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Port Lincoln Railway Museum

Locality: Port Lincoln, South Australia

Phone: +61 428 119 287

Address: Railway Place 5606 Port Lincoln, SA, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 Mark Thomas at Missing Link Media has very kindly made availabe this time-lapse video of last nights Port Lincoln SES tarp exercise.

24.01.2022 Christmas-New Year opening hours: The Railway Museum will be closed from now until Wednesday 1 January, when we will open from 1 to 4 pm. We will also be open for cruise ships on Sunday 5 January and Tuesday 7 January, 8:30 am to 4 pm.... Normal hours, Wednesdays and Sundays 1 to 4 pm, resume from Wednesday 8 January.

24.01.2022 Its not just outside that were active at the Museum. We recently received a History Trust of SA grant to purchase the hardware for a self-serve "image kiosk". It is now up and running, so visitors can explore over 5,000 images using keywords and/or text searching. Alternatively, just watch as a random selection of the images rolls by. Come in and try it out!

23.01.2022 https://indaily.com.au//state-heritage-listing-on-right-t/

22.01.2022 Australia Day/Tunarama weekend opening hours: Open Sunday 26th, 1 - 4 pm Open Monday 27th, 8:30 am - 4 pm... Drop in and say hello, and have a look around!

22.01.2022 Remember! We're open on Sundays as well as our regular Wednesdays in the school holidays... Our Timetable is changing for the school holidays. We will continue to open every Wednesday as usual, and will also be open on extra days: Sunday 27th September and Sundays 4th and 11th October. Hours are 1 to 4 pm each day we open. Come in and explore our displays and collection!

19.01.2022 Happy New Year from #heritagewednesday. This week we are just down the tracks from our newest State Heritage Place the Port Lincoln Locomotive Depot and Worksho...ps SHP 26501 and are visiting the Port Lincoln Railway Station SHP 14608. This is the second railway station built in Port Lincoln, the first was built soon after the railway was commenced on the Eyre Peninsula (the first section between Port Lincoln and Cummins opened in 1907) while this station was built in 1926-1927. The station is constructed from local Duck Ponds stone under the supervision of Bert Ernest Heath. The building was not only the station but housed the stationmaster office, superintendents admin, train controllers, loco foreman and track maintenance engineering staff. The station is now the Port Lincoln Railway Preservation Societys Railway museum and is open to the public on Wednesdays and Sundays from 1-4pm. #heritagesa

18.01.2022 A HUGE thank-you to Port Lincoln State Emergency Service for fitting a temporary protective tarp to locomotive 850 last night. Viterra kindly supplied one of their bunker tarps, and the SES used the task as a training exercise. Due to the size and weight of the tarp, the height of the loco and multiple protrusions along its roof, it was quite a long and complex operation. Over two and a half hours many of their skills were put to the test, but the end result is great. Thanks again to all the wonderful SES people involved. You achieved something which was way beyond our own capabilities.

18.01.2022 Historic loco 850s protection is only temporary! How long it remains like this is dependent in no small part on the success of our fundraising efforts. We have had a good response to our appeal to now, but we still have a long way to go before a permanent shelter for 850 and HAN3 can be built. If youd like to assist, details are at http://eprps.org.au/going-loco.html. Help remove 850s shroud!

18.01.2022 We have taken a big leap forward, with part of the Port Lincoln Railway Museums images and plans collection going live on the National Librarys wonderful Trove service. We have been working towards this for some time, and the first tranche of 650 items is now online. We will be progressively adding to the Museums online presence, with additions and changes occurring at the beginning of each month. We are making a selection of images from the Museums archives available onl...ine, as well as many of the SAR and AN plans and diagrams in our archives which were digitised a few years ago thanks to a History Trust grant for hire of a wide-format scanner. High resolution copies of specific files are available on request from the Museum, but may be subject to copyright restrictions. The Museums items on Trove can be browsed at https://trove.nla.gov.au/result?q=nuc%3ASEPR.

17.01.2022 For more information, see the Museum's website or contact Peter Knife. We're open to all suggestions from community groups, clubs and societies!

