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Valley Heights Rail Museum

Full name: Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum and Valley Heights Steam Tramway.

This is run mainly by amateurs old enough to do things not too seriously or methodically but well and with enthusiasm. Get them talking,
have a ride on a steam tram, poke around in the roundhouse, eat a pie, take lots of pictures, and go home feeling happy you are Australian
and wishing you owned a train or two. Open on two Sundays a month, and worth planning for. Look for more info on the internet.


These pictures taken on two visits, 17 months apart. Click on any of the pictures in the slideshow or on a thumbnail picture to see a larger version.
Train wheels as art
Train wheels as art		 Turntable and roundhouse – first visit
Turntable and roundhouse – first visit		 Turntable and roundhouse – second visit
Turntable and roundhouse – second visit		 Steam tram driver
Steam tram driver
T model Ford
T model Ford		 Three club cars
Three club cars		 Steam tram detail
Steam tram detail		 Steam tram
Steam tram
Model and minder
Model and minder		 A small child knew its name
A small child knew its name		 Model of coal loader
Model of coal loader		 Topping up the water
Topping up the water
Steam tram
Steam tram		 Passengers
Passengers		 The turntable is still functional
The turntable is still functional		 Waiting for restoration
Waiting for restoration
1923 Panther
1923 Panther		 No, it doesn't go
No, it doesn't go		 Kitchen in the Caves Express
Kitchen in the "Caves Express"		 How tourists travelled to Jenolan Caves
How tourists travelled to Jenolan Caves
Big brute
Big brute		 A model Ford for sale
A model Ford for sale		 Steam tram with passengers
Steam tram with passengers		 Model layout with overseer
Model layout with overseer
Detailed model layout
Detailed model layout		 Steam tram
Steam tram		 Restored kerosene lighting in steam tram
Restored kerosene lighting in steam tram		 Stoking the fire box in the steam tram
Stoking the fire box in the steam tram
Moving the loco out for display
Moving the loco out for display		 Moving the loco out for display
Moving the loco out for display		 Moving the loco out for display
Moving the loco out for display		 Cleaning job
Cleaning job
Model of the coal loader
Model of the coal loader		 Model of the roundhouse and turntable
Model of the roundhouse and turntable		 Part of a large display
Part of a large display		 Locomotive 3214 brought out for visitors to admire
Locomotive 3214 brought out for visitors to admire
Locomotive 3214 brought out for visitors to admire
Locomotive 3214 brought out for visitors to admire		 Locomotive 3214 brought out for visitors to admire
Locomotive 3214 brought out for visitors to admire		 Locomotive 3214 brought out for visitors to admire
Locomotive 3214 brought out for visitors to admire		 Hand-powered tricycle for track inspection
Hand-powered tricycle for track inspection
Part of a small museum display
Part of a small museum display		 Brush-tailed possum beside the track
Brush-tailed possum beside the track

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