The National Railway Museum will be conducting a ceremony to celebrate the restoration of the Travelling Post Office carriage at 2.00pm on Saturday the 27th of March, followed by a ceremony to acknowledge restoration of The Overland Sleeping Car 'Allambi'.

The occasion will also be marked with the running of a unique train consisting of V&SAR Joint Stock Sit Up car BE42, Overland Sleeping Car ´Allambi´, and Twelve Wheel Brake 276 hauled by our broad gauge diesel-electric locomotive 801 between 10am and 4pm on both Saturday and Sunday.

There will also be a photographic display of The Overland, along with the chance to win two tickets to Melbourne on The Overland (tickets generously provided by Great Southern Rail).

For full details, please download a copy of the event poster.

Come and see steam locomotive 'Bagnall' on display for four days in the heart of Adelaide in Rundle Mall, and check out promotional displays from South Australia's rail heritage groups including Cobdogla Irrigation and Steam Museum, National Railway Museum, Pichi Richi Railway, SteamRanger Heritage Railway, Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre Peterborough, and St Kilda Tramway Museum.

There is also a free competition open to all - first prize being 2x Gold Service tickets from Adelaide to Darwin (or vice versa) on Great Southern Rail's legendary Ghan, with other prizes from rail heritage groups. There are also balloons and promotional packs to give away.

Thanks to our sponsers - South Australian Tourism Commission and Great Southern Rail.

For full details, please download the State of Steam event poster.

As part of History week, The National Railway Museum Celebrates 85 Years of Urban Railcar Transport in South Australia as well as celebrating 30 years of service by the 2000 series Railcars.

• A new photo display  to celebrate 85 Years of Urban Railcar Transport in South Australia
• Trans Adelaide will be displaying a 2000 series railcar set at the museum for the weekend
•  RedHen train rides 

Look out for the National Railway Museum´s stand at the 2010 Adelaide Model Railway Exhibition at Greyhound Park, we hope to see you there!

Help Celebrate the 65th anniversary of Thomas the Tank engine and all his friends.

More details will be avaliable closer to the event.

In Conjunction with the 15th annual Modelling the Railways of South Australia Convention, the National Railway Museum will be conducting another ‘monster’ surplus archives and second hand books/magazine bazaar.

The NRM will have a ‘clean-out’ of un-required archival material and a limited variety of memorabilia - “One man’s rubbish is another’s treasure.” As always it is a great way to get those elusive buys and catch up with others for a chat.

In addition a wide range of books, magazines, railway prints, DVD’s, video’s etc will be discounted to all who attend.

Attendees to the Modelling Convention will be granted half price admission to the museum on the day on presentation of their convention pass.

If you have Railway Memorabilia or related items you would like to sell, or would like to operate a stall, please contact the museum.

For full details, please download the event flyer.