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Museum Update – Expanding Our Visitor Experience

2023-06-03T18:30:37+10:00

How time flies! Next week will be 6 months since our museum opened last December, and what an exciting 6 months it has been, with the arrival of Steam Locomotive 3203 and winning the award for Outstanding Visitor Experience at the recent Snowy Monaro Business Awards.Over the past few months, our volunteers have been working on a number of projects that will expand the current museum experience and allow visitors to get up close to some of our heritage rolling stock. One of these projects is the installation of access pathways, linking the Station Platform with other sections of the [...]

Museum Update – Expanding Our Visitor Experience2023-06-03T18:30:37+10:00

National Volunteer Week – We Are The Change Makers

2023-05-23T23:36:44+10:00

This week we have the pleasure of celebrating the vital role that volunteers play in community organisations across the country At CMR, we are blessed with one of the best group of volunteers in the country. They come from many backgrounds. They are young and they are old. They are diverse but they are inclusive. They are the life-blood of our organisation and they are the Change Makers that are helping to make our community a better place by providing an environment where everyone can make a difference. While we regularly celebrate the tangible achievements of our volunteers, we [...]

National Volunteer Week – We Are The Change Makers2023-05-23T23:36:44+10:00

3203 is back together

2023-05-11T21:29:52+10:00

How awesome is it to see this beautiful machine back together at its new home in Cooma. Another successful delivery this morning as Australian Train and Railway Services arrived from Broadmeadow with the tender. Before 3203 is moved into its new shelter besides the goods shed, it will get a full clean and assessment by our volunteers while sitting on Goods Road No.4. Thank you to everyone involved in making this happen, Transport Heritage NSW, Transport for NSW and our amazing volunteers who put so much effort into the preparation for this huge arrival. Also, thank you to the [...]

3203 is back together2023-05-11T21:29:52+10:00

3203 (Part 1) Has Landed

2023-05-11T21:30:08+10:00

What an exciting morning here at Cooma Monaro Railway Museum. Arriving shortly after sunrise, 3203 rode into town in the safe hands of Australian Train Movers and was unloaded onto Goods Siding No.4 by Cooma Crane Hire. What a sight it was seeing it suspended in the air and slowly lowered onto the rails at its new home in the Monaro. Our friends at Transport Heritage NSW have loaded then tender in Broadmeadow this morning and it is currently on route to Cooma, scheduled to arrive later this afternoon. [...]

3203 (Part 1) Has Landed2023-05-11T21:30:08+10:00

Locomotive 3203 is southbound

2023-05-11T21:03:23+10:00

The locomotive has been loaded and is currently on it's way southbound. Based on the current schedule, we expect the locomotive to arrive in Cooma during the early hours of tomorrow (Wednesday) morning with the crane scheduled to begin the unloading process sometime around 7.00-7.30am. The tender is currently scheduled to arrive on a separate truck during Wednesday afternoon. The museum will be open for visitors who would like to watch the unloading and get an early look at 3203. A public viewing area will be available within the yard. Public entry is only through the Station Building, where [...]

Locomotive 3203 is southbound2023-05-11T21:03:23+10:00

Winner – Outstanding Visitor Experience

2023-05-11T20:55:48+10:00

What a huge honour tonight to win the "Outstanding Visitor Experience" award at the 2023 Snowy Monaro Business Awards. This is such a privilege for our organisation and a massive reward for all the volunteers and supporters that have helped us get to where we are today. It's difficult to explain how many hours and private resources are invested into developing and maintaining an attraction like this but it is absolutely worth it when we receive recognition like this. Thank you to Transport for NSW and Transport Heritage NSW for their continued support of heritage railway in NSW. And [...]

Winner – Outstanding Visitor Experience2023-05-11T20:55:48+10:00

Thank You Future Generation

2023-05-03T17:32:45+10:00

A huge shout out to Future Generation today for assisting our team with the relocation of our shed frame from the rear of the Railway Institute Building, to it's new home in our Perway Depot. The size and weight of the frame was beyond our team and our machinery, so we reached out to Future Generation for some assistance and they were more than happy to help out. The shed will now be re-assembled in the Perway Depot, and will become our new flammable liquid store. This will also allow us to move forward with the final stages of the [...]

Thank You Future Generation2023-05-03T17:32:45+10:00

Steam locomotive 3203 coming to Cooma

2023-05-02T17:37:44+10:00

We are extremely excited to announce that NSW Railways Steam Locomotive 3203 will arrive at it's new home in Cooma on the 10th of May after completing it's cosmetic restoration in Broadmeadow by Transport Heritage NSW volunteers. The locomotive will be transported by road from Broadmeadow to Cooma where it will be unloaded by crane and shunted into it's temporary storage shelter on Goods Road No. 3, on the eastern side of the Goods Shed in Cooma yard. Our volunteers are eagerly working on preparations for the arrival which includes the establishment of an access path that will allow visitors [...]

Steam locomotive 3203 coming to Cooma2023-05-02T17:37:44+10:00

New Rolling Stock Restoration Projects

2023-05-01T22:46:17+10:00

We are excited to announce that Cooma Monaro Railway has been awarded a grant of $37,800 from the NSW Government through Transport Heritage NSW for the restoration of NSW Railways MBC22959, a timber bodied refrigerated bogie box van, and L759, a four-wheel riveted oil tanker. Both of these items will be restored back to display condition by our team of volunteers and will be put on display for visitors at the Cooma Monaro Railway Museum alongside recently restored Powder Van PV 22318. Restoration projects such as these play a critical role in the future development of our railway as they [...]

New Rolling Stock Restoration Projects2023-05-01T22:46:17+10:00

Snowy Junction

2023-05-02T17:33:40+10:00

After clearing south of Cooma Station, our vegetation control team have turned their attention to Snowy Junction. The team have begun clearing the precinct around the Snowy Junction platform before they move on to the Railway corridor and make their way back south to Cooma Station. Located approximately 3.5km north of Cooma Station, Snowy Junction was the site where the former Snowy Mountains Authority sidings joined left the main line for the SMA yard across what is now Polo Flat. Snowy Junction consisted of a Signal Box, passing loop and siding that crossed the road to a second passing loop [...]

Snowy Junction2023-05-02T17:33:40+10:00

Cooma Monaro Railway

  • Cooma Railway Station
    Bradley Street
    Cooma NSW 2630

  • (02) 6452 7791

  • museum@cmrailway.org.au

  • Tuesday, Wednesday & Saturday:
    10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

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