Goulburn Roundhouse Museum

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 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."Born in Chicago" ''Railway Digest'' November 2012 page 34 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:

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

File:Goulburn Roundhouse Museum Locomotive 4821.jpg, Locomotive 4821
File:Goulburn Roundhouse Museum Wheel Lathe.jpg, Wheel Lathe
File:Goulburn Roundhouse Museum NSWGR Locomotive 3085.jpg, Locomotive 3085
File:Goulburn Roundhouse Museum Signalling Display.jpg, Signalling Display
File:Goulburn Roundhouse Museum General Electric Bo-Bo L80T diesel locomotive D1.jpg, General Electric Bo-Bo L80T
File:Goulburn Roundhouse Museum Telegraphy.jpg, Telegraphy
File:Goulburn Roundhouse Museum Breakdown Crane 1072.jpg, Breakdown Crane 1072
File:Goulburn Roundhouse Museum Carriages.jpg, Carriages
File:Goulburn Roundhouse Museum Entrance.jpg, Entrance
File:Goulburn Roundhouse Museum Carriage under restoration.jpg, Carriage under restoration
File:601 - Railway Workshops (former) - PCO Plan Number 601 (5045001p1).jpg, Heritage boundaries

References

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Goulburn
Railway roundhouses in Australia
Railway workshops in New South Wales
1869 establishments in Australia
Tourist railways in New South Wales
New South Wales State Heritage Register