17.01.2022 Following an incident in the Train Park at Port Lincoln, the City Council on Monday will decide whether or not to remove the locomotive (NC2) permanently from the park. In 1963 steam locomotive Yx141 was placed in the park. Two decades later it had become significant as one of the last survivors of its class, and the Pichi Richi Railway wanted to take custody of it for eventual restoration. A swap was arranged, and on 11 November 1982 little diesel locomotive NC2 arrived in ...Port Lincoln and took the place of Yx141 which left for Quorn the same day. After being stored at Quorn for many years, Yx141 has now been beautifully restored, and returned to running order last year. NC2 was one of two small 275 HP (205 kW) diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by Clyde Engineering in 1964 for the Lakewood Firewood Company near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. Two years later the Lakewood line closed and the two diesels were purchased by the Commonwealth Railways and numbered NC1 and NC2. Number 2 was used for a while as the workshops shunter at Port Augusta. NC2 has no historical connection to Eyre Peninsula.

16.01.2022 Every now and then, low life mongrels make life harder for museums with senseless graffiti and damage. The Port Lincoln Railway Museum's Freight Shed Annex has been on the receiving end of such an incident. The shed will be closed to visitors tomorrow while we clean up. Most can be cleaned or repaired, but things like paint sprayed on a unique century-old SAR canvas tent are hard to take. We're all just volunteers, and incidents like this can take the wind out of your sails.

14.01.2022 The provisional Heritage listing of the Port Lincoln Locomotive Depot and Workshops precinct has been confirmed, so it is now a permanent listing. One Rail Australia (formerly Genessee & Wyoming Australia) are of course still using the facility, and this listing has no effect on their current activities. It does mean that the site now has a level of protection appropriate for its historical value. The site qualified for listing under two criteria. Firstly, it demonstrates an ...important evolution or pattern of the States history, in that it supported the rail network which opened up Eyre Peninsula for agriculture. Secondly, it has rare or endangered qualities that are of cultural significance: it is the last intact railway roundhouse and workshop complex in the State, and externally it is little changed from when it was built in the Webb era, an important period in the States history. There is one other roundhouse still standing, at Peterborough, but the railway buildings around it have changed significantly over the last 50 years. See more

13.01.2022 Just a clarification on the Railway Museums opening hours for the "Vasco da Gama" cruise ships revised visit this week. The ship is now to stay overnight on Thursday night and leave on Friday afternoon, but the Museum will only open as planned on Thursday. The Museum will NOT open this Friday (20th). We will be open from 8:30 am on Thursday and will probably be open until 4 pm, but if the cruise passengers stay on board rather than venture out in the forecast 32 degrees, we may close after 1 pm.

12.01.2022 Were open as usual on Sunday 8th March, from 1 to 4 pm, but unfortunately wont be open on the holiday Monday (9th). We will however be open on Saturday 14th, 8:30 am to 4 pm, as well as our regular Wednesday and Sunday hours (1 to 4 pm). Come in and see us on Sunday afternoon, and try out our terrific new self-serve image lookup feature. There are thousands of images in there to explore!

12.01.2022 After 11 weeks of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Port Lincoln Railway Museum will be reopening on Sunday 7 June (1-4 pm). Then from Wednesday 10 June we will be open each Wednesday (1-4 pm). For the time being, we will not be open on Sundays (except for 7 June), but will review things at the end of June. We look forward to welcoming visitors again! There are some entry conditions and special arrangements which we must comply with, and as a result we need more volunteers on duty than we have had in the past - hence we will only be opening once a week for now.

12.01.2022 Of course Daniel Andrews might not agree, but ... we know SA is amazing! And in particular the Eyre Peninsula. Best fishing, surf, rugged coast, opportunitie...s to swim with sealions and sharks, amazing seafood, clean, footprint-free beaches, majestic national parks and NO crowds! And we are welcoming visitors back! Welcoming you back are: our visitor centre, The Prawn Store, Calypso Star Charter, Australian Coastal Safaris, Xplore Eyre by Australian Wildlife Adventures, Adventure Bay Charters, The Fresh Fish Place, Port Lincoln Railway Museum, Del Giornos, Boston Bay Wines, Port Lincoln Hotel, Kata & Belle Photo by Bazz Take 2 photography

11.01.2022 This plan from the SA Parliamentary Papers (#124 of 1907) shows the planned route of the Port Lincoln-Cummins railway, then under construction. The detailed extract of the lower Eyre Peninsula area shows just how undeveloped the area was at the time, and makes interesting browsing. The full plan shows most of Eyre Peninsula. Within 20 years railway lines would extend throughout the Peninsula.

11.01.2022 Lots of preparations have been made for our reopening on Sunday 7 June. Here are a couple of examples of the changes that youll encounter, to ensure that we comply with the rules for museums and that everyones health is protected. Plenty to see, so come along and enjoy the memories on display! After Sunday, well be open on Wednesday afternoons only for a while. Hours 1 - 4 pm.

