Chihuahua al Pacífico (Copper Canyon)^[22]
Ferrocarril Interoceanico^[23]
Tequila Express^[24]

Barbados

St. Nicholas Abbey Heritage Railway

St. Kitts

St. Kitts Scenic Railway (Over historic tracks)^[25]

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Argentina

Capilla del Señor Historic Train, in Buenos Aires Province
Old Patagonian Express, Patagonia^[26]
Train at the End of the World in Tierra del Fuego, Tierra del Fuego^[27]
Tren a las Nubes, Salta
Tren Histórico de Bariloche, Patagonia (British-built 1912, 4-6-0 steam locomotive to Perito Moreno glacier)^[28]
Villa Elisa Historic Train in Entre Ríos Province

Brazil

Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil
Rede Mineira de Viação
Corcovado Rack Railway
Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas
Estrada de Ferro Perus Pirapora
Serra Verde Express
Train of Pantanal
Trem da Serra da Mantiqueira
Trem das Águas
Viação Férrea Campinas Jaguariúna

Chile

Colchaguac Wine Train (a Bayer Peacock 2-6-0)^[29]
Tren de la Araucanía Temuco to Victoria (1953 Baldwin 4-8-2)^[30]

Ecuador

Tren Crucero Ecuador

Colombia

Tren Turistico De La Sabana, Bogota^[31]

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Mainland China

Jiayang Coal Railway
Mengzi–Baoxiu Railway (heritage train operation on an otherwise disused section west of Jianshui)
Tieling-Faku Railway
Kunming-Hekou Railway
Huanan Forest Railway
Chaoyanggou-Qi Railway

Taiwan

Alishan Forest Railway

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Tramways

India

Indonesia

Ambarawa Railway Museum
Cepu Forest Railway
Mak Itam Steam Locomotive
Sepur Kluthuk Jaladara

Israel

The Oak Railway (רכבת האלונים) in kibbutz Ein Shemer

Japan

Pakistan

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South Africa

Note that most of the heritage railway operators in South Africa have their own depots where locomotives and coaches are kept and serviced, but run on state-owned railways.

Atlantic Rail – Now defunct. Formally ran day trips from Cape Town to Simonstown using steam locomotives and heritage coaching stock^[32]
Friends of the Rail – day trips from Hermanstad (Pretoria) using steam locomotives and heritage coaching stock^[33]
Outeniqua Choo Tjoe – A heritage railway that has not operated since August 2006.^[34]
Patons Country Narrow Gauge Railway – a two-foot narrow-gauge heritage railway in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, from Ixopo to Umzimkhulu
Reefsteamers – day trips from Johannesburg to Magaliesburg.^[35]
Rovos Rail – up-market railtours^[36]
The Sandstone Heritage Trust – private railway operating 2-foot gauge steam locomotives^[37]
Umgeni Steam Railway – Kloof to Inchanga, near Durban^[38]

Tunisia

Lézard rouge

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New Zealand

[1]
Chemin de Fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées
[2]
Chemin de Fer du Bocq
[3]
Stoomtrein Dendermonde-Puurs
[4]
Stoomcentrum Maldegem
[5]
ASVi museum
[6]
Pelion Mt. Scenic Railway
[7]
Gulbene-Alūksne Railway
[8]
Ventspils Narrow Gauge Railway
[9]
"Quel treno per San Marino". Duegi Editrice (in Italian). July 21, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
[10]
Azpeitia Railway Museum^{[permanent dead link‍]}
[11]
Anten-Gräfsnäs Järnväg Archived 2014-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
[12]
Association of Narrow Gauge Railways Växjö-Västervik
[13]
Böda Skogsjärnväg Archived 2013-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
[14]
Dal-Västra Värmlands Järnväg
[15]
"Gotlands Hesselby Jernväg". Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
[16]
Jädraås-Tallås Järnväg
[17]
Ohsabanan
[18]
"Risten – Lakviks Järnväg". Archived from the original on 2013-08-25. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
[19]
– Lundsbrunns Järnvägar ^{[permanent dead link‍]}
[20]
Skånska Järnvägar (English)
[21]
Smalspårsjärnvägen Hultsfred-Västervik
[22]
Chihuahua al Pacífico Archived 2006-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
[23]
Ferrocarril Interoceanico Archived 2006-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
[24]
Tequila Express
[25]
St. Kitts Scenic Railway
[26]
La Trochita
[27]
Tren del Fin del Mundo Archived 2006-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
[28]
Tren Histórico a Vapor Archived 2007-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
[29]
Tren del Vino Archived 2007-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
[30]
"Museo ferroviario Temuco". Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
[31]
Turistren
[32]
Atlantic Rail
[33]
Friends of the Rail
[34]
"Outeniqua Choo Tjoe". Archived from the original on 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
[35]
Reefsteamers
[36]
Rovos Rail
[37]
The Sandstone Heritage Trust
[38]
Steam Railway ^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Heritage railways in Spain
International working steam locomotives
National Preservation forum
Indian Train Times Archived 2017-02-07 at the Wayback Machine

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Chemin de Fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées

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Chemin de Fer du Bocq

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Stoomtrein Dendermonde-Puurs

[4] [4]
Stoomcentrum Maldegem

[5] [5]
ASVi museum

[6] [6]
Pelion Mt. Scenic Railway

[7] [7]
Gulbene-Alūksne Railway

[8] [8]
Ventspils Narrow Gauge Railway

[9] [9]
"Quel treno per San Marino". Duegi Editrice (in Italian). July 21, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

[10] [10]
Azpeitia Railway Museum^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[11] [11]
Anten-Gräfsnäs Järnväg Archived 2014-03-02 at the Wayback Machine

[12] [12]
Association of Narrow Gauge Railways Växjö-Västervik

[13] [13]
Böda Skogsjärnväg Archived 2013-08-12 at the Wayback Machine

[14] [14]
Dal-Västra Värmlands Järnväg

[15] [15]
"Gotlands Hesselby Jernväg". Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2008-07-29.

[16] [16]
Jädraås-Tallås Järnväg

[17] [17]
Ohsabanan

[18] [18]
"Risten – Lakviks Järnväg". Archived from the original on 2013-08-25. Retrieved 2018-12-24.

[19] [19]
– Lundsbrunns Järnvägar ^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[20] [20]
Skånska Järnvägar (English)

[21] [21]
Smalspårsjärnvägen Hultsfred-Västervik

[22] [22]
Chihuahua al Pacífico Archived 2006-05-29 at the Wayback Machine

[23] [23]
Ferrocarril Interoceanico Archived 2006-05-10 at the Wayback Machine

[24] [24]
Tequila Express

[25] [25]
St. Kitts Scenic Railway

[26] [26]
La Trochita

[27] [27]
Tren del Fin del Mundo Archived 2006-10-08 at the Wayback Machine

[28] [28]
Tren Histórico a Vapor Archived 2007-06-22 at the Wayback Machine

[29] [29]
Tren del Vino Archived 2007-02-09 at the Wayback Machine

[30] [30]
"Museo ferroviario Temuco". Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2018-12-24.

[31] [31]
Turistren

[32] [32]
Atlantic Rail

[33] [33]
Friends of the Rail

[34] [34]
"Outeniqua Choo Tjoe". Archived from the original on 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2010-05-24.

[35] [35]
Reefsteamers

[36] [36]
Rovos Rail

[37] [37]
The Sandstone Heritage Trust

[38] [38]
Steam Railway ^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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