 Options considered were the Gladstone to Willmington line, also of gauge, and at the time still carrying large quantities of grain, the Clare Valley line (which required re-gauging from gauge), in order to take advantage of the tourism potential of the Clare Valley, and the Victor Harbor line, with the main consideration being a base at Goolwa.This line was later transferred to the management of the Australian Railway Historical Society.A number of issues within the organisation and the town eventually led to ownership of the rolling stock being transferred, following a Parliamentary Select Committee enquiry and subsequent Act of Parliament, to the Corporation of Peterborough, with operational responsibility for the rolling stock being vested in the Steamtown Peterborough Railway Preservation Society.