Dean's Introduction to the RTM

"The New South Wales Rail Transport Museum..."

I joined the RTM in April 2000 after a 9 day Steam Safari throughout Victoria on the "Millennium Aurora".

Had a great 9 days on the trip from Sydney to Melbourne and then throughout western Victoria before returning to Sydney via Melbourne.

History: I had not been on a steam train until July 1998, when I went on a day trip to the NSW Blue Mountains for a Christmas in July celebration with 3801 Limited.
It was a great trip, and I really enjoyed travelling on the train hauled by streamline c38 class locomotive 3801.

It was then that I was 'hooked' and got the 'steam' bug!

As they say... the rest is History!

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The RTM

The NSW Rail Transport Museum is a not for profit Registered Charity established in 1962 to preserve our State's rail heritage. The museum, located at Thirlmere (near Picton), houses Australia's largest collection of historic locomotives and carriages. A day at Thirlmere is an ideal family or social group outing, kids of all ages love exploring the vintage trains and there's plenty of picnic facilities. The museum is open daily and heritage trains run on the adjacent Thirlmere Heritage railway every Sunday.

Although most RTM staff are volunteers, they maintain a small core of paid employees for administration and to restore and maintain the trains at Thirlmere to the safety standards required by accreditation as a rail operator with the NSW Department of Transport. Locomotive crews and Safeworking Supervisors are trained Museum employees, all other on train staff are devoted volunteers from the pool of over 100 active workers and nearly 2,500 members.

The RTM operate regular heritage diesel hauled day tours and weekend escapes from Sydney - featuring the sensational "Southern Aurora" sleeping, lounge and dining cars, which won the museum the 1999 Western Sydney Industry Award for Tourism.

The RTM would like to welcome you aboard. Keep informed and support the Museum by joining the Tour Information Mailing List, or become a Member of the NSW RTM. See the NSW RTM site for further information.

For more information, see the NSW Rail Transport Museum website.