National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide in Port Adelaide, South Australia | Museum

National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide

Locality: Port Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8341 1690

Address: 76 Lipson Street 5015 Port Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.nrm.org.au

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25.01.2022 Fifty years ago this week, November 1970, SAR Garratt 409 was unloaded at the Mile End Railway Museum. 409 was one of just four Garratts that lasted in steam at Peterborough through to January 1970. 409 can be seen departing from Port Pirie in December 1969.

24.01.2022 Let's congratulate NRM volunteer David Sandison for being awarded the latest Railway Hotel Port Adelaide sponsored NRM Volunteer for the Quarter.

23.01.2022 As we approach December and lots of things that most people get to be involved with and want to do......we thought we would give a small reflection (before the Christmas break) on the very LAST OPEN DAY at the original Mile End Railway Museum......our routes from so long ago. On Australian Day Friday 1 January 1988, virtually 33 years ago, we put on a great show and almost 3,000 people visited the Railway Terrace located Museum that day! It was a huge success, but also was a... precursor for the new National Railway Museum at Port Adelaide - with huge support from the Federal and SA Govts at the time, Australian National Railways (primarily Don Williams) and a long list of supporters. We would like to show a lot of images taken on that last day at Mile End...and genuinely encourage comments, particularly from anyone who attended that day and/or can see/recall friends or relatives who were there on that HUGE day - celebrating but not forgetting our past! See more

23.01.2022 GET ONE WHILE YOU CAN!! The Overland a Social History By John Wilson... Last few copies available at the National Railway Museum shop 76 Lipson Street Port Adelaide. Hard cover A4 size publication with 194 pages bursting with hundreds of images, maps and photographs just $78! Contact the shop on 8341 1690 between 10am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday.

22.01.2022 Bob the Railway Dog is waiting for you. to explore! FREE ACTIVITY at the Railway Museum for kids ($6) with entry - I Found It! December January School Holidays. If you’ve already taken the kids to the museum then don’t worry, ... you can always go back and explore with ‘I Found It’ in a completely new way! Pick up your worksheet here or at the museum shop when you visit! PDF format. https://nrm.org.au/learn/kids-families Museum Shop Staff encourage all learning activities - I Found It , Children’s University and School Visits. Rewards - stickers and stamps for all. See more

22.01.2022 Whilst PRR Driver Bryan Homan is looking for the "Secret People" who live underground, Fireman Tony Summer is happy with the water they provided for Peronne! Woolshed Flat September 1988.

22.01.2022 Peronne arrives at Port Dock railway museum, after spending a few months with Pichi Richi at Quorn......October 1988.

22.01.2022 In other news we've also started our own YouTube channel. You can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx3vrqMi3PcRqBSE91cU9eg If you have any content you would like to share with us for any of our social media pages, please email [email protected] as we are always open to contributions!

22.01.2022 A range of 'out of date' pins/badges off the Indian Pacific and Ghan - on sale in the Shop at $12 each!

20.01.2022 "Yes, Ron!" - says Richard Crookall, Adrian Crimes, Phil Groves, Dave Groves and Richard Sanders.....at the Mile End Railway Museum 'clean up' in July 1988.

19.01.2022 Thinking of visiting Port Adelaide during the upcoming school holidays? Come and see the Railway Museum, the South Australian Aviation Museum, the South Australian Maritime Museum and Clipper Ship City of Adelaide! If you're looking for activities for your kids, take a look at this great program the Maritime Museum will be running: https://maritime.history.sa.gov.au//cats-out-of-the-bag-s/

18.01.2022 The NRM is pleased to announce that at the annual Mark Butler (Federal MP for Hindmarsh) Volunteer Awards conducted this morning, railway museum volunteers David Sandison (left) and Allan Lees far right were recipients for 2021. Well done to you both.

