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3361 Taralga - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

3361 Taralga - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Locomotive stands 3361 at Taralga Railway Station, New South Wales with a mixed train in 1946

36 class round top boiler Albury1

36 class round top boiler Albury1

3626 passing through Albury in the 1930s. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

36 class round top boiler Albury2

36 class round top boiler Albury2

3663 passing through Albury in the 1930s. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arhs 3506 caves express - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Arhs 3506 caves express - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Caves Express passing through Parramatta Park, hauled by 3506 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arhs 5801 sutherland - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Arhs 5801 sutherland - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Locomotive 5801 brings a South Coast goods train into Sutherland station

CB class, Port Pirie, ca 1951

CB class, Port Pirie, ca 1951

A Commonwealth Railways CB class railcar, with a trailer car, at Port Pirie, South Australia. The railcar was built by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It is a standard Budd Rail Diesel Ca... More

CN76, Port Pirie, 1951(1) - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

CN76, Port Pirie, 1951(1) - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Commonwealth Railways CN class locomotive, no. CN76, at Port Pirie, South Australia, with a mixed train for Port Augusta, South Australia. The locomotive was built in Canada in 1908 for the Canadian Northern R... More

D20, Gingin, 1942 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

D20, Gingin, 1942 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

One of the two MRWA D class steam locomotives, no. D20, with a goods train at Gingin, Western Australia.

E class + bulk wheat train, 1931

E class + bulk wheat train, 1931

A WAGR E class steam locomotive hauling the first train of bulk wheat in Western Australia.

G class + Trans-Australian Express, Tarcoola, 1920s

G class + Trans-Australian Express, Tarcoola, 1920s

A Commonwealth Railways G class locomotive with a westbound Trans-Australian Express, at Tarcoola, South Australia, on the Trans-Australian Railway.The number of the locomotive is not clear, but it appears to b... More

G14 + Trans-Australian Express, Nullarbor Plain, 1924

G14 + Trans-Australian Express, Nullarbor Plain, 1924

"Trans-Australian steam train G14 on Nullabor plain, South Australia, 1924"

G18 + Trans-Australian Express, Cook, 1935

G18 + Trans-Australian Express, Cook, 1935

Commonwealth Railways G class locomotive no. G18 with the Trans-Australian Express, at Cook, South Australia, on the Trans-Australian Railway.The locomotive was built by Toowoomba Foundry, Toowoomba, Queensland... More

G22 + goods train, Ooldea, 1919

G22 + goods train, Ooldea, 1919

Commonwealth Railways G class locomotive no. G22 with a wood and water train at Ooldea, South Australia, on the Trans-Australian Railway.The locomotive was built by Toowoomba Foundry, Toowoomba, Queensland, Aus... More

GA24 + Trans-Australian Express, nr Port Pirie, 1938

GA24 + Trans-Australian Express, nr Port Pirie, 1938

"The 'Trans-Australian' westbound from Port Pirie Junction in September 1938 worked by Ga-class 4-6-0 No. 24 to Port Augusta"

GM2 + Trans-Australian, Port Pirie, ca 1951

GM2 + Trans-Australian, Port Pirie, ca 1951

Commonwealth Railways GM class diesel-electric locomotive, no. GM2, with a passenger train, almost certainly the Trans-Australian, at Port Pirie, South Australia. The locomotive was built by Clyde Engineering ... More

K(294) class locomotive at Toronto

K(294) class locomotive at Toronto

Flickr user eskbank99 writes in a comment:The locomotive is one of the K(294) class goods engines of which 10 were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works of Pennsylvania, USA in 1885. By 1889 they were relegated to ... More

Logging rail tractor, built by Allports of Hobart, used on the Huntsman tramway south of Deloraine (11663459366)

Logging rail tractor, built by Allports of Hobart, used on the Huntsma...

Logging rail tractor, built by Allports of Hobart, used on the Huntsman tramway south of Deloraine. Ted Lidster collection

Mount Gambier Wx class steam engine, ca 1911

Mount Gambier Wx class steam engine, ca 1911

Mount Gambier Wx class steam engine, ca 1911 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tourist Attraction - NSWGR AD60 Class Locomotive

Tourist Attraction - NSWGR AD60 Class Locomotive

NSWGR AD60 Class Locomotive Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR C38 Class Locomotive 3808

NSWGR C38 Class Locomotive 3808

NSWGR C38 Class Locomotive 3808 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR CG Class Locomotive - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR CG Class Locomotive - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR CG Class Locomotive 4-4-0 Passenger Type Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Class AD60 Locomotive - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Class AD60 Locomotive - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Class AD60 Locomotive Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Class C.38 Locomotive Express Passenger 'Newcastle Flyer'

NSWGR Class C.38 Locomotive Express Passenger 'Newcastle Flyer'

