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  Bundaberg Railway Museum,
Bundaberg Queensland.
 

Located at the corner of Wilmot and Station Streets, North Bundaberg (just outside the Botanic Gardens and right beside the North Coast Line).

Open Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 9 am to 3 pm. Other times by appointment; group visits on special days or times arranged. (07 4154 2170 or 07 4152 7070).

Nominal admission charge applies.

Enquiries: C/- The Secretary, Bundaberg Railway Historical Society Inc., PO Box 3203, Bundaberg 4670. E-mail: bundabergrailwaymuseum@yahoo.com.au

 

Bundaberg's first railway station, built in 1881 as an outlet for the Mt Perry railway bringing copper from the mines, is now preserved as a railway museum. Located some 500 metres from its original site, the museum houses a wide variety of railway items past and present.

  • Photos, uniforms and catering items from dining rooms to Tilt Train.
  • Books, including office records, engine driver's manuals, timetables and rule books
  • Tools of various types: locomotive spanners, heavy jacks and track work tools
  • Interlocked signal cabin (with operating levers to try) recovered from Lowmead station, the last CTC panel from Bundaberg, working morse code key, and modern day transponders
  • 1921 guards van (originally a sleeping car) and a butter car from 1905 insulated with cow's hair which stays cool even without the ice blocks
  • Fettling gang and inspector's pumper, trike and motor quads (one of which is fully operational and demonstrated) Static displays outside include a diamond crossing for cane trams to cross the government lines and various couplings, buffers, drawhooks and airhoses used on older rolling stock
  • Restored QGR/QR cream shed, ex-Manypeaks (628 Kb PDF file).
  • Photo update 2007 with new sheds: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, contact sheet (168 Kb pdf file).


link van photo link interior display photo. link to station exterior photo, signal cabin in 
distance.

Safety suggestions when visiting the railways.

   

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