Railway Museum (Western Australia)

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Railway Museum
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P508 on display at Bassendean in April 2006
Railway Museum (Western Australia)
The museum is located in Bassendean, Western Australia on Railway Parade between Ashfield Station and Bassendean Station on the Midland Line.
Established1974;49 years ago (1974)
LocationRailway Parade, Bassendean Western Australia
Coordinates 31°54′35″S115°56′20″E / 31.9097°S 115.939°E / -31.9097; 115.939 (Railway Museum)
TypeRailway museum
Website www.railheritagewa.org.au OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Railway Museum, also known as the Rail Transport Museum, is situated in Bassendean, Western Australia. It is run by the Western Australian division of the Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS), which is called Rail Heritage WA.

Contents

In the early days of operation it had at times been known as the Western Australian Rail Transport Museum, and more recently, Rail Transport Museum. [1] On the internet and social media, it has been referred in variants with qualifiers of the location name such as the Bassendean Railway Museum [2] [3] and Rail Heritage Museum Bassendean. [4]

The standard name is currently utilised as the Railway Museum. [5] [6]

Collection

It has the most comprehensive collection of heritage steam locomotives and rolling stock in Western Australia. [7] [8] [9] It was originally developed in 1969, and officially opened in November 1974 by the Western Australian Minister for Transport Ray O'Connor. [10]

Diesel Locomotives
Steam Locomotives - include representatives of most classes that operated in the WAGR
Passenger carriages
Other rolling stock

Archive

The onsite museum building houses the Archive, and the archive has an online photograph collection of views of most of Western Australian railway history [11]

Events

Various annual events have been held over time:

It is also the location of the West Australian Model Railway Club. [14]

It has a related museum in Boyanup - the South-West Rail and Heritage Centre.

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References

  1. ↑ "ABN Lookup". abr.business.gov.au. 1 November 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bassendean Railway Museum Western Australia. Bassendean Photos by Mingor". Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Bassendean Railway Museum - Attraction - Tourism Western Australia". Western Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Rail Heritage Museum Bassendean". 11 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "ASIC Registration". connectonline.asic.gov.au. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Rail Heritage WA Museums". www.railheritagewa.org.au. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  7. ↑ Australian Railway Historical Society. Western Australian Division (1977), A Guide to the Rail Transport Museum at Bassendean, Western Australia (4th ed.), The Division, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 11 November 2012
  8. ↑ Gray, Bill (2010), Guide to the collection : The Railway Museum, Western Australia, Rail Heritage WA, ISBN   978-0-9803922-3-4
  9. ↑ "Rail Heritage WA Exhibits". Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  10. ↑ Bassendean Archived 27 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Rail Heritage WA
  11. ↑ https://www.railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/ Rail Heritage WA Archive Photo Gallery
  12. ↑ Western Australian Government Railways Commission (1988), Westrail news : a monthly publication for staff, Westrail, Public Affairs, ISSN   1032-4852 16th ed., Aug. 1990 - re Steamfest at Bassendean, noting that in the same era Yarloop had steam events as well
  13. ↑ "Bassendean Railway Museum". Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  14. ↑ "Home". wamrc.org.au. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
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