Australian Railway Historical Society Museum

This article is about the ARHS museum in Melbourne. For the ARHS museum in Canberra, see Canberra Railway Museum.

Australian Railway Historical Society Museum
H220 in October 2006
Established	10 November 1962
Location	Champion Road, North Williamstown, Victoria
Coordinates	37°51′22″S 144°53′12″E / 37.85611°S 144.88667°E / -37.85611; 144.88667Coordinates: 37°51′22″S 144°53′12″E / 37.85611°S 144.88667°E / -37.85611; 144.88667
Type	Railway museum
Website	Official Site

The Australian Railway Historical Society Museum is located on Champion Road, North Williamstown, Victoria near North Williamstown station. It is operated by the Victorian Division of the Australian Railway Historical Society.

History

The museum opened on 10 November 1962 after the Australian Railway Historical Society was allocated space at Newport Workshops by the Victorian Railways to develop a collection of steam locomotives that were then in the process of being replaced by diesel and electric locomotives.^[1]

Following a safety audit by landlord VicTrack, the museum closed in February 2010.^[2] The museum reopened in March 2014, and is open on Saturdays between 12 noon and 5 pm.^[3]

Collection

Today, the museum contains the largest existing collection of Victorian Railways steam locomotives, a wide range of other Victorian Railways rolling stock, and numerous Victorian Railways artefacts. The collection includes:^[4]

seventeen steam locomotives
eight diesel locomotives
two electric locomotives and four electric suburban carriages
five country/interstate passenger carriages
ten freight wagons and two guards vans
five railway cranes
rail tractors and postal trolleys
a signal box
an O gauge model railway

References

↑ "Museum - About Us". Australian Railways Historical Society - Victorian Division. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
↑ "Museum Closure". Australian Railway Historical Society Victorian Division. Australian Railway Historical Society. 2010. Archived from the original on 19 September 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
↑ "Australian Railway Historical Society Museum". Only Melbourne. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
↑ "Visiting The Museum". Australian Railway Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-07-15.

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