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 craneCraven Brothers1929Goulburnstored - out of service[5]
10760-6-0T Tank EngineVulcan Foundry1884GoulburnIn operating condition

(formerly 1804)

24192-6-0 goodsDübs and Company1891Goulburnstatic exhibitLocomotive, Steam 2419
30854-6-4T passengerEveleigh Railway Workshops1912Goulburnstatic exhibit NSW Locomotive, Steam 3085
59082-8-2 goodsBaldwin Locomotive Works1952Goulburnstatic exhibitLocomotive, Steam 5908
59162-8-2 goodsBaldwin Locomotive Works1952Goulburnstatic exhibit

Other Locomotives

  • 48 Class diesel locomotive 4821 (operational)
  • General Electric Bo-Bo L80T diesel locomotive D1 (under restoration)
  • Clyde Engineering Co-Co GM12 Class diesel locomotive GM19 (owned by RailPower)

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

  • Australian Railway Heritage Guide, Robert McKillop, Sydney: ARHS NSW, 2010


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