The Barossa Wine Train was a tourist railway in the Australian state of South Australia which, from 1998 to 2003, operated with ex - South Australian Railways Bluebird railcars on the Barossa Valley railway line which had been closed to passengers since 1968.
Background Due to financial and insurance fallout from the 9/11 disaster, it was forced to cease operations in April 2003.Wine train plan derailed The Advertiser 10 November 2006Railways and Colonisation In South Australia, via railmapsa.au.BAROSSA TOURIST TRAIN, via barossawinetraincampaign.com The train was then put under storage at the National Railway Museum in Port Adelaide under the ownership of John Geber of Château Tanunda.BAROSSA NEWS ONLINE, via barossanewsonline.com
In March 2015, it was revealed that a consortium were seeking to resurrect the train and had an option to purchase three Bluebird railcars."Wine train dream back on track", InDaily, 10 March 2015
In 2023, the Barossa Wine Train Bluebirds were sold to Aurizon but the interiors were kept for future hope to put them into Adelaide Metro's 3000 class railcars for a new Barossa Wine Train.
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