Established | September 2002[1] |
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Location | North Ipswich Railway Workshops |
Coordinates | 27°36′08″S 152°45′26″E / 27.6023°S 152.7572°E |
Type | Transport museum |
Director | Andrew Moritz[1] |
Owner | Queensland Museum |
Public transit access | Westside Bus Company route 515 (from Ipswich railway station) |
Nearest parking | Free on-site parking |
Website | www.theworkshops.qm.qld.gov.au |
The Queensland Museum Rail Workshops (formerly the Workshops Rail Museum) is a railway museum in Ipswich, Queensland, located within the former North Ipswich Railway Workshops and tells the story of more than 150 years of railways in Queensland.[2] Exhibits are spread out across a number of the complex's original buildings housing a collection of historic steam and diesel locomotives and other rolling stock that operated on Queensland Railways, as well as general interest exhibits and ones tailored specifically for children.
The museum, which opened in 2002, is part of the Queensland Museum network, and highlights include the oldest working locomotive in Australia and the largest model railway in Queensland.[3]