kalamunda was once part of a thriving logging region, with kalamunda railway station the largest station on the upper darling range railway. the area has a number of features as a result of this railway including a museum at the site of the original station. typical rail side road structures with a rail reserve between and the zig zag road on the old section where the railway climbed the darling scarp. it is at gooseberry hill that the railway used to descend from the hills to midland junction, dropping 300 metres in a series of 5 zig-zag shunts. the railway line has been replaced by a single lane, one-way scenic drive that follows the old track.