Richmond Vale Railway Museum
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| Established | 1979 |
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| Location | Leggett's Drive, Richmond Vale, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 32°51′26″S 151°28′33″E / 32.857293°S 151.47582°E |
| Type | Railway museum |
| Nearest car park | On site |
| Website | Official Site |
The Richmond Vale Railway Museum operates a railway and museum located at Richmond Vale south of Kurri Kurri, New South Wales. The museum is a volunteer non-profit organization, formed in 1979 with the aim of preserving the Richmond Vale railway line and the Mining Heritage of J & A Brown and the Hunter Valley.
After the closure of Richmond Main Power Station in 1976, Cessnock City Council acquired the abandoned Richmond Main Colliery together with 40 acres (16.2 ha) surrounding the buildings from Coal & Allied.
In 1979 the newly formed Richmond Vale Preservation Co-operative Society assumed the responsibility for the railway, leaving the development of Richmond Main Park and Mining Museum to be done independently.
The Museum is opened on the first three Sundays of each month and every Sunday during School Holidays and the site consists of the following features:
The museum also operates a small number of ex-industrial diesels, and owns a wide variety of ex-New South Wales Government Railways and ex-industrial rollingstock.
Ex-industrial diesels are:
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