Old Sydney
Rose Bay electric tram, New South Head Road, 1898 - by Albert James PerierRose Bay electric tram, New South Head Road, 1898 - by Albert James Perier1898

583 historic photos for Trains and trams, taken between 1858 and 1997, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 15 decades, with the most from the 1930s (144). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1850s1 photo

Locomotive No. 1, Sydney, 1858 - 1860, 1858–601858–60

1860s2 photos

Mortuary Railway Station c.1865, c. 1865c. 1865John Whitton State Library NSW CDV, 1867–701867–70

1870s13 photos

Parramatta stn 18701870Victorian Railways Beyer Peacock Q class steam locomotive ca 1870 copy photograph 1940s, c. 1870c. 1870Sydney Railway Station, 18711871"Railway work shops", Sydney, March 1871, Government Printing Office1871103 Mortuary Redfern Rear View SH 164, 18721872104 Mortuary Redfern Front View SH 156, 18721872105 Mortuary Haslem Creek South End SH 157, 18721872Horse teams at the old Sydney Railway goods yard, c. 1874c. 1874Old Sydney Railway Station, c. 1875c. 1875Margaret Greenwood, an Imperial Convict, 18751875Locomotive arriving by ship, 1876, c. 1876c. 1876Gatehouse - Valley Heights Railway Station, 1878, c. 1878c. 1878Steam Tram, c. 1879c. 1879

1880s37 photos

The first Tramways Dated c. 10 1 1880 Depot at Pitt Street, c. 1880c. 1880Railway Station - Toongabbie, c. 1880c. 1880Locomotive being delivered at Pyrmont, 18801880Early Sydney Tram, 18801880Newtown original station, c. 1880c. 1880Parramatta stn c1882, c. 1882c. 1882Derailment at Campbelltown, 18841884Croydon Station, Sydney c.1885, c. 1885c. 1885Sydney tram, c.1885, c. 1885c. 1885Railway Station - Blacktown, c.1885, c. 1885c. 1885Australia Station Squadron (AWM 304426), 1880–901880–90Brighton-le-Sands, NSW - New Brighton Hotel, side view and steam tramway (Australian Town & Country Journal, 31 Dec 1887, p26)1887Men atop pontoon to be used in erecting Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651636, 18871887First span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge on pontoon, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651637, 18871887First span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge on pontoon, New South Wales, Australia, being viewed by people on boat LCCN2016651638, 18871887Office of Ryland & Morse for the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge project, Bangar Island, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651640, 18871887Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651642, 18871887E.K. Morse, S.V. Ryland, and others outside the office of Ryland & Morse for the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge project, Bangar Island, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651643, 18871887Steam engine and barrels used for Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge project, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651677, 18871887Men working with pulley system to move iron beams used for Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge project, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651678, 18871887Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge 18881888Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge upon piers, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651646, 18881888Newly installed span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, with men posed on it, probably E.K. Morse and S.V. Ryland LCCN2016651647, 18881888Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, on pontoon LCCN2016651648, 18881888Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, on pontoon, en route to piers LCCN2016651649, 18881888Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, on pontoon LCCN2016651650, 18881888Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, on pontoon floating towards piers LCCN2016651651, 18881888Detail of ironwork on the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651653, 18881888Detail of ironwork on the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651654, 18881888Men on caisson for the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651655, 18881888Caison badly listed and out of line LCCN2016651656, 18881888Men on barge with ironwork structure for the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651657, 18881888Scaffolding for construction of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, moves away from span atop timber framework on pontoon) - C. Bayliss photo, Sydney LCCN2016651662, 18881888Span number 5 of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, atop timber framework on pontoon, moves towards piers) - C. Bayliss photo, Sydney LCCN2016651663, 18881888Span number 5 of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, atop timber framework on pontoon, being pushed by small boats) - C. Bayliss photo, Sydney LCCN2016651666, 18881888Span no. 6 of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, floating on pontoon towards piers) - C. Bayliss photo, Sydney LCCN2016651673, 18891889Span no. 6 landed - safe - C. Bayliss photo, Sydney. LCCN2016651675, 18891889

1890s7 photos

Flanagans Hotel, Oxford Street, Darlinghurst 18901890Railway Station - Granville, 1890, c. 1890c. 1890Metropolitan Fire Station No 3, Circular Quay, 1890, c. 1890c. 1890Central Railway Station, Sydney, 18901890Baldwin steam tram 78 "The last tram from Leichhardt to Parramatta". "Cowcatcher" attached to front, c. 1890 - unknown photographerc. 1890Horsedrawn tram which ran between Newtown Station and St Peters, 18941894Railwaysquare, 1890s1890s

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