17.01.2022 Latest Catch Point magazine will be out on sale from this Friday 13 November! We hope you enjoy it!

17.01.2022 The City of Port Adelaide Enfield has initiated a wonderful discount offer to all local residents within their Council region - PAE It Forward campaign. For the month of October 2020 - ONLY, you can sign up for membership to the National Railway Museum at HALF PRICE! And please appreciate - Membership to NRM INCLUDES unlimited FREE visits to the railway museum for 12 months - representing a huge saving!... PAE It Forward : National Railway Museum - 50% off annual single and family memberships. Family (2 adults and up to 3 children) membership: $42.50 Adult single membership: $35.00 You can join in person via our Lipson Street shop, or telephone 8341 1690 between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday. This is a limited offer, with a maximum number of new memberships applicable, ending 31 October 2020, unless fully subscribed beforehand. Get in quick for major savings! Thanks to Port Adelaide Enfield Council!

17.01.2022 Getting ready for the Heritage Transport Expo at the NRM on Sat/Sun 10/11 Oct. The Barossa Wine Train stabled on the recently completed and reopened Jacketts siding....alongside the NRM Redhen railcars on the platform.

16.01.2022 Christmas Gift Specials! The famous Tea & Sugar Train (now preserved at the railway museum) used to take Santa Claus at Christmas time across the Nullarbor, distributing presents to children all along the railway route. Well Santa has just dropped by and left our shop absolutely full of gifts something for everyone!... 100 plus wooden loco engines each pack contain 3 engines and no pack is the same! Diecast engines each pack contains 4 engines! Other more colourful engines - all boxed! Heaps of children’s books! Wooden train whistles both big and small to choose from! Thomas stickers, pencil sharpeners, hot wheels....and so much more! Of course there are ‘grown up’ things too lots of books, calendars, DVDs etc! Our Shop volunteers are happy to chat about the Museum exhibits, products, books and their own train experiences. There is no cost to come and visit us in the railway museum Shop! Open daily 10am to 4.30pm every day except Christmas Day! Telephone 8341 1690 any day between 10am and 4pm.

16.01.2022 Along the Old Ghan line book by Jeremy Browne is OUT NOW! Get yours from the National Railway Museum - open 10am to 4.30pm EVERY DAY!

16.01.2022 It is 50 years ago this weekend, that the Mile End Railway Museum was officially opened - by SAR Commissioner Ron Fitch. Lady Norrie No.900 with the dining car ADELAIDE and suburban car 434 (for steps and access to the dining car) was shunted into the site at the far south end of Railway Terrace....for entertaining the invited guests....no I was too young then (15 years).

16.01.2022 Might be hard to believe by many today, however by late 1987 (33 years ago) we were running 457mm gauge train rides using "Chitty" and a third rail right laid through the Port Dock goods shed...great fun times! Tony Summer was our driver on this day in October.

16.01.2022 ANR diesel 702 was used to move SAR steam locos 702 and Rx93 from Mile End to Port Dock in July 1988...see here at Gillman about to be reversed on the triangle before going to museum site.

14.01.2022 By June 1988, Peronne was being used on charter train hire between Quorn and Woolshed Flat.

13.01.2022 GREAT NEWS - special DVDs available again. Just $20 each!! NRM Film Collection Vol 2 Along the Branchlines in SA The whole state during the 1970s and 1980s, including Eyre Peninsula is covered in this 90 min DVD.... Trains Around Adelaide - The Redhens. This 30 minute DVD covers the NRM Redhens from both on board and trackside, during runs they made between Port Dock and Adelaide. Iron Men Iron Road - originally produced by ANR in 1992, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Trans Australian Railway opening, the DVD was re-released in 2017 for the TAR Centenary. Very rare b&w footage of building the line lots of steam trains and other activities across the Nullarbor from 1917.....plus 'modern' train scenes taken in 1992. A 26 minute fantastic DVD! Get one, or all three for Christmas! The shop is open every day from 10am to 4.30pm. Phone 8341 1690

13.01.2022 The NRM Volunteer Award for 2020 was presented to Alan O'Dea at the annual Thank You Volunteers Dinner, held at the West Adelaide Football Club function room last night. Congratulations to Alan for all his work around the site, in the workshops and on 457mm guage engines Ken and Len. NRM Chairman David Burnett (left) and Alan pose for Facebook, with his Award. (Photo - Royce Faggotter)

