STEAM TRAIN - WINDMILL HILL

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1970

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Overview

This coloured photo has faded. A steam locomotive & 3 (and part of another) carriages are seen making their way through Windmill Cutting with Windmill Hill in the background.
A group of 6 men & 1 boy with backs to camera, in right lower corner.
Beyond them lower down, another group of people can be seen.
Believed to be the Western Endeavour train from Sydney to Perth travelling through Toodyay in August 1970 on its onward journey, returning September 1970.

Historical information

Train is the NSWGR C 3801 on the Western Endeavour service in 1970.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1116

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photo Paper

Width

30 cm

Height or length

19.7000 cm

Themes

Social History

Transport

Contextual Information

The Western Endeavour was the first steam locomotive hauled train to operate across from Sydney on Australia's east coast to Perth on the west coast in 1970. Following the completion of a project to convert the Sydney to Perth railway line to standard gauge in February 1970, the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum operated a steam locomotive hauled special across Australia in August and September 1970.
The special was the first steam locomotive hauled service to operate from the East to West coasts of Australia. At this time steam locomotives were being phased out of service, and had already ceased operating on some parts of the journey traversed. The train was hauled by 3801, with 3813 assisting as far as Port Augusta. The Western Endeavour departed Sydney Central on the 22 August 1970, arriving at East Perth on 28 August. The return journey departed Perth on 6 September, arriving on 12 September. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Endeavour?fbclid=IwAR09_SFucy7c5YkG1QbY68Czg78JDjKEgD2ayUarFmX_kiSue0UFopII4J4

Year

1970

Shire of Toodyay

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