NSWGR Class C.38 Locomotive Express Passenger 'Newcastle Flyer Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Class C30 Locomotive - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Class C30 Locomotive - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Class C30 Locomotive Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Class C30T Locomotive - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Class C30T Locomotive - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Class C30T Locomotive Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Class C34 Locomotive - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Class C34 Locomotive - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Class C34 Locomotive Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR E.17 Class Locomotive - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR E.17 Class Locomotive - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR E.17 Class Locomotive at Corrimal (NSW) Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Locomotive 1231 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive 1231 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive 1231 at Summit Tank Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Locomotive Class AD60 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive Class AD60 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive Class AD60 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Locomotive Class AE - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive Class AE - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive Class AE Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Locomotive Class C.30T - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive Class C.30T - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive Class C.30T Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Locomotive Class CG - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive Class CG - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive Class GG Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Locomotive Class D.58 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive Class D.58 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive Class D.58 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Locomotive Class E.17 b - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive Class E.17 b - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive Class E.17 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Locomotive K.1353 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive K.1353 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive K.135 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Locomotive N.928 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive N.928 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive N.928 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Locomotive S.636 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive S.636 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive S.636 Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Locomotive U.105 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive U.105 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

NSWGR Locomotive U.105 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Stream Goods Tram Engine

NSWGR Stream Goods Tram Engine

NSWGR Steam Goods Tram Engine on Sutherland Cronulla Line Public domain photograph of a tram car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Stream Tram Engine 101

NSWGR Stream Tram Engine 101

NSWGR Steam Tram Engine 101 on Morpeth Branch Line Public domain photograph of a tram car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Z13 Class Locomotive Z1311

NSWGR Z13 Class Locomotive Z1311

NSWGR Z13 Class Locomotive Z1311 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NSWGR Z13 Class Locomotive Z1312

NSWGR Z13 Class Locomotive Z1312

NSWGR Z13 Class Locomotive Z1312 (CC) locomotive at Picton (NSW) Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Parramatta stn c1910, Sydney, Australia

Parramatta stn c1910, Sydney, Australia

Train at Parramatta railway station c.1910. Public domain image of Swedish railroads works, train yard, workshop, tracks, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

QR McKeen, Queensland, Australia

QR McKeen, Queensland, Australia

McKeen rail motor car, ca. 1913. This Mckeen motor car was one of five imported in 1913. These were the first Queensland railmotors. (Description supplied with photograph)

Railway on Kangaroo Island - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Railway on Kangaroo Island - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Narrow gauge track operated by a salt company between its factory and Muston, the port of shipment. The worker is Laurie Shakeshaft (1881-1960) and the prime mover is the Day's Rail Tractor built by W. Day & So... More

S 302 And B 60 - Victorian era public domain image

S 302 And B 60 - Victorian era public domain image

Seymour, July 1952: Victorian Railways' new diesel electric locomotive, B 60, passes on its delivery run to Melbourne one of the S class 'Pacific' steam locomotives it ultimately replaced. Official Victorian Ra... More

SAR 500 Class Steam Locomotive, 1953

SAR 500 Class Steam Locomotive, 1953

500 class engine No.502 and carriages at Eden Hills, August 1953

SLNSW 34111 Derailed steam locomotive no 3337 being rerailed

SLNSW 34111 Derailed steam locomotive no 3337 being rerailed

De-railed steam locomotive no. 3337 being re-railed Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

South Australian Railways 706, Blackwood, South Australia, 1952

South Australian Railways 706, Blackwood, South Australia, 1952

South Australian Railways 706 hauling the Oakbank Race train at Blackwood, 14 April 1952.

South Australian Railways 712, Eden Hills, South Australia, 1951

South Australian Railways 712, Eden Hills, South Australia, 1951

Goods train No.712 at Eden Hills, South Australia, 1951. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

South Australian Railways 724, North Adelaide, South Australia, 1952.

South Australian Railways 724, North Adelaide, South Australia, 1952.

South Australian Railways 724 hauling a goods train, North Adelaide, 1952

South Australian Railways F 242, Clapham, South Australia, 1952

South Australian Railways F 242, Clapham, South Australia, 1952

South Australian Railways F 242 hauling a passenger train at Clapham, 28 January 1952

South Australian Railways F 242, Eden Hills, South Australia, 1952

South Australian Railways F 242, Eden Hills, South Australia, 1952

South Australian Railways F 242 hauling a passenger train at Eden Hills, 5 May 1952

South Australian Railways Rx 149, McLaren Vale, South Australia, 1920

South Australian Railways Rx 149, McLaren Vale, South Australia, 1920

A South Australian Railways' goods train transporting a cargo of wine casks from the McLaren Vale area; locomotive Rx 149 is at a standstill with the train driver and four other railway personnel standing by.

South Australian Railways Rx 221, Mile End, South Australia, 1951

South Australian Railways Rx 221, Mile End, South Australia, 1951

South Australian Railways Rx 221 at Mile End, South Australia, 1951.

South Australian Railways S Class, Murray Bridge, South Australia, 1951

South Australian Railways S Class, Murray Bridge, South Australia, 195...

