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Old Ghan Heritage Railway and Museum information


Old Ghan Heritage Railway and Museum
A former Commonwealth Railways diesel-electric locomotive at the Old Ghan Heritage Railway and Museum in 2006
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Established1981
LocationNorris Bell Avenue, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Coordinates23°46′40″S 133°52′05″E / 23.7777°S 133.8681°E / -23.7777; 133.8681
TypeRailway

The Old Ghan Heritage Railway and Museum is an Australian railway museum in Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory. It was attached to a narrow-gauge tourist railway line, now closed. The Road Transport Historical Society, which also owns the adjacent National Road Transport Hall of Fame, operates the museum.

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