Illawarra Light Railway Museum
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| Established | 1973 |
|---|---|
| Location |
48 Tongarra Rd |
| Coordinates | 34°34′07″S 150°47′31″E / 34.568528°S 150.792049°E |
| Type | Light Railway museum |
| Nearest car park | On site |
| Website | Official Site |
The Illawarra Light Railway Museum operates a mainline 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge light railway, a miniature 7 1⁄4 in (184 mm) gauge railway, and a museum located near Albion Park Rail near Wollongong, south of Sydney, New South Wales
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.[1]
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
| Steam Locomotives | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Description | Manufacturer | Year | Operator | ex-Railway | Status | Ref | |
| Wallaby | 0-4-0ST Works Locomotive | Hawthorn Leslie and Company | 1913 | Hoskins Lithgow Steel Works | Lithgow | static exhibit | Wallaby | |
| Cairns | 0-6-0 Cane Locomotive | Hudswell Clarke Leeds | 1939 | Colonial Sugar Refinery | Edmonton | operational | Cairns | |
| Tully 6 | 0-6-2ST Cane Locomotive | Perry Engineering Co South Australia | 1949 | Tully Sugar Mill | Tully | operational | Tully 6 | |
| Burra | 0-4-0ST Works Locomotive | Hawthorn Leslie and Company Newcastle upon Tyne | 1923 | Australian Iron & Steel | Corrimal | operational | Burra | |
| Kiama | 0-4-0ST Construction Locomotive | Davenport Locomotive Works Iowa USA | 1913 | NSW Public Works Dept | various | operational | Kiama | |
| Kiama Fowler | 0-4-0 Quarry Locomotive | John Fowler & Co. Leeds | 1923 | Kiama Quarries limited | Kiama | under restoration | Kiama Fowler | |
| Shay | 4W+4W Logging Locomotive | Lima Locomotive Works Ohio USA | c1900 | A & D Munro Tramway | Hampton | under reconstruction | Shay | |
Horse-drawn wagon of the Dry Creek explosives depot near Adelaide
Apart from the wooden trams, the horse-drawn wagon of the Dry Creek explosives depot near Adelaide is particularly noteworthy.
Gallery
Wallaby 0-4-0ST Locomotive
Kiama 0-4-0ST Locomotive
Cairns 0-6-0 Locomotive
Tully Sugar Mill No.6
Burra 0-4-0ST Locomotive
See also
References
External links
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