BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 May, 10am to 4:30pm.
Join us for our History Festival event, Behind Closed Doors!
The POWER of railways!
Come along and enjoy a rare opportunity to inspect and be shown many places and exhibits that are not normally open to public visitors.
Each venue/area will be attended by an NRM volunteer to provide guidance and answer your questions.
These specially opened places include:
- 1940s style driver's cabin of steam locomotive 523
- 1980s era suburban railcar Jumbo 2000 series
- 1950s era Wegmann lounge carriage from the Trans-Australian Express
- 1920s era join stock VR/SAR carriage from the Overland
- 1900s era sleeping carriage Baroota from the Broken Hill Express
- Woodville railway station signal cabin - relocated and open to inspect
Our fantastic train driver's cab simulator can be enjoyed too!
In addition, catering will be available with Rotary West Lakes in our 1930s Cafeteria carriage, and Prospect Scouts will be running a BBQ.
Our favourite little blue steam engine BUB will be running train trips all day, both days, and those trips are included in the admission fee!
Admission:
Family (2 adults and up to 3 children) - $46
Adult - $20
Concession - $12
Child (5-15 years) - $8
Members and under 5 years - no cost
Please note the car park adjacent to the Museum is now open! Three hour parking limits apply Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, but weekends and public holidays have no limit.
Take a look at the videos on our YouTube page!
We've started a podcast series! You can find our first episodes here. Keep an eye out for new episodes!
In episodes 1 to 3, we interview former South Australian Railways employee, author and owner of one of the largest collections of train orders in the world, John Evans.
In episodes 3 to 6 we interview former South Australian Railways employee Ray Bolt.
In episodes 7 to 8 we interview former South Australian Railways employee Geoff Wilmott.
In episodes 9 to 11 we interview former South Australian Railways employee Howard Luscombe.
In episodes 12 to 14 we interview former South Australian Railways employee Keith Fitzpatrick.
In season 2, episodes 1 to 3 we interview Helen Hill, who worked for a number of railway organisations.
In season 2, episodes 4 to 5 we speak further to John Evans.
In season 2, episodes 6 to 7 we interview former South Australian Railways horse shunter George Wilson.
In season 3, episode 1 we interview former South Australian Railways porter and signalman Morris Broad.
We have a number of oral histories that have not yet been released as podcasts. We also have the full interview of those histories which have been turned into podcasts and could not fit all the content. These are available at the National Railway Museum. Please contact our archives through if you would like to listen to any of these.
Available oral histories include:
Bob Sampson
Brian Fry
Geoff Wilmott
Helen Hill
Howard Luscombe
John Evans
John Wilson
Keith Fitzpatrick
Lud Yewha
Morris Broad
Ray Bolt
Ron Carter
Ron Fluck
Steve Nitsckhe