Newport Workshops Open Day

Streamrail Victoria, the organisation that preserves old railway stock, had an open day at Newport Workshops, where they do their restoration work. They only have this open day occasionally, and seeing that they organised one this year, I decided to go. Part of it was a nostalgia trip for me, but it also was a chance to see locomotives and rolling stock I’ve not seen in person. Plus, it was a good excuse to get out of the house.

And I took photos; quite a few photos. Not great photos, mind you; and I won’t be publishing all of them — I’m sure you’ll find better ones from other gunzels online. But here are few from me.

It was quite crowded, more crowded than I expected. A lot of families, but also just a lot of train enthusiast. But the exhibitions were great. Many of them you can go in and look around. They also ran stream trains on runs of track beside the workshop; and I hope you like steam whistles, as there was quite a chorus of them.

I got on the bus, expecting it to take me back to Newport, but it stopped at the Railway Museum, which was also open (and was included in the ticket I purchased). So I thought I’d take a look around that too.

All in all, a good way to spend a day.