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Shire of Toodyay > Records

STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION, TOODYAY 1964

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1964

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Overview

A small coloured photo of the laying of the standard gauge track, taken from a footbridge.
White rail of bridge in foreground, two tracks in centre, going left to right.
Yellow machinery in left middle of picture, on right track.
Large trees in right middle, trees and buildings in middle distance.
Rolling hills in middle distance. Grass is brown, sky is blue.
Tractor like vehicle (yellow) to right of track machinery. White control box on the right.

Historical information

On back of photo: in pencil: "Sleeping" the railway.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1791

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

86 mm

Height or length

87 mm

Themes

Inscriptions and markings

On back of photo: in pencil: "Sleeping" the railway.

Year

1964

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Geotag

-31.551855977316, 116.46851939224

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