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Yass Railway Heritage Centre
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21.01.2022 Happy sunny Sunday!! The museum is open from 10 to 4pm today and the yard is looking amazing. Our volunteers are excited to see you!
19.01.2022 The Yass Railway Museum will be closed to the public until further notice. We hope to see you all when we can reopen!The Yass Railway Museum will be closed to the public until further notice. We hope to see you all when we can reopen!
19.01.2022 We would like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who came to our first picnic day yesterday. Without you the day would not have been possible. We also want to thank our wonderful volunteers, your countless hours of help really made the day wonderful. Finally we would also like to say a very big thanks to our sponsors, You generous donations and support are greatly appreciated:... MA Steel Yass Scouts Raven Hair - Yass Wooback Yass Gold Trails Reenactments Yass Rotary Club Adrienne Steward - Norwex Independent Sales Consultant Yass Car Wash ALDI Australia - Yass Tank's Expresso 2U My Medical Practice Kaffeine 2582 Hawker Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Mount Carmel Primary School Yass & District Historical Society Inc We encourage you to continue to support and visit the museum through out the year. The grounds are a wonderful place to spend some time with the family after your visit, with plenty of room to run around and play. We hope to see you soon! And don't worry we have already started planning next year's event!
18.01.2022 Even though it’s a rainy day in paradise the museum is still open today 10am to 4pm
18.01.2022 We know the weather is a little wet today, but we’re indoors and open from 10am to 4pm! Come for a look see :)We know the weather is a little wet today, but we’re indoors and open from 10am to 4pm! Come for a look see :)
17.01.2022 It might be cold today but we’ll have the fireplace going to keep our volunteers and visitors toasty warm. We’re open 10am to 4pm, you should join us in front of the fire!
16.01.2022 Whose keen for the long weekend?? We will be open all three days from 10am to 4pm. Come and say hi!Whose keen for the long weekend?? We will be open all three days from 10am to 4pm. Come and say hi!
15.01.2022 We’re back to normal opening hours from this weekend. We will be open from 10am on Sunday 12th July!
13.01.2022 Don’t forget we are open again tomorrow (Sunday 30 august) 10am to 4pm. The weather will be wonderful and we would love to see you! Photo credit to Tom O’Dea
13.01.2022 Are you looking for something to do with Dad for Father’s Day? Why not visit the Yass railway museum and bring a picnic with you? As well as the museum and its offerings we also have a huge grassed area that’s perfect for spending time with dad and maybe playing a little soccer. Open Sunday 6th 10am to 4pm. Ps a reminder we don’t have eftpos so please bring cash with you Photo 1 is credited to Tom O’Dea
13.01.2022 Great news! We’re reopening! We’ll be back on July 4 and 5. That’s right we’ll be open Saturday and Sunday! We can’t wait to see you!Great news! We’re reopening! We’ll be back on July 4 and 5. That’s right we’ll be open Saturday and Sunday! We can’t wait to see you!
10.01.2022 A brief history of the Captain's Flat railway line. Mining activity at Captain's Flat began in 1882 on copper ore bodies. A railway connection from Bungendore t...o Captains Flat to support mining operations was considered as early as 1897, but the poor performance of the mine meant a railway was economically unfeasible. The line was re-sureveyed on 15 December 1937 and construction commenced in February, 1938, with 600 men employed. The 34km line opened for general traffic on 17 June 1940 when the tri-weekly rail motor service began. By November 1960, passenger traffic had dropped off considerably due to the improvement of the road to Queanbeyan, which was substantially shorter than travelling via Bungendore. Mining operations ceased on 9 March 1962. During operations, nearly 4 million tons of ore were obtained. By April, 1964, services were reduced to just one goods train a week. The line was closed to traffic on 28 August 1968. Sunday, 10 August 1969 saw the temporary re-opening of the line as the location for the railway scenes in the feature film, Ned Kelly, starring Mick Jagger. The special train scheduled for the film was hauled by Locomotive 1243. It was renumbered 176 for the film, and fitted with a kerosene headlamp. In 1974, the derelict railway station was converted into a private home. In 1993, the NSW Department of Transport called for Expressions of Interest on the future use of the line. Registrations closed in August that year. It was understood that there was an interest in creating a walking track or a tourist railway over the last section of the line into Captain's Flat.
08.01.2022 A fantastic local family event coming up. Pencil this one into your diaries, we look forward to seeing you there!
07.01.2022 Are open everyday over the long weekend and we’d love for you to visit. Come see us Saturday, Sunday and Monday between 10am and 4pm. We have a model railway as well full sized locomotives for you to explore and learn about! Why not bring a picnic and enjoy the ground while you’re here? There is plenty of space to put out a picnic rug and the kids can even run around in the open space. Now if that doesn’t say fun for the whole family I don’t know what does?!?
05.01.2022 Sunday is for trains! Come and visit us tomorrow (Sunday) between 10am and 4pm to learn all about the history of trains in Yass!Sunday is for trains! Come and visit us tomorrow (Sunday) between 10am and 4pm to learn all about the history of trains in Yass!
04.01.2022 Looking for something to do on this lovely winters day? Why not visit the railway museum? We’re open from 10am to 4pm and we’d love to see you
04.01.2022 The Yass railway museum is open again today 10am to 4pm. We have locomotives and train carriage to walk through and a model railway display to delight the kids. We'd love for you to visit our little slice of history!
03.01.2022 Don’t forget the railway museum is open everyday over the long weekend between 10am and 4pm for you to visit. We’d love to show you around!
02.01.2022 Goulburn Control diagrams. These show the lines between Goulburn and Cootamundra as well as the branch between Demondrille and Cootamundra.
02.01.2022 Look at the wonderful photos taken by a Yass local. We are so proud to preserve the history for the wonderful people of Yass and for them to capture the beauty of our little museum. Thank you Tom xx
01.01.2022 Bowning signal box diagram.
