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Shire of Toodyay > Records

STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY LINE, TOODYAY

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c. 1964

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Overview

Small col. photo of railway line through Toodyay.
Two sets of rail tracks between banks (higher on left). Trees left and right. White control box on right. Hills in distance. Tracks going bottom right to mid left. Grey metal pipe railing of footbridge in foreground.
Photo taken from the footbridge. Sunny fine day.

Historical information

Photo is assumed to have been taken in the mid 1960s when the standard gauge railway extension was constructed through Toodyay.

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1784

Item type

Width

85 mm

Height or length

85 mm

Inscriptions and markings

On back of photo: in pencil; "The railway".

Contextual Information

Duplicate of Shire of Toodyay photo 2001.1766

Keywords

Standard Gauge Railway

FOOTBRIDGE, RAILWAY

Western Australian Government Railways

Year

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-31.551889475709, 116.46835325704

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