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Trains and trams

583 photos1858–1997

1850s 1 1860s 2 1870s 13 1880s 37 1890s 17 1900s 75 1910s 50 1920s 68 1930s 144 1940s 54 1950s 66 1960s 34 1970s 15 1980s 5 1990s 2

1890s10 photos

On deck - Sobraon, 1890–19001890–1900Newtown Railway Station c.1895, c. 1895c. 1895Old Sydney Railway Station, c.1895, c. 1895c. 1895Milsons Point, c. 1895c. 1895Newtown station 1895, c. 1895c. 1895Tramways Tower Wagon mounted on horse drawn wagon - New South Head Rd, Double Bay, c. 1898c. 1898Rose Bay tram in operation on New South Head Road, 18981898Rose Bay electric tram, New South Head Road, 1898 - by Albert James Perier1898"Railway" (Central Station) tram, Wyly. Trenchard Produce Store and Macquarie Bond Store, Circular Quay, c.1898 - by Albert James Perier, c. 1898c. 1898Phillip and Bridge Streets, Sydney 1899, c. 1899c. 1899

1900s50 photos

Hornsby railway station circa 1900, c. 1900c. 1900Spitt junction mosman 19001900Tram, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 1900 slnsw1900Railway Station - Granville, 1900, c. 1900c. 1900Tramway Power House, Rushcutters Bay, c. 1900c. 1900Tramway Power House, 1900, c. 1900c. 1900Surveying for Central Station, 1900, c. 1900c. 190019 Gloucester Street The Rocks, Sydney, 19001900George Street, Sydney in 1900, c. 1900c. 1900Inside the signal box, c. 1900c. 1900Railway Station - Thirlmere, c. 1900c. 1900Electric trams, King Street, Sydney, 19001900Electric Tram, George Street, David Jones Corner from The Powerhouse Museum Collection, c. 1900c. 1900Electric trams, Brickfield Hill, Sydney from The Powerhouse Museum Collection, c. 1900c. 1900Electric trams, George Street, David Jones corner from The Powerhouse Museum Collection, c. 1900c. 1900Elizabeth St from The Powerhouse Museum Collection, c. 1900c. 1900George Street near Hunter Street, Sydney from The Powerhouse Museum Collection, c. 1900c. 1900Pitt St, Sydney from The Powerhouse Museum Collection, c. 1900c. 1900Railway Square, Kerry and Co, Sydney from The Powerhouse Museum Collection, c. 1900c. 1900Perier 34655r, 19001900Trams, King Street, Sydney from The Powerhouse Museum Collection, c. 1900c. 1900Botany tram, no.198, Sydney, NSW, n.d. - unknown photographer, 19001900Original Como railway station, Illawarra line, 19001900Hawkesbury Bridge from Tunnel, 19001900Lavender Bay with steam train, 19001900A view of the old Sydney Railway Station on the corner of Devonshire and George Streets (NSW), c. 1900c. 1900Hawkesbury River Bridge, c. 1900c. 1900Railway Square, Kerry and Co, Sydney, c. 1900c. 1900Electric trams, Brickfield Hill, Sydney, c. 1900c. 1900King Street, Sydney, c. 1900c. 1900Fire Station, Castlereagh Street, c. 1900c. 1900Liverpool Street, Sydney, c. 1900c. 1900Sydney from Pyrmont, c. 1900c. 1900Mt Pleasant tramline from The Powerhouse Museum, c. 1900c. 1900Railway Square, Kerry and Co, Sydney from The Powerhouse Museum Collection (cropped), c. 1900c. 1900Benevolent Asylum, c. 1901c. 1901The Rocks, Sydney, 19011901The Rocks, Sydney, 19011901A decorated Central Railway Station, 1901, c. 1901c. 1901The Rocks, Sydney, 19011901Approach to Central Railway, 1900, 1880–19231880–1923Central Railway Station - construction, c.1902, c. 1902c. 1902Devonshire Street Cemetery, Sydney, 19021902Combination car of the Worcester and Suburban Street Railway, circa 1902, c. 1902c. 19021902combinationCar@NewSouthWales, c. 1902c. 1902Demolishing second Sydney station at Devonshire Street end, c. 1902c. 1902Building Central Railway Station, Sydney, 19031903Laying the foundation stone, Central Station 19031903Sydney from the North Shore, 19031903Darling Island and Harbour, looking towards the city, December 1903 - Melvin Vaniman1903
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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.

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