About this location
- Where
‘The Old Bathhouse’, Mount Dee Road and Junction Street, Telarah NSW 2320
- Accessibility
- Welcomes people with access needs
- Facilities
- Car park
- Coach Parking
- Enquiry Desk
- Family Friendly
- Non-Smoking
- Public Toilet
- Shop / Gift Shop
Contact details
Phone:
0468 364 953
South Maitland Railways attracts growing interest for its heritage significance, in essence, a perfectly preserved Victorian railway, seemingly immune to the new electronic age. It was the last railway in Australia engaged in the complete restoration and operation of steam locomotives for commercial purposes.
The Maitland Rail Museum has been formed to preserve, restore and display, materials and records that interpret the part played by the South Maitland Railways in the settlement and transformation of the Maitland - Cessnock region to become one of the most important coal producing areas in the World of the mid 20th century.
The museum itself has interpretive displays as well equipment, tools and other artefacts used by the railway.