ARHS Newport Railway Museum

== AHRS Newport Railway Museum (WIP) ==
The ARHS Newport Railway Museum is located on Champion Road, Newport, Victoria, near the North Williamstown station. 
== History ==
The museum opened on 10 November 1962, after the Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS) Victorian Division was allocated space at Newport Workshops by the Victorian Railways to develop a collection of key examples of steam locomotives that were then in the process of being replaced by diesel and electric locomotives. By the late 1980s, the early diesel and electric locomotives that had replaced steam traction were themselves nearing end of life, and the museum expanded its collection to incorporate a number of key examples.
Following a safety audit by VicTrack, the landlord and owner of most of the exhibits, the museum closed in February 2010. After various improvements, it reopened in March 2014.
On 16 June 2020, it was announced that the ARHS had withdrawn from the operation of the museum and a new group, Newport Railway Museum Inc., formed by museum volunteers, had entered into an arrangement with VicTrack to take over the Museum site lease.
In 2016, a project was announced to construct a 693 m2 (7,460 sq ft) roof canopy over four wooden passenger carriages alongside E236, T94, and F176, three of the oldest steam locomotives on the site; this project was completed in 2017.
In 2019, the Victorian Government announced a project to construct a roof canopy to protect the heritage-listed locomotive H220 'Heavy Harry'. A 1,112 m2 (11,970 sq ft) structure that covered H220 and several adjacent exhibits was completed in 2020. In announcing the completion of the second roof canopy, Newport Railway Museum stated its intention to continue to construct further roofing over remaining exhibits to ensure their preservation.
The museum's regular opening hours are between 12 noon and 5 pm on Saturdays. During school holiday periods, the museum opens on both Saturdays and Sundays, between 12 noon and 5 pm.
The museum contains the largest existing collection of Victorian Railways steam locomotives, a wide range of other Victorian Railways rolling stock, and numerous Victorian Railways artefacts. The collection includes:
* seventeen steam locomotives
* eight diesel locomotives
* two electric locomotives and four electric suburban carriages
* five country/interstate passenger carriages
* ten freight wagons and two guards vans
* five railway cranes
* rail tractors and postal trolleys
* a signal box
* an O scale model railway
== Steam locomotives ==
Image	No. 	Type	Build date	Manufacturer 	Arrival Date	Notes
 	176 	F 	1880 	Phoenix Foundry 	1961 	Oldest surviving steam locomotive in Victoria
 	94 	T 	1884 	Phoenix Foundry 	1961 	Built as T 265. Renumbered as T 94 in 1924. Modified with flangeless wheels and coupled to W Class tender
 	236 	E 	1893 	David Munro & Co 	1961 	Built as E 506. Renumbered as E 236 in 1923. Also the last surviving Victorian Railways E Class with a 2-4-2 wheel arrangement
 	369 	E 	1892 	David Munro & Co 	1972 	Built as E 494. Renumbered as EE 494 in 1919. Renumbered as EE 369 in 1923. Renumbered as E 369 in 1931
 	108 	Y 	1889 	Phoenix Foundry 	1964 	Built as Y 395. Renumbered as Y 412 in 1924. Renumbered as Y 108 in 1951
 	268 	D4 	1910 	Newport Workshops 	1961 	Built as  790. Renumbered  268 in 1923. Renumbered as D4 369
 	604 	D2 	1912 	Beyer, Peacock and Company 	1961 	Built as DD 557. Renumbered DD 580 in 1925. Renumbered DD 795 in 1926. Renumbered D2 795 in 1929. Renumbered D2 604 in 1951
 	635 	D3 	1912 	Baldwin Locomotive Works 	1961 	built as DD 597. Renumbered D1 597 in 1930. Renumbered D3 635 in 1939
 	884 	A2 	1913 	Newport Workshops 	1964 	Built as A2 848. Renumbered A2 884 in 1929
 	995 	A2 	1916 	Newport Workshops 	1964 	
 	10 	C 	1922 	Newport Workshops 	1963 	
 	36 'Gerald A Dee'	X 	1929 	Newport Workshops 	1961 	Named Gerald A. Dee in preservation after the VR driver who secured its survival and proposed the creation of a railway museum.
 	220 'Heavy Harry'	H 	1941 	Newport Workshops 	1961 	The largest locomotive in Australia
 	165 	K 	1941 	Newport Workshops 	1969 	
 	432 	N 	1951 	Newport Workshops 	1967 	Last steam locomotive built by VR's Newport Workshops. Its green and gold livery was applied to N 430 for the 1951 Centenary-Jubilee train
 	704 	R 	1952 	North British Locomotive Company	1968 	Was displayed at the Festival of Britain in 1951 and retained its commemorative plaques
 	556 	J 	1954 	Vulcan Foundry 	1973 	Wears the historically significant plates of scrapped J559, the last steam locomotive to enter service on the VR
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== Diesel locomotives ==
Image	No. 	Type	Build date	Manufacturer 	Arrival Date	Notes
 	243 	W 	1960 	Tulloch Limited 	 	Last Victorian Railways W Class in existance with the original Mercedes engine.
 	255 	W 	1960 	Tulloch Limited 	 	
 	216 / 2	F 	1952 	Dick, Kerr & Co. 	1972 	Built as SEC 2, renumbered to F 216, renumbered back to SEC 2
 	308 	S 	1958 	Clyde Engineering	 	
 	56 	V 	1959 	Newport Workshops	1980s 	
 	211 	F 	1953 	Dick, Kerr & Co. 	 	Was SEC 3
 	83 	B 	1953 	Clyde Engineering	 	
 	137 	Y 	1965 	Clyde Engineering	 	
 	367 	T 	1964 	Clyde Engineering	 	
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== Electric locomotives ==
Image	No. 	Type	Build date	Manufacturer 	Arrival Date	Notes
 	1102	E 	1928 	Newport Workshops	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	
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