| Illawarra Light Railway Museum | |
| Established: | 1972 |
| Location: | 48A Tongarra Road Albion Park Rail, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates: | -34.5685°N 150.792°W |
| Map Type: | New South Wales#Australia |
| Type: | Light Railway museum |
| Car Park: | On site |
| Website: | www.ilrms.com.au |
The Illawarra Light Railway Museum operates a mainline narrow gauge light railway, a miniature gauge railway, and a museum located in Albion Park Rail, New South Wales, Australia.
The Illawarra Light Railway Museum Society was founded in February of 1972.. the Museum site was leased from Shellharbour City Council and the Leased sinned in 1974.. with railway operations commencing in 1974 dedicated to preserving Light Railway history and Illawarra industrial history.[1] It was officially opened on 10 November 1984.[2] In 2007 the society obtained federal funding for the construction of the Ken McCarthy Museum Building, which was officially opened in December 2007.[3]
The Museum is opened on the Second Sunday and Forth Saturday of each month from 10am to 2pm
The museum site consist of the following features:
| Steam Locomotives | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Description | Manufacturer | Year | Operator | ex-Railway | Status | Ref | |
| Cairns | 0-6-0 | Hudswell Clarke | 1939 | Colonial Sugar Refinery | Edmonton, retired from CSR Victoria Mill 1976 | On display | [7] | |
| Tully 6 | 0-6-2ST | Perry Engineering | 1949 | Tully Sugar Mill | Tully | Overhaul | [8] | |
| Burra | 0-4-0ST | Hawthorn Leslie & Company | 1923 | Corrimal | Operational | [9] | ||
| Kiama | 0-4-0ST | Davenport Locomotive Works | 1913 | NSW Public Works Department | Kiama Quarries | Operational | [10] | |
| Shay | Shay locomotive | Lima Locomotive Works | c1900 | Munro Tramway | Hampton | Stored | [11] | |
Apart from the wooden trams, a horse-drawn wagon of the Dry Creek explosives depot near Adelaide is particularly noteworthy.