Railway Museum At Ipswich, Queensland.

[marknewton]

While we've been having a family holiday on the Gold Coast my friend Dave and I hired a car and visited the railway museum located in the former Queensland Railways workshops at Ipswich. The first exhibit you see is a short mixed train headed by a PB15 class 4-6-0 built by Walkers of Maryborough in 1908.

 

Next is a 1250 class diesel electric loco built by English Electric.

 

This gaudy little engine is a 2' gauge 0-6-2T built by Perry Engineering.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

 

 

[katoftw]

The workshops is a great place.  I normally go once or twice a year with the kids.  In October they have a model train show as well out the back, so you get more value for money.

[westfalen]

The workshops is a great place.  I normally go once or twice a year with the kids.  In October they have a model train show as well out the back, so you get more value for money.

Even more value for me because the club exhibits at the show.

 

Since we had to leave our club rooms in the old tool & gauge shop a few years back I have to admit the model train show is the only time I go there because, although it's a well set up museum, their exhibits haven't changed since they opened 13 years ago and once you've seen it, you've seen it.  They put on a lot of events for the kids over the school holidays and that seems to have become their main focus.