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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

1950s47 photos

Tram in Goulburn Street Haymarket, outside Anthony Hordern's department store 1953 - A-000576441953Railway Station - St Marys 1953-1, c. 1953c. 1953Laying down tram tracks, 19531953Inspection of wharves Carrington by A Shore of Railway Dept in beret and RA Johnson of Maritime Services Board Wharf preservation series, 19531953New Wangi Power Station, 19531953Waratah Railway Station during bus strike, 19531953Sydney R class no 1923 at Sydenham, 20 November 19541954Railway Station - Sutherland 1954-1, c. 1954c. 1954Railway Station - St James, Sydney 1954-1, c. 1954c. 1954Central Railway Station, 19541954Derailment at the National Park, 19541954Locomotive - Class C3801, 19541954Royal Visit 1954 - train staff, c. 1954c. 1954Royal Visit 1954 - Central Station, c. 1954c. 1954Dame Flora MacLeod Chieftain of the MacLeod Clan at Broadmeadow Railway Station during Australian visit Mr G Ingram Chieftain of Newcastle Scots Association Dame Flora Mr A Frew Vice Chieftain and Rev G Reid, 19541954Opening of new ambulance station at Boolaroo, 19541954Tram in Belmore Park, 19551955Central station pre 1955, c. 1955c. 1955The Ghost Train, Lunar Park, Sydney, c. 1955c. 1955Blacktown railway station 19551955Blacktown Railway station 1955-11955Mitchel Rd. Alexandria 1950s colour, c. 1955c. 1955New Wangi power station, 19551955Nobbys pilot station, 19551955Nobbys pilot station, 19551955Nobbys pilot station, 19551955Centenary of No. 1 engine and 3rd class carriage, Central Station, Sydney, 1955 - Ern McQuillan1955The Quay..Sydney, Australia, c. 1955c. 1955Mitchel Rd. Alexandria 1950s, c. 1955c. 1955Corner Booth and Johnston Streets, Annandale, NSW 19551955Illawarra Junction Signal Box, 19561956Railway Ambulance Corp, c. 1956c. 1956Railway Ambulance Corp, c. 1956c. 1956Derailment at Mt Druitt, c. 1956c. 1956Derailed steam locomotive no 3337 being rerailed, 19561956Asquith Railway Station Sydney c1957, c. 1957c. 1957Mortuary Railway Station c.1957, c. 1957c. 19571957 WYNYARD TUNNELS1957Railway Station - Hurstville, 19581958Hurstville Railway Station, 19581958Safety first photos. School girls calling to one another as train moves out of station, c. 1958c. 1958Central Station, c.1958, c. 1958c. 1958Interior Central Railway station concourse, Sydney, c. 1958c. 19581958 -BOXALL TOUR 43319581958 SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE1958Railway Station - Granville, 1959, c. 1959c. 1959Arhs 5610 hawkesbury, 19591959

1960s13 photos

1960 ANZAC PARADE clearer1960First aid competition, 19601960Railway Ambulance Corp, c. 1960c. 1960Train derailment at Oatley Bank, c. 1960c. 1960Arhs 2413 sydney, 196019601960 ANZAC PARADE19601960 BONDI TRAMS19601960 COOGEE19601960 ROPES CREEK STATION19601960 TRAMS PASS1960Last tram in Sydney, 19611961Arhs 4105 minto, 19611961Woman puts coin on the rails on last (?) day of trams, Sydney, 26 February 1961 - unknown photographer1961
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