Drivers Experience 21 & 22 September 2024!
We're pleased to bring back our popular Drivers Experience event on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September 2024. Our 1950s style Redhens are available for driving both days.
The Redhens will be using the new Port Dock railway station.
It is $40 for a drive, and you must pay admission to the museum separately.
Drivers must be 18 years of age.
The NRM driver reserves the right to not permit the ‘driver’ under specific circumstances, and a refund will be given.
Please call the NRM on 8341 1690 between 10am and 4:30pm to book your place. Please note we must receive payment at time of booking, we cannot hold any places due to popularity of the experience.
Take a look at the videos on our YouTube page!
We've started a podcast series! You can find our first episodes here. Keep an eye out for new episodes!
In episodes 1 to 3, we interview former South Australian Railways employee, author and owner of one of the largest collections of train orders in the world, John Evans.
In episodes 3 to 6 we interview former South Australian Railways employee Ray Bolt.
In episodes 7 to 8 we interview former South Australian Railways employee Geoff Wilmott.
In episodes 9 to 11 we interview former South Australian Railways employee Howard Luscombe.
In episodes 12 to 14 we interview former South Australian Railways employee Keith Fitzpatrick.
In season 2, episodes 1 to 3 we interview Helen Hill, who worked for a number of railway organisations.
In season 2, episodes 4 to 5 we speak further to John Evans.
In season 2, episodes 6 to 7 we interview former South Australian Railways horse shunter George Wilson.
In season 3, episode 1 we interview former South Australian Railways porter and signalman Morris Broad.
In season 3, episodes 2 to 3 we interview former South Australian Railways and Commonwealth Railways employee Bill Tsoumbris.
We have a number of oral histories that have not yet been released as podcasts. We also have the full interview of those histories which have been turned into podcasts and could not fit all the content. These are available at the National Railway Museum. Please contact our archives through if you would like to listen to any of these.
Available oral histories include:
Bill Tsoumbris
Bob Sampson
Brian Fry
Geoff Wilmott
Helen Hill
Howard Luscombe
John Evans
John Wilson
Keith Fitzpatrick
Lud Jucha
Morris Broad
Ray Bolt
Ron Carter
Ron Fluck
Steve Nitsckhe