Heritage transport groups from across NSW have received more than $180,000 as part of the 2023 Transport Heritage Grants Program.
Out of the 14 groups awarded with grants totaling $184,883, nine will receive funds to restore, reconstruct or preserve an item, while four groups have received grants in the exhibition, interpretation, education, or publication category and one for a new category in audience development, accessibility, and inclusion. In total, 19 applications were received for a total of $369,052 in funding.
A major recipient this year was Capital Region Heritage Rail, which received $25,000 for the restoration of locomotive 3016 to mainline operations.
Other recipients included:
- Sydney Heritage Fleet – $15,000 for the Kanangra’s main deck staircase restoration, and No. 1 diesel generator restoration
- 10 Class Locomotives Limited – $15,000 for axle box, ashpan repairs, boiler inspection and testing of locomotive number 18
- New England Railway – $8167 for completion of internal restoration 635-765
- Sydney Electric Train Society – $3909 for repainting of electric Locomotive 4627
- Goulburn Crookwell Heritage Railway – $1887 for exterior painting of NSW GR Pay bus FP10
- Sydney Tramway Museum – $9825 for digitising the archive of 16mm film
- Australian Railway Historical Society NSW – $7000 for development of the “NSW Rail History Trail”
- Australian Railway Historical Society NSW – $8000 for book publication: Railways to the Riverina 1855-1886 – personalities, policies and resources
- Illawarra Light Rail Museum – $28,836 for accessible toilet facilities
The Transport Heritage Grants Program is a NSW Government-funded program administered by the Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) and THNSW.
The program supports the restoration and conservation of the state’s heritage transport assets, and encourages the community to rediscover the culture, events and people that helped shape transport in NSW over the past 165 years.
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