Don River rattler

They run a fine little historic tourist railway line  at Don, near Devonport, in north west Tasmania.

It's all run by a crew of enthusiastic volunteers - I've known a few of them, and a fine bunch they are too.

They run backwards and forwards between Don and Coles Beach. They've got a museum, and a very impressive array of steam engines on show.

But it seems the steam engines only get an outing on special occasions. I was in the vicinity on a weekday, walking the very pleasant walking tracks nearby. And all they could put on for me was this little red-and-yellow rattler - a diesel electric railcar, with all the historical charisma of the No. 587 bus.