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The '''Junee Roundhouse Railway Museum''' (under the organisation name '''Regional Heritage Transport Association''')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Investing in Rural Community Futures {{!}} Regional Heritage Transport Association Junee Inc |url=https://ircf.frrr.org.au/junee-community-roadmap/junee-participating-nfps/regional-heritage-transport-association-junee-inc/ |access-date=27 June 2023 |language=en |archive-date=12 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312234455/https://ircf.frrr.org.au/junee-community-roadmap/junee-participating-nfps/regional-heritage-transport-association-junee-inc/ |url-status=live }}</ref> preserves the former '''Junee Locomotive Depot''', a railway depot located on the [[Main Southern railway line|Main Southern line]] in [[Junee]], [[Australia]].

The Junee Locomotive Depot was built by the [[New South Wales Government Railways]] when the line from [[Sydney]] opened to Junee in 1878. On 29 September 1947, a 42 road, fully covered [[Railway roundhouse|roundhouse]] was completed. This was the last steam locomotive depot built by the [[New South Wales Government Railways]]. As well as being the depot for locomotives on various branch lines, it was strategically important being located half-way between Sydney and [[Melbourne]]. On 9 July 1993, the [[State Rail Authority]] closed the depot.<ref>"Junee Locomotive Depot" ''[[Railway Digest]]'' June 1993 page 224</ref><ref>"The Rebirth of Junee Roundhouse" ''Railway Digest'' April 1996 page 27</ref>

In December 1994, Junee Council leased the roundhouse<ref>"Powerhouse on Wheels to go Ahead" ''Railway Digest'' January 1995 page 9</ref> with part of it sublet to Austrac Ready Power who restored several ex State Rail Authority engines at the site as well as rebuilding engines for [[BHP Billiton|BHP]], [[Port Kembla, New South Wales|Port Kembla]]<ref>"Life returns to Junee Loco" ''Railway Digest'' April 1995 page 29</ref><ref>"Austrac Ready Power Supplies First Leased Locomotives" ''Railway Digest'' July 1995 page 14</ref><ref>"First Austrac Locomotives Enter Service after Official Hand Over" ''Railway Digest'' August 1995 page 9</ref> with the other part set up as a museum.<ref>[http://www.nswrailheritage.com.au/brochures/Junee.pdf Junee Railway Roundhouse & Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411230158/http://nswrailheritage.com.au/brochures/Junee.pdf |date=11 April 2013 }} Office of Rail Heritage</ref>

Following Austrac Ready Power ceasing operations in September 2000, the depot lease was taken over by [[Junee Railway Workshop]].

Since April 2010, Junee Railway Workshop has been overhauling a fleet of eighteen [[New South Wales 48 class locomotive|48 class]] locomotives for [[GrainCorp]].<ref>[http://www.jrw.com.au/locos.html Locos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408231736/http://jrw.com.au/locos.html |date=8 April 2013 }} Junee Railway Workshop</ref>

The building features a {{convert|100-foot|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[Railway turntable|turntable]], and part is still used for commercial reconditioning and the rebuilding of locomotives.

The museum's displays include a working steam-driven [[New South Wales X10 class locomotive#Breakdown Cranes|accident crane 1080]], a water [[tank wagon]] which was part of a breakdown train, a [[Railway post office|mail car]], several [[miniature trainstrain]]s, [[Steam tricycle|trikes]], steam locomotives [[New South Wales Z24 class locomotive|2413]] and [[New South Wales C36 class locomotive|3609]], two [[New South Wales U set|U-set]] [[power car]]s, diesel locomotive [[New South Wales 48 class locomotive|4872]].

* [http://www.roundhousemuseum.com.au/ Junee Roundhouse Railway Museum] -– official site