STEAM TRAIN - WINDMILL HILL
1970This 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.
Train is the NSWGR C 3801 on the Western Endeavour service in 1970.
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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
Other items from Shire of Toodyay
- RUINS OF NEWCASTLE POLICE STABLES, TOODYAY, PRIOR TO RESTORATION
- MOTOR VEHICLES PARKED IN FRONT OF P. SALVAIRE WORKS, NORTHAM
- AUTOCLAVE, INDUSTRIAL EXTRACTS FACTORY, TOODYAY
- REPAIR WORK TO OLD GAOL, TOODYAY
- FORMAL PORTRAIT, PROBABLY LLOYD FAMILY MEMBERS FROM CALBALINE, TOODYAY
- FAMILY PARTY AT "CULHAM HOMESTEAD", TOODYAY
- CULHAM HOMESTEAD
- SOLDIERS OUTSIDE TOODYAY MEMORIAL HALL OR THE TOODYAY ODDFELLOW'S HALL
- NORTH NEWCASTLE HOUSE OF WILLIAM EDWARD AND FRANCES SYRED
- MERCANTILE FOOTBALL CLUB TOODYAY
- WEST TOODYAY SCHOOL BUS
- NORMAN AREA SCHOOL, TOODYAY, PUPILS AND TEACHER