LVR Museum Entrance Upgrades Formally Opened

The improved entrance to the Lachlan Valley Railway Museum in Cowra were officially opened last week, which has enabled a “channelling” of visitors according to its Manager.

The improvements were courtesy of $54,000 in grant funding from the NSW Government, enabling the LVR to make the front of its museum facility much for accessible for visitors.

Works included clearing out the old fleet wagons and heavy pallets from underneath the front shed, relocating the turntable from underneath the shed, relaying the tracks underneath the shed, moving the train carriages that now form a part of the entrance to their existing positions under the shed, and installing a white fence around the entrance and landscaping a new garden. Museum Manager Ian Cameron said the improvements has made the entrance to the museum much more attractive for visitors.

“It was embarrassing before. It looked like a scrap heap,” he said.

“I’d like to thank all of the volunteers that have worked on the project over the last five years.”

The LVR has successfully obtained a further grant of $19,690 from NSW Government’s The Community Building Partnership Program which will go towards building a 5-metre by 15-metre extension to the existing shed at the entrance.

It is also currently finishing upgrades to the railway line between the museum and Cowra Railway Station, made possible by a Federal Government grant received last year to upgrade the entire line out to Holmwood.

It planned to have this line completed by Easter after which it would organise train rides with passenger from the museum to the railway station and back.

• Topics:
• Tourism
• Community Groups
• Grant / Funding