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Trainworks Pre-Visit Orientation Slideshow

Trainworks Pre-Visit Orientation Slideshow. Introduction. This slideshow has been developed to help you prepare for your visit to Trainworks. It provides an overview of what Trainworks is, the types of objects on display, as well as pre- and post-visit activities.

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Trainworks Pre-Visit Orientation Slideshow

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  1. Trainworks Pre-Visit Orientation Slideshow

  2. Introduction This slideshow has been developed to help you prepare for your visit to Trainworks. It provides an overview of what Trainworks is, the types of objects on display, as well as pre- and post-visit activities. Trainworks is home to Australia’s largest display of rolling stock and railway objects and memorabilia. Trainworks tells the story of NSW rail history.

  3. Location Trainworks is located at 10 Barbour Road Thirlmere. It is an hour south west of Sydney and in easy reach of Canberra, Wollongong and the Southern Highlands. Travelling by car? Take the Picton Rd Exit off National Highway 31 (M5/Hume). Travelling by public transport? Take a train to Picton. Catch a Picton Buslines service from the station to Thirlmere.

  4. Trainworks site Historic Station Precinct Exhibition Building Great Train Hall Workers’ Walk Roundhouse Forecourt

  5. Accessibility • Disabled parking. • Accessible toilets. • Hearing aid loop in the theatrette. • Single level access to all areas. • Plenty of rest areas. • Ramp access to the Great Train Hall platform and the Roundhouse. • Prams and wheelchairs will not fit through the doorways of some carriages and exhibits.

  6. Activity 1:Labelling • Conduct a class discussion to label the diagram below based on the students’ prior knowledge of the parts of a steam locomotive.

  7. Activity 2: Brainstorming • Investigate the students’ prior knowledge about trains by conducting a class brainstorm session. • During your discussion some key ideas to consider include: • different types of trains. • various uses of trains over time. • rail and passenger safety. • people who worked on the railways.

  8. Activity 3: Classifying • Using the chart on the next slide, assist the students to classify each type of worker and their possible role on the railways.

  9. Activity 4: Inquiring • Divide the class into small groups. • Ask students to compile a list of questions they would like to investigate while at Trainworks. • Each group can then present its ideas in poster format to the rest of the class. • Once all the questions are collated the teacher can assist the students in categorising them appropriately.

  10. Historic Station Precinct

  11. Forecourt

  12. Exhibition Building

  13. Exhibition Building

  14. Exhibition Building

  15. Exhibition Building

  16. Exhibition Building

  17. Workers’ Walk

  18. Great Train Hall

  19. Great Train Hall

  20. Great Train Hall

  21. Great Train Hall

  22. Roundhouse

  23. Roundhouse Roundhouse

  24. www.trainworks.com.au Created by: powerhousemuseum.com/education in collaboration with the Office of Rail Heritage and Trainworks Image credits: All images used are from the Powerhouse Museum collection or Trainworks collection

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