Rail Motor Society
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| Established | 1984 |
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| Location | Webbers Creek Road, Paterson, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 32°36′05″S 151°36′55″E / 32.601304°S 151.615275°E |
| Type | Railway museum |
| Nearest car park | On site and in adjoining streets |
| Website | www.railmotorsociety.org.au |
The Rail Motor Society, based in Paterson, New South Wales, is a privately owned collection of preserved self-propelled railway vehicles and equipment from the New South Wales Government Railways. The items in its collection date from 1923 through to 1961.
The Society was established in 1984 as a not-for-profit organisation to collect, preserve and operate a representative fleet of New South Wales Government Railways rail motors. The Society’s sole focus was to be on self-propelled or diesel multiple unit rolling stock, a principle that it still adheres to today. The Society is an accredited rail operator in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.
The Society's origins stem from the Newcastle Branch of the Australian Railway Historical Society where a small band of members proposed a local organisation to preserve and operate some of the CPH railmotors that were planned for withdrawal at the end of 1983 by the State Rail Authority. The nucleus of the Society was established in 1984 with the support of four established heritage organisations - the NSW Division of the Australian Railway Historical Society, the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, the Zig Zag Railway and the Sydney Tramway Museum. Each of these organisations purchased CPHs when they were sold and these were pooled to form the nucleus of the fledgling Society's fleet. A site for its base in the old goods yard opposite Paterson station was identified and the first rolling stock items were delivered to Paterson from Sydney on New Year's Eve of 1984.
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