Crookwell Heritage Railway

28/01/2026

TIME FOR A CLEAN UP!

We are redoing our museum and are seeking articles, photographs, memorabilia to add to our collection. If you have anything you think would be of historical interest and happy to donate or loan please contact me. We would also like to hear your stories of your experiences on the Goulburn Crookwell railway.
Thanking you in advance
Mandy 0435 243 080

28/01/2026

Come and have a fun time

16/11/2025

Saturday 15th November a hand full of members dug out by hand and inserted 12 steel and 3 hardwood sleepers on the down side of the station platform. Several sleepers still require clipping up.

Our track supervisor Leonard Stewart brought out his ex-Commonwealth Railways Fairmont M19 to help bring tools and sleepers to the worksite.

01/11/2025

On display at Gunning Station 150th Sunday 02 November Four seater rail bike for the imminent Crookwell Ride the Rails adventure. Learn more about the development progress. Bikes procured with assistance of Crookwell II Wind Farm and grant programs

31/10/2025

Sunday is Gunning Station 150 year anniversary https://aboutregional.com.au/gunning-for-some-great-birthday-celebrations-this-sunday-theyll-be-off-the-rails/490497/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=daily&utm_campaign=2025-10-31
Thanks to About Regional for the article

The rural hamlet of Gunning has always punched above its weight. From its earliest of days as home to the…

29/10/2025

The Crookwell Heritage Railway is supporting this event with member participation and display items. Plus the brilliant N:scale model of Gunning by Robert Povoski

Gunning Railway Station is turning 150 & YOU’RE INVITED TO THE PARTY this weekend on Sunday 2nd November: https://www.southerntablelandsarts.com.au/connect150/
🚂 Also make sure you get your copy of THE NOVEMBER ARH ISSUE OUT on Saturday IN DIGITAL AND PRINT🚂
One of Australia’s historic rail achievements, the extension of the Main South Railway Line from Goulburn to Gunning, officially opened on 2 November 1875. Gunning is a small village of around 820 people located in the Southern Tablelands of NSW at an altitude of 578 metres. The town is noteworthy for being close to the starting point for Hume and Hovell’s 1824 overland expedition to Port Phillip Bay. The Main South Line reaching from Goulburn to Gunning was beyond doubt a major political, engineering and operational achievement so this month’s issue is fully dedicated to Gunning and what the arrival of the railways meant for the further development of the colony and the Southern Tablelands region with passengers, traffic and operations!
We also review riding in the cab of the Tinplate Express in the early 1960s and review the changes of Gunning and the region as a District Engineer in the late 1960s to 1970s (100 years since the opening) and the changes since!

All this and more in our November issue!
Print and digital formats available. Order at:
arhsnsw.com.au/australian-railway-history/

25/07/2025