Marble Bar to Mandurah

Marble Bar to Mandurah

Author: Geoffrey Higham

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9780959969092

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Covers history of passenger railways from 1871 onwards. This book presents a comprehensive story of travelling by train in Western Australia, set in an accurate historical framework. Australian Railway Historical Society WA Division Inc trading as Rail Heritage WA.


Rail Transport in Western Australia

Rail Transport in Western Australia

Author: Source Wikipedia

Publisher: University-Press.org

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781230582993

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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...


The Workshops

The Workshops

Author: Patrick Bertola

Publisher: UWA Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1920694838

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In March of 1994, the state government of Western Australia closed the Government Railway Workshop at Midland, amidst widespread community outrage. This volume records the history of this important industrial facility.


A New History of Western Australia

A New History of Western Australia

Author: Tom Stannage

Publisher: Nedlands, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 872

ISBN-13:

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Papers by G.C. Bolton, J.E. Thomas, D. Black, J. Hay, M. Aveling, I.M. Crawford, S.J. Halllam and N.J. Green, separately annotated.


The Challenge of Distance - The Development of Transport Networks and Infrastructure in Australia

The Challenge of Distance - The Development of Transport Networks and Infrastructure in Australia

Author: Cornelia Peters

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2007-11

Total Pages: 53

ISBN-13: 363885339X

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Seminar paper from the year 1999 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0 (A), University of Koblenz-Landau (Anglistics), course: Hauptseminar Cultural Studies III, language: English, abstract: Bringing a Country Together - The Conquest of Isolation The size of the Australian continent is about 7.7 million square kilometers, which equals approximately the size of the United States of America excluding Alaska. Due to its extreme aridity, large areas of Australia are not populated or fit for agricultural and industrial use. Therefore, 86% of its 18.3 million inhabitants live in widely separated cities along the coastal regions, making Australia the most urbanized continent.1 Australia's coastline has a total length of 36,735 km. Extreme distances between cities have made the transportation network a major concern of the Australian economy. In the more densely populated south-east area of the continent, the distance between Sydney and Melbourne is 880 km. Melbourne and Adelaide are 720 km apart, and from Adelaide to Perth it is 2,675 km along the southern fringe of the Nullarbor Plain. The connection between Adelaide to Darwin via Alice Springs spans a distance of 3,014 km, and between Perth and Darwin the western highway covers approximately 4,000 km. 2 Today, Australia is spanned by approximately 810,000 km of roads and a rail network estimated at 40,000 km. According to Australian government publications from 1994, the industry sector supported by trans- portation networks contributes about six per cent to the total production value of goods and services.3