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Trains and trams

583 photos1858–1997

583 historic photos for Trains and trams, taken between 1858 and 1997, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 15 decades, with the most from the 1930s (144). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1850s 1 1860s 2 1870s 13 1880s 37 1890s 17 1900s 75 1910s 50 1920s 68 1930s 144 1940s 54 1950s 66 1960s 34 1970s 15 1980s 5 1990s 2

1910s15 photos

Railway Station - Newtown, c. 1914c. 1914Railway Square, Sydney, 19141914Crossing the overhead bridge to trams at platform below, Randwick, ca. 1914 - unknown photographer, c. 1914c. 1914Newtown station 1914, c. 1914c. 1914Ambulance Tram, c.1915, c. 1915c. 1915Railway bridge Liverpool NSW 19171917Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike1917Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike1917Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike1917Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike1917Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike1917Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike1917Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike1917Strike (?), Railway Institute and Central Court, ca. 1917 (note the cinecamera), by Sam Hood, c. 1917c. 1917Attending to wounded in the advanced dressing station on Hill 60, 1917–181917–18

1920s45 photos

Belmore Park tram tracks, beside Elizabeth Street, Haymarket, 19201920Hornsby railway station overview circa 1920, c. 1920c. 1920Circular Quay, c. 1920c. 1920Kiosk at Central Railway Station, 19201920Train derailment, 1920, c. 1920c. 1920Trams on George Street in front of the QVB, c. 1920c. 1920Train derailment near Dungog, c. 1920c. 1920Bertha gun, 19201920Bertha gun, 19201920Sutherlandtrain19201920IngenuesandTracklessTrain-Sydney-SamHood, 19201920Workmen constructing Sydney tram cars, 19201920200th steam locomotive built by Clyde TF 1164 from The Powerhouse Museum, 1898–19451898–1945Hawkesbury River station c.1922, c. 1922c. 1922Meadowbank Manufacturing Company workshops 19221922Construction of underground railway at Hyde Park, 19221922Boxing used to construct approach to Central Station, 19221922Tram to balmoral Dated 29 May 19221922Towards Bay Road Station, 1923, c. 1923c. 1923Boxing used to construct approach to Central Station, 19231923Construction of train tunnel for underground railway, 19231923Construction of train tunnel Hyde Park, 19231923Construction of approach to Central Station, 19231923Rock embankment approach to Central Station, 19231923Construction of train tunnel Hyde Park, 19231923New South Wales Railway Ambulance Corp Transport service in 19231923Old Milsons Point railway station on the last day of operation 26 April 19241924Lavender Bay Station - under construction, 19241924Escalators. New Lavender Bay Station, 19241924Central Station, 19241924Lavender Bay Station - under construction, 19241924Crows Nest Junction, 1920s1920sSutherlandTram, 1920s1920sPlume Mobiloil Lindemans Wines billboards Central Railway Station, 1920s1920sAmerican women's jazz band "Ingenues" and the "Trackless Train", Sydney, late 1920's - Sam Hood, 1920s1920sAmerican women's jazz band "Ingenues" and the "Trackless Train", Sydney, late 1920's - Sam Hood, 1920s1920sAmerican women's jazz band "Ingenues" and the "Trackless Train", Sydney, late 1920's - Sam Hood, 1920s1920sAmerican women's jazz band "Ingenues", Central Station, Sydney, late 1920's - Sam Hood, 1920s1920sOpen cut underground railway now completed, Museum Station, Sydney, New South Wales, ca. 1925, 19241924Alexandra Canal - Shea's Ck Railway Bridge, 1925 (Aust. Railway Hist. Soc.ARHSBox039 1090)1925Carr Street from Euroka Street, 19251925Sydney in 1925, c. 1925c. 1925Secretary for Public Works Minister for Railways Richard T Ball lays the foundation stone Sydney Harbour Bridge 26 Mar 19251925"In the summer of early 1925 my elder brother took me into town to see a movie - He took the photos without my knowing. The two women were strangers." (Spoken by Elva Jones) - George Street, Sydney1925Nla.pic-vn3311821-v, c. 1925c. 1925
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