Bassendean Railway Museum, Perth Australia
16th October 2011

By Bill Reid

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Bassendean is about seven miles north east of Perth. It on the local electric line from Fremantle to Midland.
I found that Ashfield station was much closer than going on to Bassendean, which is a longer walk back to Ashfield.

LOCOMOTIVE Yx86 (worked on the Ghan)

 

 

WOODEN COACHES BUILT AT MIDLAND WORK SHOPS

  

 

 

 
Midland refers to the town of that name, where the loco works was.

 

 
Preserved Dinning Car ER Post Box

 
Single-line Token Machine                                                                                            Buffet Car from the preserved "Australind" train set


Preserved coach from the "Australind" (Perth - Bunbury)

   
Station Scales.                                                                                       The signal box came from Perth Station.

Mount Newman Mining locomotive 5499

  
Dual guage track coming in from the main line. A local two-car electric unit passes on it's way to Perth.

   

  

  
S.A.R. 71 alongside 5499

 
Steam Loco. No. 953                                                                                                                        Diesel Mechanical Shunting Engine No. 4

 

  
Rusting steam locomotive and a pair of driving bogies.                                                                The size of this rusting boilers suggests that it is for a Broad Guage locomotive

 
EMD G12 1501


Odds & Sods

AC 4301 (One year old) On Static Display

 
A year old AC 3000 plus Horse Power diesel electric locomotive No. 4309 on static display

 
Bogie and Sand Box                                                                                                                     Air Tanks and Compressor

 
The loco was open to the public with a driving crew explaining things


Yours Truely in driving cab. Taken by the driver

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Bogies from bogie bolster type goods wagon

 
A rubber-wheeled shunting tractor.                                                                                                 A graffiti-strewn coach awaits restoration

 
Old Station Clock


Museum Work Shop

METROPOLITAN VIKERS   XA 1405 "Warienga" (1956)

 

 

 

  

XA 1402 (Crossley ST - Vee8 Engine) 1955

 

  

 


 Crossley HST V8 engine.

OLIVER HILL RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE (Rottnest Island, off Freemantle)

 

 

 

RA 1918

   

W.A.G.R. X 1001 "Yalagonga"

 

 

 

 
Right: Where?

  

STEAM LOCO COLLECTION

  
Vulcan Foundry Fs 460                                                                                                                                                     NBR P 508

 
Vulcan Foundry Newton Le Willows (1846) No. Es 308. 1902.

 
NBR (Glasgow) Pm 701                                                                                                Bayer Peacock V 1220

 
Beyer Peacock (748) No. V 1220. 1958

W.A.G.R. "KATIE" No. 1 (Built in Newcastle in 1880)

 

   
M.J.K Co. Ltd. No. 2                                                                                                          Gangers' Trollys

 
Fs 460                                                                                                                              Ut 664

   
U  655                                                                                                                       U 218

 
Pr 521                                                                                             Sleeping Car Veranda. 1st. Class

  
Sleeping Car                                                                                                                          Dd 592

  
"Ashburton" No. 521

S 549 "Greenmount" Built 1947 at Midland Workshops, Perth

 

 

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No.                                                                                                                             Tank No. 664

  
Beyer Peacock (7456)  No. 953. 1951                                                                                              No. 11

  
No. 18                                                                                                                  Sleeping Coach (ADS 224). 2nd Class

NBR (Glasgow) P 508

 

  

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NBR (20096) No. 460. Glasgow. 1913

 

STATIC STEAM ENGINE & MODEL RAILWAY SECTION

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 
Model Traction Engine

 
Model of 541 'Bruce'

Classic Bus

  

MODERN MOTORBIKES THAT I CAME ACROSS

 
Outside the Museum Entrance (Ashfield)

 
Probably belongs to one of the museum staff

 
Taken while staying at Bunbury, south of Perth

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