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Illawarra Light Railway Museum

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Established
  
1973

Nearest car park
  
On site

Opened
  
1973

Type
  
Light Railway museum

Website
  
Official Site

Phone
  
+61 2 4256 4627

Illawarra Light Railway Museum

Location
  
48 Tongarra Rd Albion Park Rail New South Wales Australia

Address
  
48A Tongarra Rd, Albion Park Rail NSW 2527, Australia

Similar
  
Illawarra Regional Airport, Breakwater Battery, Macquarie Rivulet, Ageki Station, Port Kembla North rail

The Illawarra Light Railway Museum operates a mainline 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge light railway, a miniature 7 14 in (184 mm) gauge railway, and a museum located near Albion Park Rail near Wollongong, south of Sydney, New South Wales

Contents

A visit to the illawarra light railway museum august 8th 2010


History

The Illawarra Light Railway Museum Society Ltd. was started in 1973 with railway operations commencing in 1974 dedicated to preserving Light Railway history & Illawarra industrial history.

Operations

The Museum is opened on

  • Work Days being Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays and
  • Running Days every second Sunday of the month
  • The museum site consist of the following features:

  • Yallah Station Building
  • Otford Signal Box
  • Fettlers Shed
  • Souvenir Shop & Kiosk
  • Workshop and Locomotive & Carriage Storage Shed
  • Ken McCarthy Museum Building
  • Arthur Moore Stationary Engine Display
  • Exhibits

    Apart from the wooden trams, the horse-drawn wagon of the Dry Creek explosives depot near Adelaide is particularly noteworthy.

    References

    Illawarra Light Railway Museum Wikipedia