Illawarra Light Railway Museum
The Illawarra Light Railway Museum operates a mainline 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge light railway, a miniature 7 1⁄4 in (184 mm) gauge railway, and a museum located near Albion Park Rail near Wollongong, south of Sydney
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  Location within New South Wales  Illawarra Light Railway Museum (Australia) | |
| Established | 1972 |
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| Location | 48a Tongarra Rd Albion Park Rail New South Wales Australia |
| Coordinates | 34.568528°S 150.792049°E |
| Type | Light Railway museum |
| Nearest car park | On site |
| Website | Official Site |
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.[1]
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
| Steam Locomotives | ||||||||
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| No. | Description | Manufacturer | Year | Operator | ex-Railway | Status | Ref | |
| Wallaby | 0-4-0ST Works Locomotive | Hawthorn Leslie and Company | 1913 | Hoskins Lithgow Steel Works | Lithgow BHP Port Kembla retired in 1963 | static exhibit | Wallaby | |
| Cairns | 0-6-0 Cane Locomotive | Hudswell Clarke Leeds | 1939 | Colonial Sugar Refinery | Edmonton| Retire from CSR Victoria Mill 1976 |out of service 2018 at Albion Park. | Cairns | ||
| Tully 6 | 0-6-2ST Cane Locomotive | Perry Engineering Co South Australia | 1949 | Tully Sugar Mill | Tully | out of service 2018. | Tully 6 | |
| Burra | 0-4-0ST Works Locomotive | Hawthorn Leslie and Company Newcastle upon Tyne | 1923 | Australian Iron & Steel | Corrimal | operational | Burra | |
| Kiama | 0-4-0ST Construction Locomotive | Davenport Locomotive Works Iowa USA | 1913 | NSW Public Works Dept | various | operational | Kiama | |
| Kiama Fowler | 0-4-0 Quarry Locomotive | John Fowler & Co. Leeds | 1923 | Kiama Quarries limited | Kiama | under restoration | Kiama Fowler | |
| Shay | 4W+4W Logging Locomotive | Lima Locomotive Works Ohio USA | c1900 | A & D Munro Tramway | Hampton | under reconstruction | Shay | |
Apart from the wooden trams, the horse-drawn wagon of the Dry Creek explosives depot near Adelaide is particularly noteworthy.
Gallery
Wallaby 0-4-0ST Locomotive
Kiama 0-4-0ST Locomotive
Cairns 0-6-0 Locomotive
Tully Sugar Mill No.6
Burra 0-4-0ST Locomotive