New South Wales Rail Transport Museum

MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT UPGRADE INFORMATION

Stage One of the Rail Heritage Centre Thirlmere upgrade, the Roundhouse Maintenance Centre was completed late in October 2009. The Centre was officially opened by the local member and Minister for Water and Minister for Regional Development Mr Phillip Costa MP.

During late October, it was announced by RailCorp that Robson Constructions, in association with Stephen Edwards Constructions were the successful tenderer for Stage Two of the Thirlmere Upgrade Project.

Stage Two includes site soil remediation, demolition of existing locomotive maintenance and parts storage buildings, remediation and sealing of the walkways in the existing exhibition building, upgrading of the Dick Zillman Memorial Building and Workshop, demolition of the existing shop and small exhibits building, the construction of the new Major Exhibits Building and the landscaping of the surrounding grounds.

The site was formerly handed over to Robson Constructions on Monday 2 November. A perimeter exclusion fence was immediately constructed around the construction area where work commenced immediately.

The work progress will be illustrated by photographs that will be presented each calendar month with previous work being available as an archive so that the progress can be viewed from the beginning.

21 AUGUST 2010

Cladding of the eastern wall has commenced. Note the post with the traffic marker. This is where the barrier fence for the viewing area separation is to be located. Gates will be installed on each of the access tracks to allow for rail vehicle movement when required.
Wall cladding installation from the northern end of the building.

Construction of the northern facade continues. Note locomotives 78 and 1034 are now inside the shed.
Crane Locomotive 1034 in its final resting place. Note the steel Kibble Bin which will be attached to the crane chain following completion of the floor at the left of the locomotive. All of the brass fittings will be fitted to 1034 when the building has been completed.

Wall cladding of the amenities rooms, mezzanine floor and theatrette continues.
Locomotive Cardiff has been placed in its final position in the Theatrette and the access hole in the wall has been closed in. The covers will be removed following the completion and cleaning of the building.

View taken from the mezzanine floor showing the northern end of the building and the locations of locomotives 78 and 1034.
Locomotive 78 in its final resting place at the southern end of the display platform.

The western side of the building showing the now completed corner of the theatrette .
See earlier development progress:
STAGE 2 - EXHIBITION BUILDINGS:
14 August 2010 | 24 July 2010 | 10 July 2010 | 19 June 2010 | 12 June 2010 | 19 May 2010 | 8 May 2010 | 1 May 2010 | 24 April 2010 | 10 April 2010 | 27 March 2010 | 13 March 2010 | 20 February 2010 | 6 February 2010 | 23 January 2010 | 16 January 2010 | 9 January 2010 | 16 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 | 2 December 2009 | 25 November 2009 | 11 November 2009 | 6 November 2009
STAGE 1 - THE MAINTENANCE DEPOT:
October 2009 | September 2009 | July 2009 | Late June 2009 | Early June 2009 | May 2009 | April 2009 | March 2009 | February 2009 | January 2009

Last updated 30/8/10