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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

1920s23 photos

Trams returning from Randwick Races, ca. 19251925Signal box - Hurstville, c. 1926c. 1926Signal box - Hurstville, c. 1926c. 1926Tram Workshop, c. 1926c. 1926Ballerina Anna Pavlova arrives, Central Station, Sydney, April 1926 - by Sam Hood1926Box 37 No. 428. Sydney Harbour bridge, c. 1926c. 1926Laying tracks in newtown 19271927Excavation at York Street north, 19271927Railway Staton - Newtown, c. 1927c. 1927Trams and traffic at Railway Square, c. 1927c. 1927Buy Australian Made Campaign Fort Street schoolboys riding on a model steam train at the Australian Manufacturers Exhibition, 19271927Fort Street schoolboys riding on a model steam train, Sydney, 1927 - Sam Hood1927Construction of railway tunnel approach to Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19271927Relaying tram tracks in Newtown 19271927Derailment in Sydney, 19281928Unidentified group of theatricals arrive at Central Station from Melbourne, 1927–301927–30"City railway (underground) was under construction" - election rally queue, Druitt St, with construction in George St including Town Hall Hotel, 1927-1930, by Sam Hood, 19281928Ingenues arrive, Central Station, Sydney, 1928-1929 - by Sam Hood1928Construction of railway tunnels for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 192819285701 at Clyde 19291929Rozelle Tram Depot, c. 1929c. 1929Construction of approach to Sydney Underground Railway, 19291929Bayswater Road Kings Cross in 19291929

1930s37 photos

Hornsby railway station footbridge circa 1930, c. 1930c. 1930Wynyard Station old2, c. 1930c. 1930Installing escalators at Wynyard, 19301930View over the Botanic Gardens, 1930, c. 1930c. 1930Wynyard Station - Erecting Escalators, c. 1930c. 1930Train derailment Newtown, 1930, c. 1930c. 1930Building Town Hall station - QVB in the background, 19301930Advertising billboard at Wynyard Railway Station promoting trade between Australia and Canada, 1930 - 19391930Wynyard Station - Pouring Roof Slab, c. 1930c. 1930Reid 39 Reid polling station, c. 1930c. 193020 class tank engine and suburban passenger train, Camden, ca. 1930 - photographer unknown, c. 1930c. 1930'Hawkesbury Bridge' RAHS-Osborne Collection, 19301930Broadway 19301930Sydney Ferry KOOKOOBURRA at Manly Quarantine Station 19301930North Sydney station under construction, 19311931Wynyard Station escalators, 19311931Wynyard Station - Escalators completed, York St. entrance, 19311931Railway engineer taking measurements of surfaces of track, 1930–321930–32Town Hall station 193219325791716127 0c0fca0197 o, 19321932JJC Bradfield Sydney Harbour Bridge 19321932Concourse of Milsons Point Station, 19321932SydneyHarbourBridgeMarch1932SamHood1932Railway Station - Milsons Point entrance old1, c. 1932c. 1932Wynyard Station - General View of Concourse, c. 1932c. 1932First passenger train over Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Overhead-wiring erection train at Milsons Point Station, c. 1932c. 1932First Train on Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932First Electric Train on Main Span, 19321932Under Bank Street Bridge, 1932, c. 1932c. 1932Crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Sydney Harbour Bridge - Eastern Footway and Tramway Tracks, c. 1932c. 1932Wynyard Station - Shore track platform looking north, c. 1932c. 1932First Tram across Bridge, 19321932Pressmen riding on tender of small gauge loco on way to inspect shale oil refinery, 19321932Load-testing of Harbour Bridge when fifty steam locos were run on western side, February 1932, by Ted Hood1932Elephants loading the train, Sydney, ca. 1932 - Sam Hood, c. 1932c. 1932
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