Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre, Railway museum in Goulburn, Australia

The Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre occupies the former railway workshops on the Main Southern line. Its centrepiece is a 42-road roundhouse of brick and corrugated iron, built in 1918 around a 27.4-metre electric turntable. Nearby stand the 1868 goods shed, the 1869 carriage and engine sheds, and a wagon workshop added in 1980.

A depot opened beside Goulburn station when the line from Marulan was completed on 27 May 1869. The 42-road roundhouse was built of brick and corrugated iron in 1918 around a 90-foot electric turntable, replacing an earlier 75-foot one. The depot closed in July 1986, and the site became a museum after the Goulburn City Council leased the roundhouse in 1990.

The site displays locomotives from different periods and makers that shaped transport in the region. Visitors can see how these machines connected communities and carried people and goods for generations.

The museum occupies the former railway workshops on the Main Southern line, south of Goulburn station. The roundhouse is a large open shed around a 27.4-metre turntable, so allow time to walk the tracks and look at the locomotives stored on the radiating roads. Some rolling stock is privately owned and part of the site is used for commercial repair work, so keep to marked areas.

The center continues to operate and maintain locomotives rather than simply preserving them statically. This active use of the machines gives the place an authenticity that goes beyond typical museum displays.