Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre

Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre
Established 1989
Location

12 Braidwood Road
Goulburn

New South Wales Australia
Coordinates 34°46′26″S 149°42′43″E / 34.773883°S 149.711852°E / -34.773883; 149.711852Coordinates: 34°46′26″S 149°42′43″E / 34.773883°S 149.711852°E / -34.773883; 149.711852
Type Railway museum
Nearest car park On site
Website Official Site

The Goulburn Roundhouse was saved from demolition by the Goulburn Locomotive Roundhouse Preservation Society.[1]

The roundhouse is now run as Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre, a museum open to the public with large collection of rolling stock and various exhibits, as well as privately owned locomotives and carriages.[2]

History

Following the completion of the first railway from Sydney to Parramatta Junction in 1855, proposals for the first railways to the rest of NSW included a line to the inland centre of Goulburn. A single line from Marulan to Goulburn opened on 27 May 1869.[3]

Associated railway structures at Goulburn included the goods shed (1868), the carriage shed (1869), engine shed (1869), a coal stage, water pump, turntable, and the Station Master’s residence (1870)[4]

The Roundhouse was constructed of brick and corrugated iron in 1918 with a 90-foot electrically operated turntable.

Museum exhibits

The Museum has a collection of railway locomotives, carriages, wagons and other railway equipment including:

Steam Locomotives
NoDescriptionManufacturerYearLocationStatusRef
107270T accident crane Craven Brothers1929Goulburnstored[5]
10760-6-0T Tank Engine Vulcan Foundry1884Goulburnunder restoration

(formerly 1804)

24192-6-0 goodsDübs and Company1891Goulburnstatic exhibitLocomotive, Steam 2419
3085 4-6-4T passenger Eveleigh Railway Workshops1912 Goulburn static exhibit NSW Locomotive, Steam 3085
59082-8-2 goodsBaldwin Locomotive Works1952Goulburnstatic exhibitLocomotive, Steam 5908
59162-8-2 goodsBaldwin Locomotive Works1952Goulburnsectioning proposed

Other Locomotives

Gallery

References

  1. Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre Trackside
  2. Goulburn Loco Roundhouse Preservation Society Inc NSW Rail Heritage
  3. Robert, Robert (2000). Colonial engineer.
  4. Forsyth, J.H. (1989). Stations and tracks: V2: Main Southern Line.
  5. "Craven 70T Breakdown Crane". Internet Forum. Breakdown Crane Association. Retrieved 28 December 2013.

Further reading

External links

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