NSW Rail Museum

WHERE RAIL HERITAGE COMES TO LIFE

With Australia's largest collection of heritage rolling stock, state-of-the-art facilities, interactive exhibits for children and so much more, you don't want to miss a day out at the NSW Rail Museum.

The NSW Rail Museum also conducts regular heritage train experiences across Sydney and NSW.

HISTORIC STATION PRECINCT

EXHIBITION BUILDING

WORKERS WALK

ROUNDHOUSE

GREAT TRAIN HALL

VISIT & DISCOVER NSW RAIL HERITAGE

With Australia's largest collection of rolling stock, state-of-the-art facilities, interactive activities for children and so much more - you don't want to miss a day out to the NSW Rail Museum.

MAIN EXHIBITION BUILDING

The Main Exhibition Building is where you will discover how the NSW railways brought life to town and country. Learn about life on the lines and in the workshops, marvel at some of the engineering and design achievements of the railways, find out how signals and points keep the lines safe, walk the timeline of rail development from the invention of the very first steam powered engine to today, and see how the railways revolutionised tourism and leisure travel in Australia.

WORKER'S WALK

Linking the Main Exhibition Building to the Great Train Hall is the Worker's Walk, where you can discover more about the many jobs that kept the NSW railways running.

THE GREAT TRAIN HALL

The Great Train Hall houses the biggest collection of rolling stock in Australia. A significant portion of the collection has been steadily refurbished and restored over the years by volunteers, while others patiently await the time, money and labour required to be returned to their former glory.

ROUNDHOUSE

The roundhouse is a blend of traditional roundhouse style and modern workshop concepts. Staff and volunteers work on a variety of locomotives and carriages, carry out heavy overhauls and restorations, and complete the more traditional 'running' maintenance that roundhouses were originally designed for.

GETTING THERE

NSW Rail Museum is located in Thirlmere - approximately 90km from Sydney.

Thirlmere is located 5 minutes south-west of Picton, at the edge of the picturesque Southern Highlands of NSW. It's an hour south of Sydney, and 30 minutes from Campbelltown, Wollongong and Bowral.

Thirlmere, like many towns, was born with the coming of the Great Southern Railway in 1863 to 1867, when a large temporary tent city grew up to house the railway workers. It was valued for its proximity to Thirlmere Lakes which provided water for the steam trains. The water was pumped to a siding at the nearby town of Couridjah.

NSW Rail Museum is within easy reach of Sydney, Canberra, Wollongong and the South Coast.

Travel by public transport from Sydney or by road from any other area.