10.01.2022 Here is one from our archives: the opening of the Port Lincoln Railway Tennis Club in October 1934. Thats LeBrun Street behind the canopy. The Porter St extension to the Mortlock Terrace roundabout now covers some of this site, and the courts extended behind the cottages lining Mortlock Terrace towards Blackman Place. Anyone recognise any faces? Wed love to know.

09.01.2022 The pieces of our 850-HAN puzzle are falling into place: * Development approval for the shed has been granted. * The Museum now has DGR status, meaning that donations of $2 or more are tax deductible. * Donating is even easier now, with online donations accepted via http://www.eprps.org.au/going-loco.html.... Help us build the new display shed, and release 850 from its temporary tarp shroud so that everyone can see it!

07.01.2022 Following a suggestion from Trevor Hoskin, I extracted the Minutes of the Railways Tennis Club from our museum archives. Trevor thought that they might at least give names of some of those present at the opening of the railway courts in 1934 (photo in previous post). Unfortunately the minutes begin with the AGM eight months after the opening. The minutes were written in the beautiful longhand of the day, and make interesting reading, so I thought it worth posting them anyway. Those named at the meeting were most likely present at the opening anyway. Names were: Messrs Bateson, Brimage, W Critchley, Davies, R Foote, Fox, R Hart, McInerney, Mellor, Narraway, F OReilly, Richards, B Richardson, W Sims, CH Smith, Storey, C Wasley, C Wilkinson and Wilson. Mesdames Critchley, Davey, Hart, Hunter, Richards and Wilkinson.

07.01.2022 Meet our newest State Heritage Place - The Port Lincoln Locomotive Depot and Workshops SHP 26501. The South Australian Heritage Council meet last week and dete...rmined that the place meets criteria (a) and (b) under s16 of the Heritage Places Act 1993 for listing as a State Heritage Place and have provisionally entered it on the South Australian Heritage Register. The depot and workshops were built between 1927 and 1932 and contain numerous buildings and structures including a roundhouse, workshop and turntable combination. The roundhouse is the second last roundhouse remaining in South Australia. More information will be available soon on our website and the period for making a public submission will open in January. We will let you know when. #heritagesa .

06.01.2022 HERITAGE REGISTER 90 year old John McGeever who worked on the Port Lincoln railway line for more than 40 years, is happy and proud that parts of the site have been added to South Australias heritage register. The move has also been labelled a big win for local historians.

04.01.2022 In the light of current circumstances, we must regretfully advise that the Port Lincoln Railway Museum will be CLOSED until further notice. We are still able to answer historical and railway family queries via Facebook or email, and mail order book sales will still operate. We can also still accept donations :-) See www.eprps.org.au for details.

03.01.2022 Our Timetable is changing for the school holidays. We will continue to open every Wednesday as usual, and will also be open on extra days: Sunday 27th September and Sundays 4th and 11th October. Hours are 1 to 4 pm each day we open. Come in and explore our displays and collection!

01.01.2022 Twelve months ago today the last grain train rolled in to Port Lincoln. These photos were taken a hundred years apart. Both were taken from the Dublin Street bridge of grain trains arriving in Port Lincoln. Circa 1909, a tiny W Class 2-6-0 leads a string of wooden 4-wheelers loaded with bagged grain [Eric OConnor Collection photo]. In May 2019, five diesels bring a long rake of bogie bulk grain hoppers to the port [Mark Carter photo]. Eyre Peninsula "dodged a bullet" with the 2019-20 harvest - there were noticeably more trucks on the roads, but thankfully no disasters. It remains to be seen how an above-average harvest will be handled.

01.01.2022 The Port Lincoln Railway Museum is housed in the ground floor of the heritage-listed Port Lincoln station building, and in the nearby freight shed. We have a vast array of memorabilia from the SAR and AN days on Eyre Peninsula. Our archives include photographs, documents, hand-written registers and journals, and a large collection of drawings dating back to 1905. The freight shed houses larger displays, including a number of items of rolling stock representative of those use...d on Eyre Peninsula (and including two types which were unique to the Port Lincoln Division). No locomotives or passenger vehicles are in the collection, unfortunately! In the shed there are several section cars, and displays of track components, workshop facilities and typical railwayman accommodations. We are open on Wednesdays, and SA Public Holidays (except Good Friday and Christmas Day), from 1 to 4 pm. We also open from 8:30 am to mid-afternoon on days when cruise liners are berthed in town.