Passenger train No. 131 at Murray Bridge, 5 March 1951 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U651 + The Australind, Perth, 1951

U651 + The Australind, Perth, 1951

WAGR U class locomotive no. U651 with 'Australind' Express at Perth, Western Australia.

Victorian Railways R 730 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Victorian Railways R 730 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Photograph of Victorian Railways R class locomotive R 730 at Parwan, Victoria in 1953.

'Bob, the railway dog' at Port Augusta, State Library of South Australia, B 6422

'Bob, the railway dog' at Port Augusta, State Library of South Austral...

'Bob, the railway dog' was owned by Mr. William Seth Ferry of Peterborough, a guard on a wheat train. 'Bob, the railway dog' sitting on top of the driver's car of a stationary locomotive at Port Augusta Railway... More

20 class tank engine and suburban passenger train, Camden, ca. 1930 - photographer unknown (3939206881)

20 class tank engine and suburban passenger train, Camden, ca. 1930 - ...

Format: Photograph Find more detailed information about this photograph: 388159 Search for more great images in the State Library's collections: From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales

StateLibQld 1 39987 A.10 locomotive on display for the Railway Pageant at Ipswich, 1936

StateLibQld 1 39987 A.10 locomotive on display for the Railway Pageant...

A.10 locomotive on display for the Railway Pageant at Ipswich, 1936 This A.10 locomotive was built by Neilson & Co., Glasgow in 1866, then shipped to Rockhampton, arriving on 21 August. It was numbered 3 of the... More

StateLibQld 2 195479 Party of Australian Pioneers returning to their dug-outs

StateLibQld 2 195479 Party of Australian Pioneers returning to their d...

Party of Australian Pioneers returning to their dug-outs. Part of Our Boys at the Front series of postcards, no. 11. From official photographs by special permission to the Department of Defence. Proceeds to the... More

Trans-Australian train westbound from Port Pirie Junction to Port Augusta, Sep 1938 -- loco Ga 24 (John Buckland)

Trans-Australian train westbound from Port Pirie Junction to Port Augu...

"Trans-Australian" train westbound from Port Pirie Junction to Port Augusta and on to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The locomotive is Ga class number 24.

C38 locomotive 'Newcastle Express' enroute through Cowan (NSW) (12508962043)

C38 locomotive 'Newcastle Express' enroute through Cowan (NSW) (125089...

Title: C38 locomotive 'Newcastle Express' enroute through Cowan (NSW)] Dated: No date Digital ID: http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/asp/photosearch/photo.asp?17420_a014_a014000215 Rights: No known copyr... More

Class AD6002 'Garratt' locomotive on trial run stopped at Katoomba (NSW) (15542610278)

Class AD6002 'Garratt' locomotive on trial run stopped at Katoomba (NS...

Title: Class AD6002 'Garratt' locomotive on trial run stopped at Katoomba (NSW) Dated: Date or use No date Digital ID: http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/asp/photosearch/photo.asp?17420_a014_a014000242 Ser... More

A.10 locomotive on display for the Railway Pageant at Ipswich, 1936 (4731334903)

A.10 locomotive on display for the Railway Pageant at Ipswich, 1936 (4...

Photographer: Unidentified Location: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Description: This A.10 locomotive was built by Neilson & Co., Glasgow in 1866, then shipped to Rockhampton, arriving on 21 August. It was num... More

Steam locomotive at the Hampden Smelter and Mining Complex (4732518938)

Steam locomotive at the Hampden Smelter and Mining Complex (4732518938...

Photographer: Unidentified Date: Undated Location: Hampden, Queensland, Australia Description: Group of officials on a North Queensland Railway tour on the Mount Elliott line. Learn more about this image at th... More

Steam locomotive with a livestock carriage at Quilpie, Queensland, ca. 1925 (4732521202)

Steam locomotive with a livestock carriage at Quilpie, Queensland, ca....

Photographer: Unidentified Location: Quilpie, Queensland, Australia Description: Steam locomotive class PB15, number 440 with a livestock carriage at Quilpie. The locomotive was built in 1907 by Evans Anderson... More

Old Glenelg Train in King William Street(GN12123)

Old Glenelg Train in King William Street(GN12123)

S.A. Large Print Album (blue folder)

Commonwealth Railways G class locomotive and Trans-Australian Express at Tarcoola, circa 1925

Commonwealth Railways G class locomotive and Trans-Australian Express ...

A Commonwealth Railways G class locomotive with a westbound Trans-Australian Express, at Tarcoola, South Australia, on the Trans-Australian Railway.The number of the locomotive is not clear, but it appears to ... More

Beecroft station c.1906 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Beecroft station c.1906 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Train at Beecroft railway station c.1906. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

G class locomotive at Goolwa

G class locomotive at Goolwa

G class locomotive at Goolwa - a Beyer Peacock engine, imported 1869. State Library of South Australia - B 11913.