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  • Steam Shop with Guide Steam Shop Tour01 January 2010 - 31 December 2012Take a Heritage Railway Workshops Tour into the Steam Shop to hear a Queensland Rail worker talk about the process of building and maintaining heritage locomotives and carriages. See what heritage rollingstock is currently being restored. The Workshops Rail Museum
  • Blacksmiths Shop Tour01 January 2010 - 31 December 2012Take a Heritage Railway Workshops Tour into the Blacksmith Shop to hear a Queensland Rail ‘smithy’ talk about working in the 100 year old Blacksmith Shop and the various machines and tools still in use on a daily basis.The Workshops Rail Museum
  • Steam Train Sunday Steam Train Sunday03 June 2012All aboard! Travel through Brisbane on an historic steam train and relive the splendour of a bygone era.
    Roma Street station departure.    The Workshops Rail Museum
  • Nippers Play and Learn Nippers Play & Learn - Working on the Railway05 June 2012 - 07 June 2012Nippers Play & Learn sessions bring the magic of rail to life for our youngest visitors with singing, art and craft, storytelling and games. Sessions run 10:00am – 11:00am.The Workshops Rail Museum
  • Build it!16 June 2012 - 15 July 2012Get into the BIG LOUD FUN hands-on activities. Walk in the footsteps of past workers to explore the many different trades used onsite. Discover what working in a railway Workshop is really like. The Workshops Rail Museum
  • Steam Train Sunday Steam Train Sunday01 July 2012All aboard! Travel through Brisbane on an historic steam train and relive the splendour of a bygone era.
    Roma Street station departure.    The Workshops Rail Museum
  • Build it! Steam Train Build it! Steam Train04 July 2012Climb aboard the heritage Steam Train as it travels from Roma Street station to The Workshops Rail Museum, the same route many Workshops workers would have taken to get to work. The Workshops Rail Museum
  • Steam Train Sunday Steam Train Sunday05 August 2012All aboard! Travel through Brisbane on an historic steam train and relive the splendour of a bygone era.
    Roma Street station departure.    The Workshops Rail Museum
  • Nippers Play and Learn Nippers Play & Learn - Gardens07 August 2012, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AMNippers Play & Learn sessions bring the magic of rail to life for our youngest visitors with singing, art and craft, storytelling and games. This session runs Tuesday & Thursday from 10:00am – 11:00am, and Saturday from 3:00pm - 4:00pm.The Workshops Rail Museum
  • Nippers Play and Learn Nippers Play & Learn - Gardens09 August 2012, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AMNippers Play & Learn sessions bring the magic of rail to life for our youngest visitors with singing, art and craft, storytelling and games. This session runs Tuesday & Thursday from 10:00am – 11:00am, and Saturday from 3:00pm - 4:00pm.The Workshops Rail Museum

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