Locals Resurrect An Abandoned Railway Line In Tasmania

What an incredible achievement by yet another group of volunteers. What would have happened to our history if there wasn't volunteer groups like this one. Working hard to keep memories alive.Also wonderful was the young guy who produced this clip and interviewed the people on the site. A guy with a big future. Thank you all.

Just joined as a volunteer at Don a few weeks ago. Lovely place, lovely people and nothing but respect for the Goss family and the volunteers. Amazing how a line that barely existed for a time is now a staple of the states railway heritage

Great work. Isaac. I’m in Victoria, and my father was a founding member of the VGR, and my nephew will probably do his driver’s test this year. He’s been a full hands on volunteer for a decade. He also has his dream job at Puffing Billy Railway! Volunteers are the cornerstone of historic railways. They’ll rarely ever make profit, but they put smiles on faces and memories in hearts and minds! 🚂💨😃

Very articulate young man with high production values. Well-done, excellent documentary.

im a ex steamrail victoria vollenteer its amazing to see people enjoy old steam and disiel and old carriages i find it therapudic to hear the sounds the smells of a heritage loco and the amount of people that come out and witness mstil exisiting trains of today and the exicitment of the public taking photos videos and sound recordings if tasrail could merge with the railways in victoria or australia wide could help them with repairs retoration projects and work togeater as a team also help run it back to the mainline

Isaac the quality of your work is stunning. Congratulations and long live the Don River Railway.

This is such a wonderful thing the volunteers have done. Tasmania would and could benefit from a train service , enable the older people to enjoy a trip around the state without driving

Respect you have young man. God bless thank you

Well done! I am very pleased to see that the Don River Railway have rebuilt after the fire last year. I wish them best of luck in joining back to the main line. We will travel back to Tasmania when they run on the main. Hi from NZ, Anthony

great job Issac. Love your vids mate.

Great video and fantastic work from the Don River Railway volunteers.

Absolute World class presentation there. You could present this to Political Parties in Canberra. Fantastic video. Fabbulous work done by all. Very, very proud of you.

Wow, that was quite a treat, my father was a member when I was a boy in Tasmania and we would spend weekends fixing track and then got to ride the short line from the workshops to the swimming pool. There was not a lot of rolling stock back then but some was actually still in use on the main line. We rode the line from North to South when it was in operation, a very long, slow journey but I still recall the tunnel in the middle of Tasmania that was 3 miles long (?). There were so many rail lines in Tasmania that were abandoned for road transport but it is a shame to just tear them up. I wish the volunteers of the Don River Railway all the best for the future and I will be sure to visit next time I am there. Great production, keep up the good work.

Superb. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.

Thanks to these magnificent men for their passion and hard work. There is something beautiful about seeing, hearing and smelling a steam train go past. In Victoria whenever a loco passes everyone stops and watches it. Puffing Billy is one of our main tourist attractions and has been for at least 60 years.

Awesome video young man, very professional...hoping to get to Tassie some time (for the first time) but I am not well. Best regards to you & Don River.

Great stuff. Getting young people involved is a good idea when you can. Even if they can't do the grown upside work, they can watch and learn and clean or paint. I learned a lot from older people that couldn't do it for long but long enough to show me how.

Brilliant story Isaac, I live near Downs Steam and its run by volunteers who are as equally as driven like the team at Don River. Great people one and all. Cheers

Great journalism Isaac. Well done.

New Zealander here. This was a very moving video - I'm tearing-up right now. What a fantastic, wonderful group of volunteers! Very hard-working and hugely inspirational! I really hope that they can get a good number of young people interested and helping out so that the history stays alive. Very best wishes to the Don River Railway!