Tallowood Mountain Rail Trail

09/06/2026

It was lovely to welcome all the visitors from near and far to our first public Open Day last Saturday.!
This will be a monthly experience for visitors on the same day as Glenreagh Market Day. (the first Saturday of the month)
See you next time! 😀🚂

Steaming up enthusiasm ahead of Open Day read more: https://cvnews.com.au/steaming-up-enthusiasm-ahead-of-open-day/

02/06/2026

🚂 ****Steam-up postponed!****🚂

Due to expert staffing availability issues, we have had to postpone our planned steam-up of the Locomotive 1919 on June 13th.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause our supporters.

We are currently working toward a new date of Saturday, July 4th, and will provide official confirmation as soon as possible.

01/06/2026

This Saturday 6th at Glenreagh. 😀
Don’t forget to pop over to the train shed at Glenreagh Heritage Railway on Towallum st. 🚂

🌿🎶 GETAWAY TO GLENREAGH 🎶🌿

Looking for the perfect day out?
Make your way to beautiful Glenreagh on the first Saturday of every month for a relaxed day of community markets, live music, great food and genuine small-town hospitality! 🤠☀️

🛍️ Glenreagh Community Markets from 8am
🎸 Live music at The Dog from 12pm featuring Wandering Annie and The Drifter
🍔 Delicious local food & coffee
🛒 Market stalls, local makers & fresh produce
🌿 Friendly faces and small-town charm

Bring the family, catch up with friends, enjoy a country drive and make a day of it in Glenreagh ❤️

✨ Good people. Great place. See you in Glenreagh! ✨

31/05/2026

Want to find out all about our goals and progress at Glenreagh Heritage Railway?

Have a close up look at a 148 year old steam train? 🚂

Walk through historic passenger and sleeper carriages? 🛤️

Travel back in time with a display of memorabilia and photos of the old Glenreagh to Dorrigo railway line? ⏰

Then pop over to the train shed at
1 Towallum St
9am - 12pm
Glenreagh Market day
Saturday 6th June and every month!

*** the train will NOT be in steam this Saturday***

31/05/2026

Thank you so much to all of our volunteers who came out to our working bee at Glenreagh Heritage Railway yesterday.

The sunshine was very welcome, making it a great morning to:
🌿- maintain the rail corridor clearing weeds and fallen trees,
🛤️- install plaques onto the sleepers,
🪏- remove railway spikes in preparation for replacing new sleepers
🖌️ - paint the picket fence and posts in front of the shed.

There is a lot more work to do before the steam train and carriage can get up and running!
Please help out and volunteer if you can, or donate to our GoFundme:

https://gofund.me/75906bee5

21/05/2026

It's NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK! 🎉🎉🎉

We would like to sincerely THANK all of wonderful volunteers who have dedicated their time and energy over the past year:
🚂 - restoring and maintaining the 1919 steam engine
🚞 - restoring the passenger carriage
🛤️ - replacing sleepers in preparation for the steam train
👷 - erecting fencing and sanding and painting and cleaning
🌿 - maintaining the rail corridor
💻 - website
👩‍💻 - applying for grants
📎 - book keeping
And so on….

There is so much work behind the scenes to make this project come to life and we couldn’t do it without the help of our dedicated volunteers. ❤️

If you share our goal of the historic steam train operating again at Glenreagh and developing the rail trail in the beautiful hinterland of Coffs Harbour for future generations to enjoy, please join us!

Whether you can contribute 1 or a few days per year, per month or per week, we’d love to see you!

🧑‍🔧Come and join our working bee next Saturday May 30th from 9am at Glenreagh Heritage Railway.

Register here https://tmrt.com.au/volunteer/

20/05/2026

‘I live in a small village close to the Rail Trail and I can’t thank those enough that fought for, designed, advocated and made this life changing infrastructure a reality. The last few years have been very tough on the Northern Rivers and without our daily walks, runs or cycles on this gorgeous safe Rail Trail many of us seniors, singles, couples, friends and young families would not be able to get out, exercise, say hi to each other and experience nature.
My favourite times are in the early morning when I can greet an elderly gent out on his mobility scooter just checking out the everchanging scenes around our creeks or the young folk out for their peace filled morning jog. Our communities have benefitted from a wonderful influx of new faces daily, only those that live here would understand how important this is and what joy this gives us. Yes public transport certainly needs improving, get electric buses and our roads sorted but let’s get the rest of the 74 km of this brilliant trail done! Thankyou . ‘ 🙏♥️
Mel
(Photo taken at Burringbar tunnel)

14/05/2026

How wonderful!

12/05/2026

We need your help maintaining Locomotive 1919 and carriages at Glenreagh Heritage Railway!🚂🛤️

If you are someone who has experience in industry including rotating machinery, such as fitters and turners, engineers, draftspersons, industrial plumbers etc, and have a few hours to spare each week, we'd love to have you join us!

Please send us a message for more details or email [email protected]

22/02/2026

Great news for the Northern Rivers Rail Trail!

🎉 A huge step forward for the Northern Rivers Rail Trail! 🎉

Byron Shire Councillors voted this morning to proceed with the planning, design and implementation of an 'on-formation' rail trail for the entire length of the rail corridor within the Byron Shire. 🚲🚶‍♂️👩‍🦽‍➡️🤸🦽🛴

For many years, progress on developing the missing central 60km of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail has been held back by a 2023 Council resolution to only support a 'rail with trail' for the section of the disused corridor between Byron Bay and Mullumbimby, following pressure from groups who - unrealistically - wanted trains to return to the corridor.

However, there is insufficient space for a double configuration and the costs would be enormous. By using the existing formation, a much simpler trail can be constructed, while preserving the rail corridor alignment if trains do become viable again in the future.

Now that a clear path forward has been agreed, Byron Shire Council can get on with winning the grants that will finally allow construction to begin.

Bicycle NSW CEO Peter McLean spoke at the council meeting:

"The Northern Rivers Rail Trail is an incredible success story - the best in NSW and slowly becoming the best in Australia.

"What we need is this missing link, which will increase visitation, create wonderful recreational opportunities for local communities, and benefit the entire Northern Rivers region."

A huge thanks to everyone who has campaigned for this significant win. We can't wait to ride the whole way from Casino to Murwillumbah!
https://www.northernriversrailtrail.com.au/

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