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.