Author: Source Wikipedia

Publisher: University-Press.org

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781230582993

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Western Australian Government Railways, Transperth Trains, Bennett Brook Railway, Locomotives of the Western Australian Government Railways, Australian Railroad Group, Upper Darling Range Railway, Midland Railway Workshops, Mount Newman railway, List of closed Perth railway stations, WAGR X class, The Westland, Fortescue railway, Transwa Prospector, Hotham Valley Railway, Midland Railway of Western Australia, Goldsworthy railway, Northern Railway, Zanthus train collision, East-West rail corridor, Australia, Spirit of the West, Transwa AvonLink, Hines Hill train collision, Kalamunda Zig Zag, South Spur Rail Services, Mundaring Branch Railway, Transwa Australind, Rail Heritage WA, Marble Bar Railway, Kewdale Freight Terminal, Albany Progress, Westrail, Closed railway stations in Western Australia, WestNet Rail, Windmill Hill Cutting, Geraldton to Northampton railway, Western Australian Government Railways Commission, List of Chief Mechanical Engineers of the Western Australian Government Railways, Pemberton Tramway Company, Australian Western Railroad. Excerpt: Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) was most common name of the Western Australian government rail transport authority from 1890 to 1976. It is, in its current form, known as the Public Transport Authority (PTA) of Western Australia. The X and the modified XA diesel locomotives appeared on most promotional material for the WAGR in the late 1950s and 1960s expressing the modernity of their operations, the Westrail Symbol on the side of the X class was the symbol of the 1970s of moving on from the older and longer name.In earlier times it had an extensive system of railway branches and lines throughout Western Australia. The network of branches were of vital importance in the state prior to the expanded use of motor transport for the moving of...