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Goulburn Railway Workshops
Location
Location 12 Braidwood Road Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates 34°46′16″S 149°42′41″E / 34.7711564°S 149.7114792°E / -34.7711564; 149.7114792
History
Opened 1869
Closed 1986

The Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre is located at the heritage-listed former railway workshops in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, on the Main Southern railway line. Now a museum, it is also known as the Goulburn Rail Workshop and Goulburn Roundhouse. The workshops were added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. The workshops were saved from demolition by the Goulburn Locomotive Roundhouse Preservation Society and is now a museum open to the public with large collection of rolling stock and various exhibits, as well as privately owned locomotives and carriages with some commercial repair work happening on site.

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.

A depot was built by the New South Wales Government Railways on the southern outskirts of the town when the line from Sydney was opened to Goulburn in May 1869. In 1918, a 42 road roundhouse opened.

Associated railway structures at Goulburn included the goods shed (1868), carriage shed (1869), engine shed (1869), a coal stage, water pump, turntable, and the station master’s residence (1870).

The roundhouse was constructed of brick and corrugated iron in 1918 around a 27.4 metres (90 feet) electric-powered turntable.

The locomotive depot closed in July 1986 with its allocation of locomotives transferred to Junee Locomotive Depot, but remained as a stabling and refueling point for a few years. Goulburn City Council took out a lease on the roundhouse hoping to establish a national rail museum.

The Goulburn Roundhouse Museum became home to several preserved locomotives with the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum transferring 2419 from Thirlmere in August 1989.

In 1980, a wagon building and maintenance facility was constructed to the north of the roundhouse. In July 2006 this was transferred to UGL Rail. Following UGL Rail deciding to close the workshop in June 2010, in September 2010 Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia signed a ten-year lease for the site to maintain both its locomotive and wagon fleets. As well as maintaining its own fleet, Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia also perform maintenance for other operators including Aurizon.

Museum exhibits

The Museum has a collection of railway locomotives, carriages, wagons and other railway equipment including:

Steam Locomotives
No Description Manufacturer Year Location Status Ref
1072 70T accident crane Craven Brothers 1929 Goulburn stored – out of service
1076 0-6-0T Tank Engine Vulcan Foundry 1884 Goulburn operational (formerly 1804)
2419 2-6-0 goods Dübs and Company 1891 Goulburn static exhibit Locomotive, Steam 2419
3085 4-6-4T passenger Eveleigh Railway Workshops 1912 Goulburn static exhibit NSW Locomotive, Steam 3085
5908 2-8-2 goods Baldwin Locomotive Works 1952 Goulburn static exhibit Locomotive, Steam 5908
5916 2-8-2 goods Baldwin Locomotive Works 1952 Goulburn static 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)
  • Beyer, Peacock & Co 4-6-0 C32 class steam locomotive 3237 (Operational, owned by Lachlan Valley Railway)

Gallery

  • Goulburn Roundhouse Museum Locomotive 4821

    Locomotive 4821

  • Goulburn Roundhouse Museum Wheel Lathe

    Wheel Lathe

  • Goulburn Roundhouse Museum NSWGR Locomotive 3085

    Locomotive 3085

  • Goulburn Roundhouse Museum Signalling Display

    Signalling Display

  • Goulburn Roundhouse Museum General Electric Bo-Bo L80T diesel locomotive D1

    General Electric Bo-Bo L80T

  • Goulburn Roundhouse Museum Telegraphy

    Telegraphy

  • Goulburn Roundhouse Museum Breakdown Crane 1072

    Breakdown Crane 1072

  • Goulburn Roundhouse Museum Carriages

    Carriages

  • Goulburn Roundhouse Museum Entrance

    Entrance

  • Goulburn Roundhouse Museum Carriage under restoration

    Carriage under restoration

  • 601 - Railway Workshops (former) - PCO Plan Number 601 (5045001p1)

    Heritage boundaries

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