Newport Railway Museum

The museum opened on 10 November 1962, after the Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS) Victorian Division was allocated space at Newport Workshops by the Victorian Railways to develop a collection of steam locomotives that were then in the process of being replaced by diesel and electric locomotives.[1]

Following a safety audit by VicTrack, the landlord and owner of most of the exhibits, the museum closed in February 2010.[2] After various improvements, it reopened in March 2014.

On 16 June 2020, it was announced that the ARHS had withdrawn from the operation of the museum and a new group, Newport Railway Museum Inc., formed by museum volunteers, had entered into an arrangement with VicTrack to take over the Museum site lease.[3]

The museum's regular opening hours are between 12 noon and 5 pm on Saturdays.[4] During school holiday periods, the museum opens on both Saturdays and Sundays, between 12 noon and 5 pm.[5]

The museum contains the largest existing collection of Victorian Railways steam locomotives, a wide range of other Victorian Railways rolling stock, and numerous Victorian Railways artefacts. The collection includes:[6]

• seventeen steam locomotives
• eight diesel locomotives
• two electric locomotives and four electric suburban carriages
• five country/interstate passenger carriages
• ten freight wagons and two guards vans
• five railway cranes
• rail tractors and postal trolleys
• a signal box
• an O scale model railway

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  X36
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  N432
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  C10
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  H220 with A²884
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  A²995
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  J556
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  Railway artefacts
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  Harris-type suburban car
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  Modified Harris suburban car ("Grey Ghost")
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  V56

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