11.01.2022 HERITAGE TRANSPORT EXPO - Sat 10 and Sun 11 October!!!

11.01.2022 Semaphore Steam Train back at the beach! Season starts on Saturday 26 September 2020 After its usual winter break, to service the steam engine and carriages, the very popular Semaphore Steam Train will be back running from Saturday 26 September 2020 just in time for the next school holidays!... Celebrating 28 years of operation this season, green steam engine BILL and its bright yellow carriages will once again be crewed by trained volunteers from the National Railway Museum. (Some COVID-19 restrictions will apply) The trains, which depart from the Semaphore Jetty, will start from 11am on every day of the school holidays, apart from Tuesdays and Thursday. Executive Officer Bob Sampson said: Each return trip to Fort Glanville takes about 30 minutes and is great family value for money! About 15,000 people ride on the Semaphore Steam Train each season, with the 2km long railway line maintained by the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and the City of Charles Sturt he added. After the school holidays in September/October, the steam train will run every Sunday in addition to every day of the December and January school holidays. Family or a Group: up to four people (at least one needs to be a child) $22 Adult: $ 9 Child: from 3 to 15 years of age (under 3 years free) $ 5 Trains will not operate if the Adelaide forecast temperature that morning is 36 degrees or higher.

11.01.2022 As we approach the 32nd Birthday of the Railway Museum at Port Adelaide....a small cross section of some people in those early times....we know where some are still today...but the rest? In the refresh/Cafe car areas were; Scott Green with Tammy Biels.....and Carolyn McArthur. Also shown are Malcolm Thompson with his new book "Swamp & Sand", and the man for all seasons Richard Crookall wanting to sit down! And Allan Lewis - a long time volunteer from the Mile End days as well.

10.01.2022 1986 at the Mile End Railway Museum was certainly a busy year for site work and Peronne's restoration!

09.01.2022 Our great volunteers are certainly keeping busy - even with the railway museum operating under the current COVID-19 restrictions. Well done and thanks you!

09.01.2022 As our 32nd birthday approaches...more stuff from a long time ago!

09.01.2022 We're still looking for volunteers! Volunteer position to fill - qualified electrician for testing and tagging of 240V. Please get in contact with the NRM on 0883411690 or contact Gabby at [email protected] to enquire about this volunteer role.

09.01.2022 DONT' FORGET - The Semaphore Train season ends tomorrow - Monday 26 April. The LAST TWO days of running this season are TODAY and MONDAY! Trains will run from 11am, then roughly every 40 minutes until the last departure around 4pm. Great fun and value for this 4km - 25 minute return trip along the seaside. Trains leave from the Semaphore Jetty station. Fares: Group/Family $22 (up to 4 people - one must be a child)... Adult - $9 Child (3-15yrs) - $5. Get on board while you can - we're not back til the October School Holidays! Thanks for all your great support this record breaking season - more than 22,000 passengers! Any queries please contact the National Railway Museum - 8341 1690 between 10am and 4pm. See more

07.01.2022 The planned shunt job at Port Dock went well today....no failure of standard gauge diesel 515 this time! Here are a few captures.....

07.01.2022 ‘Bluebird Kestrel in the Port’ Souvenirs have just arrived at the Museum Shop. Unique digitally created whimsical poster of the Railway Museum’s Bluebird Kestrel, passing through the Port Adelaide area!... Limited, small quantities of: posters (unframed 290mmx 445mm) - $15.00 biros - $6.00 magnet - $1.50 stickers - $5.00 Remember there is no cost to browse the Shop.

07.01.2022 Just in! Tasmanian Railways 1950-2000 by Nick Anchen, now available in the NRM shop for $70.00. Don't miss out!

07.01.2022 NRM's Doug Mitchell 68 years, from Largs North, is the most recent Port Adelaide Railway Hotel sponsored "Volunteer of the Quarter" for Jul - Sept 2020. 'Scottish' Doug does almost anything asked of him workshop related....a wonderful supporter. Congratulations Doug!

