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A visit to the Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club, home of the National Steam Centre will delight a wide audience from the pre-schooler obsessed with Thomas and train rides, to enthusiasts with a deep interest in vintage machinery or those fascinated by how 150 years of mechanisation have changed our lives.

Address

1200 Ferntree Gully Rd, Scoresby, 3179

Google Maps

Melway 72 D9

Adjacent to the EastLink tollway

Coming Up – Want to see it all in action?

The museum engines are fired up and can be seen running on the last Sunday of each month except in December and at our annual Steamfest Rally held over the Labor Day weekend in March.

2026 Club Run Days

• 26 July
• 30 August
• 27 September
• 25 October
• 29 November
• There is no Run Day in December

The museum is open for viewing each Thursday from 11am – 3pm and on Saturday and Sunday from 11am – 4pm (except over the Christmas – New Year period).

Train rides are on Sundays only

Thursdays are volunteers’ work days and visitors are welcome to call in.

For visitors unable to attend on open days arrangements can often be made for other times. The engines are operated on Run Days on the last Sunday of each month (except in December).

Except for special events such as Steamfest admission is by donation.

The club does not receive any government funding and relies on membership fees and donations so please put something in the donation box to help us keep this facility operating.

Access is easy: It is adjacent to the Eastlink tollway on Ferntree Gully Rd.

via EastLink tollway (M3) take the Ferntree Gully Rd exit.

via the Monash Freeway (M1) outbound – take the Ferntree Gully Rd exit and proceed about 5 km along Ferntree Gully Rd utill you come to the grounds on your right just before the EastLink tollway.

via the Monash Freeway inbound – get onto the EastLink tollway at Ferntree Gully Rd or if you want to avoid the tolls exit at the Stud Rd exit turning right onto Stud Rd then turn left into Ferntree Gully Rd and proceed a couple of kilometres. The grounds are on the left just after you pass under the EastLink tollway.

If you don’t have an eTag you can pay your toll online either before or up to a couple of days after you travel at Eastlink or Citylink

Two bus routes run past the Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club.

One is bus route 693 Belgrave-Oakleigh via Ferntree Gully and Brandon Park – you can catch it in the Belgrave direction from Oakleigh Railway Station on the Pakenham line or in the Oakleigh direction from Ferntree Gully Railway Station on the Belgrave line.

The other, bus route 753 Glen Waverley-Bayswater via Wheelers Hill and Knoxfield and Boronia runs between Glen Waverley and Boronia Railway Stations.

Both services run hourly over the weekends.

Check time table here.

The grounds have been developed into a very pleasant park with picnic tables, a gas fired BBQ and shade trees.

Food and coffee are only available for purchase at the Club on our Run Days on the last Sunday of the month (except December) and over the Steamfest rally weekend.

Most areas of the site are wheelchair accessible and disabled toilet facilities are available.