Established 1979 Nearest car park On site Phone +61 2 4001 0197 | Type Railway museum Website Official Site | |
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Address Kurri Kurri-Mulbring Rd, Richmond Vale NSW 2323, Australia Similar Martins Creek railway st, Wallarobba railway station, Mindaribba railway station, Hilldale railway station, Wirragulla railway station Profiles |
Richmond vale railway museum october 2016
The Richmond Vale Railway Museum operates a railway and museum located at Richmond Vale south of Kurri Kurri, New South Wales. The museum is a volunteer non-profit organization, formed in 1979 with the aim of preserving the Richmond Vale railway line and the Mining Heritage of J & A Brown and the Hunter Valley.
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- Richmond vale railway museum october 2016
- Trams trains a day at richmond vale railway museum 11 12 2016
- History
- Operations
- Preservation
- References
Trams trains a day at richmond vale railway museum 11 12 2016
History
After the closure of Richmond Main Power Station in 1976, Cessnock City Council acquired the abandoned Richmond Main Colliery together with 40 acres (16.2 ha) surrounding the buildings from Coal & Allied.
In 1979 the newly formed Richmond Vale Preservation Co-operative Society assumed the responsibility for the railway, leaving the development of Richmond Main Park and Mining Museum to be done independently.
Operations
The Museum is opened on the first three Sundays of each month and every Sunday during School Holidays and the site consists of the following features:
Preservation
The museum also operates a small number of ex-industrial diesels, and owns a wide variety of ex-New South Wales Government Railways and ex-industrial rollingstock.
Ex-industrial diesels are:
Rail Motor