Mount Victoria

Mount Victoria, our neighbouring village to the NW, is one of the smallest towns along the railway line through the mountains from Penrith to Lithgow but it has by far the biggest, most extravagant station. Every other station is a modest, single level weatherboard building, Blackheath being a fine example but it was decided in 1868 that Mt Vic was to be a railway centre for locomotive and rolling stock as well as accomodation for workers and the transit point for tourists headed for Jenolan Caves.
When the line was extended to the west, it became the lunch/dinner stop off point for travellers to Parkes and Dubbo. It served this purpose until the 1960s.
It is constructed of stone, incorporates extensive living quarters and boasts a kitchen and dining room capable of catering for an entire passenger train on the way to the west.
Yet another historic gem on the engineering marvel that is the 1860s Great Western Railway.