Rail Motor Society, Railway museum in Paterson, Australia.
The Rail Motor Society is a railway museum in Paterson that preserves self-propelled railway vehicles from different periods of Australian transport history. The facility displays vehicles that operated between 1923 and 1972 and document the evolution of regional transport in New South Wales.
The museum was founded in 1984 to preserve railway motors that were being retired from service and supported by the Newcastle Branch of the Australian Railway Historical Society. The collection documents the role of these vehicles in the regional transport network during the 20th century.
The Society is run entirely by volunteers and funds its restorations from heritage train operations and public donations. Its collection, listed on the NSW State Heritage Register in 2001, includes CPH 1 and CPH 7, which have toured NSW and beyond since the mid-1980s.
The site is accessed via Webbers Creek Road, where volunteers offer tours and visitors can get a close look at the vehicles. Those interested in railway technology should allow time for a thorough visit.
The collection includes CPH 3, the oldest surviving self-propelled railway vehicle in New South Wales, dating from 1923. HPC 402 is the only example of its class still in working condition, showing which machines remain operational today.
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