Western Australian Rail Transport Museum

Western Australian Rail Transport Museum

P508 on display at Bassendean in April 2006
Established 1974
Location

Railway Parade, Bassendean

Western Australia
Coordinates 31°54′35″S 115°56′19″E / 31.9097°S 115.9387°E / -31.9097; 115.9387Coordinates: 31°54′35″S 115°56′19″E / 31.9097°S 115.9387°E / -31.9097; 115.9387
Type Railway museum
Website www.railheritagewa.org.au

The Western Australian Rail Transport Museum is a property in Bassendean, Western Australia, that is run by the Western Australian division of the Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS), Rail Heritage WA.

It has the most comprehensive collection of heritage steam locomotives and rolling stock in Western Australia.[1][2] Furthermore, it also has a museum and archive that is the largest outside of government archives.

It was originally developed in 1969, and officially opened in November 1974 by the then Western Australian Minister for Transport Ray O'Connor.[3]

At various annual events held by the ARHS (WA) - now Rail Heritage WA, (Steamfest and Railfest) have included active steam and diesel displays [4]

It is also the location of the West Australian Model Railway Club [5]

It has a related museum in Boyanup - the Boyanup Transport Museum.

References

  1. ↑ Australian Railway Historical Society. Western Australian Division (1977), A Guide to the Rail Transport Museum at Bassendean, Western Australia (4th ed.), The Division, retrieved 11 November 2012
  2. ↑ Gray, Bill (2010), Guide to the collection : The Railway Museum, Western Australia, Rail Heritage WA, ISBN 978-0-9803922-3-4
  3. ↑ Bassendean Rail Heritage WA
  4. ↑ http://www.weekendnotes.com/bassendean-railway-museum/
  5. ↑ http://www.wamrc.org.au/

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