and secondary schools are in nearby Springwood and Winmalee Transport Railway Valley Heights has a railway station on the Blue Mountains Line of the NSW TrainLink intercity network. Valley Heights is the start of the steeply graded, 1 in 33 (3%) section to Katoomba. The gradient approaching Valley Heights from Sydney is 1 in 60 (1.67%). In older times, assistant engines were attached here to uphill trains, which explains the existence of the roundhouse, now the Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum. A number of rail heritage items in Valley Heights are listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register: The railway station and the locomotive depot including the roundhouse The railway gatehouse in Greens Parade, Valley Heights Steam tram rolling stock held at the Valley Heights locomotive depot a cattle van, a brake van, and two preserved steam engines Bus Blue Mountains Transit (formerly Pearce Omnibus and later Blue Mountains Bus Company) headquarters and depot are located in Valley Heights. Tourist attractions Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum is the home of the oldest remaining roundhouse in New South Wales, located 500 m from the eastern Springwood town boundary. References Towns in New South Wales