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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

1930s60 photos

Harbour Bridge with first electric train before official opening, Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations, 1932 - photographed by Hall and Co1932Train tracks on Harbour Bridge, 19321932Trains and carriages on Harbour Bridge, 19321932Harbour Bridge main deck with steam trains and tenders, 19321932Laying the railway tracks on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Trains on the Harbour Bridge, 19321932Train lines on the Harbour Bridge, 19321932Steam train on south west track of Harbour Bridge, 19321932Train and carriages on Harbour Bridge, 19321932Steam trains on Harbour Bridge, 19321932Steam trains on Harbour Bridge, 19321932Four trains on the Harbour Bridge, 19321932Steam train crossing the Harbour Bridge, 19321932Sydney trolleybus cable erection - ca. 1933, c. 1933c. 1933A dray, a Ford and a Morris Oxford Roadster, both 1932 models, in summer rain, Railway Square, Sydney, Jan 1935 - by Sam Hood, 1932–351932–35Sydney tram bus trolleybus - 193401221934Olga Spessiva, ballerina, Central Station, Sydney, 1934 photographer Sam Hood193455 class locomotive crash children look at crashed locomotives, 19341934Tram men meet with Government Chief Secretarys Building, 1934?1934?A derailed MarrickvilletoCircular Quay tram runs into house at Redfern, 19341934A railway guard in uniform, 1930s1930sArthur Martin of Newcastle in the Rail Tramway eisteddfod, 19341934Children in the recitation Rail Tramway eisteddfod, 19341934Chopping up the road at Circular Quay to lay new tramlines, 1930s1930sCommissioner for Railways Mr Hartigan presents workers on the Royal Train with a photograph of the train, 19341934Dorothy Taunton aged 12 of Hurlstone Park one of only three to score 100 marks in 20 years Rail Tramway eisteddfod, 19341934Experimental mushrooms grown by Mr Maas in city railway tunnel, 19341934First and third in the old buffers race at the Rail Tram Electrical Section Picnic, 19341934Girls in the drama section Rail Tramway eisteddfod, 19341934Gollin Cos new railway administrative building at Wynyard Square, 19341934Governor and Premier with officials and nurses at the Railway Ambulance competition, 19341934Headed by two long lines of men some are tramwaymen, c. 1934c. 1934Highland dancers in the Rail Tramway Eisteddfod, 19341934Inspector Dole presents RS Andrews Director of Hornsby Hospital with a cheque for 164 pounds proceeds of a Police ball Chatswood Police Station, 19341934Interstate tramways Australian Rules Football Carnival, 19341934Interstate tramways Australian Rules Football Carnival, 19341934Mass rally in the Domain against rail tram and public service wage cut, 19341934Mass rally of Eveleigh railway workers listens to an election speech from Jack Lang, 19341934Mother and children form a sea of faces watching a Punch Judy Show at the Rail Tram Electrical Section Picnic, 19341934Papal Nuncio and Apostolic Legate arrive Central Station, 19341934Patricia Mahoney of Dubbo tapdancer aged 4 in the Rail Tramway eisteddfod, 19341934Rail Motor No 38 and Trailer No 81 most likely on the inaugural SydneyGosford run at Central Station, 19341934Rail tram and public service unions protest march against Public Service Reduction Act by Federal Arbitration Court, c. 1934c. 1934Railway cricket opening, 19341934Railway cricket opening, 19341934Railway rescue team working on a patient Railway Ambulance competition, 19341934Scene of Circular Quay showing trams two hansom cabs old touring cars fruit barrows Goldsbrough Mort Building North Shore ferry wharf Steamers for Milsons Point McMahons Point and Lavender Bay wharf, 1930s1930sShirley Ward of Dulwich Hill and Elaine Sharp pianists in the Rail Tramway eisteddfod, 19341934Sydney tram no 1738 latest and last model, 1930s1930sTapdancer in the Rail Tramway eisteddfod, 19341934Tapdancer Shirley Sloss at the Rail Tramway eisteddfod, 19341934Tram men, 19341934Tram men, 19341934Tramway Ambulance competition treats a patient, 19341934Tramway sports Young schoolgirls in 100 yards race at Sports Ground, 19341934View from the open hatch of station wagon, 1930s1930sWilliam Holmans funeral lined up beside Milsons Point Railway Station, 19341934A line of cyclists coming through the arch of the railway bridge at Picton, 19341934Crew of the royal train for the Duke of Gloucester and 36 class locomotive, Orange, 27 November 1934 - Sam Hood1934A dray a Ford Model A coupe 1928 model and a Morris Oxford Roadster 1932 model in summer rain Railway Square, 19351935
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