The Newport Railway Museum has a great range of significant pieces of Victorian history. All displays are static, yet some are open to walk through or climb up. Volunteers are eager and knowledgeable. There is an O-gauge model railway as well. When you learn what treasures were lost before the museum was established, it reinforces the need to support the preservation carried out by the museum.

Fantastic little railway museum, steam, diesel and electric locomotives plus an old signal box and station

Spent nearly 3 hours here on a hot Saturday afternoon. Our four year old grandson just did not want to leave. A great range of trains to view. Not all of them allow you to climb in, but there is still enough to do. My favourite was the Overlander, such a beautiful restored train. Great value for money

Definitely worth a visit if you like trains.

Cheap place to visit and lots of trains to see. Volunteers are passionate and knowledgeable.

Well maintened museum and rich collection of locomotives. We visited on Saturday and one of the volunteers has given us a full lecture of a rail history, very informative.

A nice little display of Melbourne's train history from the 19-21 centuries. Spend a leisurely hour or two wandering around and within older trains that have been refurbished and restored and take in some history. While the guides are generally knowledgeable about their subjects and their areas of expertise, there is a lack of motivation and/or excitement. Still, a nice place to visit.

Lots of trains to see, but you are unable to go inside most. Would be great if there were tours of the trains to give a bit more information but the signs were still informative. Great for kids who like trains but be prepared not to be able to go on any of the trains. Entry was $10 per adult and our children under 2 was free

If you love trains, you’ll enjoy this small, but packed, museum of lots of engines that were in use from the late 1800’s to mid 1900’s. Even have a small shed with a nice model railway inside. Every hour an employee puts on a demonstration of the model railway. Answers any questions while running a few engines towing cars. Nice setup

I went to see the steam trains some are quite old and reading the history of them was fascinating the volunteers were very helpful

A comprehensive collection of historical steam / diesel engines etc. Welcoming volunteers when dropping off donated historical photos of a steam era derailment and VR staff clearing the tracks of wind blown sand most likely in the Mallee Region.

Great open day. Approx 7 steam trains in operation plus other relics of the past.

Good displays of old railway locos, volunteers know what they're talking about.

Too difficult to get to for any body handicapped or with walking difficulties. Signage from the nearest station was non existence so after getting withing several hundred metres, we decided that the challenges were too difficult. It is worth mentioning that i was following the Google navigator directions which do not direct you to North Williamstown station but rather the station before this and then attempts to direct you on foot to museum. Since i got off at the station as per instructions, i found that there were not signage directing people from this station to museum.. you assumption that people will get off at North Williamstown is in error and therefore any signage at that location is invalid. I repeat that i was on foot and as a pedestrian following instruction from Google.

Beautiful train museum and enjoyed experience, see old trains used to run in Melbourne. I remember some of these commuter trains. Recommend this place for out with kids. S/he can enjoy going inside the train carriage.

I have been here many times, but this was the first time since it is no longer under the control of ARHS (Vic) Div. A lot of work has been put into the place, with shelters being erected. I had a person show me the cabin of the old swing door carriage. He was very informative. I would recommend, although, if you're not too comfortable walking on gravel, this may not be for you.

Always an enjoyable visit to the railway museum. Close to public transport so easy to get to.

Great place to visit with kids who love trains.

What a fantastic museum to visit. Lots of trains to look at and several we could go into. The volunteer's were all very friendly and made the experience great. Thanks for having us today

Great place to visit for train enthusiasts. My son had a great time. Friendly and knowledgeable staff who are happy to answer any questions and will walk you all the way to a specific train you’re looking for

Fantastic collection of old trains.

My son absolutely loved the museum. Fantastic display - so many locos Olin one place.

Fun

Large collection of heritage railway locomotives and other paraphernalia. It's sad that so much of it is not undercover. The volunteers do a great job.

Great place, great facilities, Great things to see..Brings back childhood memories!

Drift back into time looking and physically climbing into generations of trains, engines and carriages and if you've got children they'll just love it because kids are safe and you'll be happy when come away from visiting this museum So All Aboard!!!

We'll worth a visit. Lots of trains on display very nicely setup.

Great example of railway history

First time I have been to this place it will neat a lot of support towards restoring the railway steam locomotives so that there able to show them in full running order. Great place to visit. Five minutes from North Williamstown Station.

Incredible museum. Our toddler was enraptured by all the decommissioned trains on display. Heavy Harry is a must see!

Great place to go and appreciate some Victorian Rail History, with some of the engines on display built in Newport.

Wonderful interactive and informative museum. Opportunities to explore inside the carriages and conductor areas. Great exhibitions with memobillia and photos throughout the site. The volunteers were very approachable and friendly. It was a lovely afternoon feeling rail history come alive.

