Nothing beats the nostalgic and almost-forgotten sensation of traveling aboard an express passenger train, racing across the hills and valleys of the countryside, with the smell of burning coal and steam whiffing past the open windows, as the steam locomotive works its way along the everlasting track. Or the sensation of traveling away on a hidden country branchline aboard a classic ‘Tin Hare’ railmotor, the diesel engines rumbling away underneath your feet, with the windows open and the fresh country breeze circulating aboard.
Lachlan Valley Railway is a non-profit, railway preservation society based in the NSW Central Western town of Cowra. We are a passionate and dedicated society devoted to the preservation and operation of various examples of New South Wales Government Railway trains, ranging from our operational steam and diesel locomotives, to our fleet of heritage passenger railway carriages, and our diesel ‘Tin Hare’ CPH railmotors.