Garratt Engine Derailment, Claremont

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Overview

Three photographs of a derailment.

07.40a
Looking east. Rear of a Garratt engine and wheat spilled on train lines from overturned wagons covered with tarpaulins. Group of men watching crane attached to a wagon. Several men in WAGR uniform standing between adjacent lines.

07.40c
Crane lifting broken wagons onto a flatbed rail truck watched by two workmen and Mr Copley in Station Master's uniform.

07.40d
Crane loading broken wagons onto trucks attached to a steam engine for removal from site. Rail lines and grass in foreground.

Historical information

The station is 6 rail miles west of Perth on the Fremantle - Guildford railway, opened 1 March 1881. The station was manned from September 1888 to 1 September 1979. Station Master Classification / Grades were C1.3 (1899), C1.6/2 (1905), G.5 (1913), C1.4 (1922, 1937, 1955). Other staff were the Night Officer, Assistant Station Master and Night Station Master. Consists of a group of buildings comprising main station, Station Master's house (limestone), and platform, island platform and waiting rooms (timber) overhead bridge connecting platforms, Signal Box (timber), and the goods shed (corrugated iron). Constructed to the design of George Temple Poole. The first station was established in March, 1881 and was known as Butler's Siding. Renamed Claremont Station in 1883, the station was moved to its present position in 1886.The Railway Station in Claremont was closed in 1979 with the closure of the Perth/Fremantle line. The line only was re-opened on 29th July 1983. Claremont Railway Station is National Trust classified. It is the only Victorian - era railway station operating in the metropolitan area. In 1979 Westrail planned to remove the signal box and central platform buildings because they were no longer required. Several parts of the original Station complex were already lost - overhead bridge, 2 toilet buildings, Platform No. 4, cattle yard , goods yards, gardens and gates and road crossover) when a battle by council and interested residents resulted in the retention of all the remaining station buildings.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--7-40-a,c,d

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Social History

Inscriptions and markings

07.40a
Handwritten in ink on the rear [wheat spilled all over the/ lines Claremont Subway] and stamped [C1891].

07.40c
Handwritten on rear in ink [Father in background. inspecting/ the lifting of the train on to/ lines], stamped [C9200] and above in ball point pen [Mr C.W.H. Copley, Station/ Master Claremont]. Crossed out [Toodyay Scene].

07.40d
Handwritten in ink on the rear [goods train derailed/ Claremont Subway.] and stamped [C9200].

Links to additional resources

Claremont Museum.