Such a cool place. The locomotives stored there are such amazing machines! The staff was so helpful too, giving us tours of locomotive cabs and their controls! Definitely recommend going there.

Good collection, and they open various loco's and carriages throughout the day and announce it over the PA system as they open up which is handy. Volunteer staff are friendly and very knowledgeable.

I came here 20 odd years ago with my dad, and I checked it out because I was sick of taking the kids to science works, aquarium, zoo etc over and over... it was only $25 for a family of 5, and no parking fees or troubles. Plus you don't have to fight Melbourne traffic if you live in the western suburbs.

Fantastic set-up well worth a visit lucky enough to get a guided tour excellent work done by the team.

Such an amazing experience. Got to get close up to great and historical locomotives and steam engines, and loved being able to get as close as inside the steam engine driver and passenger unites. Great tour of the swing doors and loved the overland passenger unit. Absolutely recommend it

Nice collection of old trains with volunteers who do a great job explaining things. Great place to take kids who like trains.

Being in the mature age group, it brought back a lot of memories from my teenage years. Well worth the visit.

Took a school group to the museum for a tour. The volunteers were friendly, knowledgeable and were very happy to answer questions from the students. Good variety of trains on display and you are able to go inside some of the trains / carriages, which gives a better insight. If you children are into trains, would highly recommend a visit.

Great place to take the kids but its a shame you can't go inside some of the trains

If you are into trains, railway, steam rail, vintage steampunk, this is the place. A huge and a rich collection.

GREAT for kids

Great display of steam, diesel and electric trains.

Very Nice Trains Loved It

Great locomotives on display

Very busy. Well organised. Worthwhile

(Translated by Google) It is worth visiting the train museum. It has the oldest locomotive and old carriages in Australia, and you can learn about the history of Melbourne trains ... and for the whole family ...‼ (Original) 是值得去參觀嘅火車博物館，有澳洲最舊的火車頭與舊車廂，可以認識墨爾本火車歷史…及適合全家人的…‼

I've come here twice in two weeks. Absolutely love it.

Great place to see trains

Great for those who love trains!

I came here as a kid, such a great thrill to be able to walk around and go through some of these amazing old locomotives and their carriages, its like stepping back in time and reliving the past, well preserved and a great setup, would highly recommend especially if you have kids but also great for adults as well.

Awesome to see all the historic Victorian rolling stock. Worth a visit for sure!

Had a great time, so many trains to see, staff were very knowledgeable. Kids had a ball.

Lovely to see these historic pieces on show. Great work by all the Volunteers.

I would love to see government pour a lot of money into this place. A railway museum has the potential to offer so much and this unfortunately looks like it's run out of money. Displays are tired and worn looking, plenty of rust around. This is part of our state's history and it all feels a little neglected. That said, I am so grateful to the work these volunteers put in to run and maintain this patch of history. Without the work of these organisations along with Steamrail, Seymour rail heritage centre and 707 operations our states rail history would have simply turned in to dog food tins and landfill.

Wonderful location right near the north Williamstown station. Knowledge volunteers and excellent trains in display. My son loved the model railway.

Excellent open air railway museum. Good collection. Sadly they're not undercover and exposed to the salt air.

A wonderful museum run by people who really do love trains. It was wonderful to see some of the really early trains and Heavy Harry. Well worth a visit with the family.

It was a lovely place, although you can't go on most of the trains or have a look inside them.

Google said it was open Got there and it had a sign to say closed Traveling over 90 KS to get there Kids were disappointed Lucky there is another attraction just 200 meters up the road

Absolutely excellent. Staff were very knowledgeable, helpful, and informative. Exhibits were first rate. A fascinating day

Train - great! 👍

Staff were great, super friendly and knew heaps.

Very impressive museum

Such a great collection of railway artifacts

Best collection of old trains around and very helpful volunteers to tell you all about them

Good Family day out for the train lovers of the world

thought there would be more exhibits and history displayed. my husband thought there was one of the old sheds open but not the case. could only walk through the old dining cart. suggestions to add nostalgia or dummie wearing uniform,

Nice to see old trains

Lovely people and nice place

Was a fun day. Lots of trains, staff lovely. Just watch parking time limits so you don't get fined!

Great spot for kid's birthday parties. Our little bloke had a ball.

Great place for kids and adults

Well maintained trains enough for my boy to explore until he gets tired. Shout out to Andrew who spent a good amount of time touring us with really rich information.

Cool

I love this place a lot father and grandfather and looking at all the different trains was very very good and see how it was back in the old table you going to the strains beautiful feel it is in amazing place to take your children or adults can go by themselves to go and see these amazing trains and how they were definitely a good place to go