Lachlan Valley Railway

:"Not to be confused with the former Lachlan Valley Rail Freight"

The Lachlan Valley Railway Society Cooperative Limited is a rail preservation society based at Cowra, New South Wales, Australia [cite news|title=Travel: Cowra|work=Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax|date =2004-02-08|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Cowra/2005/02/17/1108500193420.html|accessdate=2006-12-12] . It currently has 5 steam locomotives, 9 diesel locomotives, 2 CPH railmotors, and numerous other carriages, wagons and railcars in its collection. The society is based in the former NSWGR Locomotive Depot in Cowra, and operates both short and long distance trips from this depot to destinations within NSW.

On 15 April 2006, an LVR volunteer worker was injured at Ariah Park, west of Temora NSW, and subsequently died from his injuries. He was injured while coupling a train to its locomotive [cite paper|title=Shunting Fatality – Ariah Park – 15 April 2006: Interim Factual Statement|publisher=Office of Transport Safety Investigations|url=http://www.otsi.nsw.gov.au/rail/IR-AriahPark-interim.pdf|accessdate=2006-12-12] .

ee also

* Blayney- Demondrille railway line
* Rail transport in New South Wales
* Rail_transport_in_Australia
* Tourist railways in New South Wales
* Australian heritage railways
* Cowra, New South Wales

References

External links

* [http://www.lvr.com.au/ The Lachlan Valley Railway's website]
* [http://www.cowra.nsw.gov.au/ Cowra Shire Council]
* [http://www.cowratourism.com.au/ Cowra Tourism]