06.01.2022 A couple of more scenes from the very successful History Festival - Behind Closed Doors event at the NRM on the weekend. 1,000 visitors had a great time, and about 1,000 people rode behind Peronne and 900 onboard Bluebird Kestrel. Many thanks for your support!

06.01.2022 The NRM can announce that the latest Railway Hotel Port Adelaide Volunteer of the Quarter (Oct to Dec 2020) is David Bryker. David has helped out at Semaphore and Port Dock for a few years, mainly as a Guard and driver of No.7 KEN. NRM Maintenance Manager Richard Crookall (left) presents the Certificate and Hotel Voucher to David. Congratulations Davo!

05.01.2022 IT's all happening at the Heritage Transport Expo at the Port! Come on down Saturday and Sunday 10/11 October..... Police cars, classic and vintage cars, buses, steam trains, Redhens and Bluebird, and a drum band! Rides on the steam trains, Redhen, Bluebird and buses all INCLUDED in the admission! Adult $20, Consc $12 Child $10... Family (2 adults and up to 3 children) $44 See more

05.01.2022 COVID-19 News Update: Based on todays announcement by the SA Govt and SA Health, the following will now apply; The Museum at Port Adelaide will reopen as from 10am Sunday 22 November - with the COVID-19 restrictions which came into effect last week back in place - primarily in various areas 1 person per 4sqm, contact tracing and cleaning etc. With the museum being so spacious it is only specific areas to which that space restriction will apply, and all those areas are signed... etc. Semaphore Railway - recommences operation as from and including Sunday 22 November. COVID cleaning and contact tracing will apply - as it has since October this year - no additional change. Please remember the train will not operate if the forecast that morning is for 36 degrees or higher. Thank you all during these changing times,

04.01.2022 Whilst not directly related to NRM, a huge event as part of the SA Jubilee 150th was the official opening of the SA Maritime Museum - on 6 December 1986 - 34 years ago. Prime Minister Bob Hawke and SA Premier John Bannon, and Museum Director Kevin Fewster and many other dignitaries officiated in a huge weekend for Port Adelaide. Just two years later the National Railway Museum, as an Australian Bi-Centennial Project also opened at Port Adelaide . Fantastic times indeed! Go Port Adelaide!

04.01.2022 First day of our two day History Festival - Behind Closed Doors event was VERY successful, with more than 500 visitors! The Drivers Experience opportunity on our Bluebird railcar Kestrel was very popular too!

04.01.2022 Semaphore Railway running every day - Friday to Sunday inclusive 9th to 11th October. Trains run from the Semaphore Jetty from about 11am each of those days, roughly every 45 minutes. 30 minute return journey to Fort Glanville, running along the foreshore.....great views and fun!... Adults $9 Child (3-15yrs) $5 Family/Group $22 (4 people - one must be a child).

04.01.2022 OUT SOON! ORDER YOURS NOW! "Along the Old Ghan Line" - researched and prepared by rail preservationist and enthusiast Jeremy Browne. A4 size, 280 pages packed with about 500 photos, maps and drawings.... Available from the National Railway Museum shop - Lipson Street Port Adelaide. Due to arrive about 26 October! Just $55 (10% discount to NRM members). Order yours in person or by telephone (08) 8341 1690 between 10am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday.

03.01.2022 F255 ready to leave Mile End for the Port Dock Museum in September 1988.

03.01.2022 Looking for something to listen to? We've updated our podcast series Reminiscing on Railways to include our interview with former SAR employee Ray Bolt! You can access it here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1435192 Keep an eye out for future episodes.

02.01.2022 Latest Catch Point magazine - May 2021. On sale in the NRM shop, from Wed 12 May, with members copies due to arrive by Monday - we hope!

01.01.2022 Heritage Transport Expo - Sat & Sun 10/11 October 2020. DONT FORGET!! National Railway Museum - Lipson Street Port Adelaide - 10am to 4.30pm. Loads of things to do and look at and ride on! Entry INCLUDES all rides on the buses, Redhens, Bluebird, Peronne and Bub!!... Adult - $20 Concession - $12 Child (5-15years) - $10 Family (2 adults+ up to 3 children) - $44 Great family value and a school holiday treat. See more