The Illawarra Light Railway Museum operates a mainline

narrow gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...

light railway, a miniature gauge railway, and a museum located near Albion Park Rail near

Wollongong Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wa ...

, south of Sydney

History

The Illawarra Light Railway Museum Society Ltd. was started in 1972 with railway operations commencing in 1974 dedicated to preserving Light Railway history & Illawarra industrial history. In 2007 the society obtained federal funding for the construction of the Ken McCarthy Museum Building, which was officially opened in December 2007.

Operations

The Museum is opened on *Work Days being Tuesdays, Thursdays. *Running Days every second Sunday and Forth Saturday of each 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

Horse-drawn explosives carrying wagon in the Dry Creek Explosive Magazine in South Australia

Apart from the wooden trams, the horse-drawn wagon of the

Dry Creek explosives depot The Dry Creek explosives depot was a secure storage facility at Dry Creek, near Port Adelaide, from 1904 to 1995, serving the construction, mining and quarrying industries of South Australia and the mines of Broken Hill in New South Wales. o ...

near

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

is particularly noteworthy.

Gallery

Image:Wallaby 0-4-0ST Locomotive a.jpg, Wallaby 0-4-0ST Locomotive Image:Kiama 0-4-0ST Locomotive a.jpg, Kiama 0-4-0ST Locomotive Image:Cairns 0-6-0 Locomotive.jpg, Cairns 0-6-0 Locomotive Image:Tully Sugar Mill No.6 e.jpg, Tully Sugar Mill No.6 Image:Burra 0-4-0ST Locomotive.jpg, Burra 0-4-0ST Locomotive

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