Railway Museum (Western Australia)

The Railway Museum, also known as the Rail Transport Museum, is situated in Bassendean, Western Australia. It is run by the Western Australian division of the Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS), which is called Rail Heritage WA.

Railway Museum
P508 on display at Bassendean in April 2006
The museum is located in Bassendean, Western Australia on Railway Parade between Ashfield Station and Bassendean Station on the Midland Line.
Established1974
LocationRailway Parade, Bassendean Western Australia
Coordinates31.9097°S 115.9387°E / -31.9097; 115.9387
TypeRailway museum
Websitewww.railheritagewa.org.au

In the early days of operation it had in places been known as the Western Australian Rail Transport Museum, and more recently, Rail Transport Museum.[1] On the internet and social media, it has been referred in variants with qualifiers of the location name such as the Bassendean Rail Museum[2] and Rail Heritage Museum Bassendean.[3]

The standard name is currently utilised as the Railway Museum.[4][5]

Collection

It has the most comprehensive collection of heritage steam locomotives and rolling stock in Western Australia.[6][7][8] It was originally developed in 1969, and officially opened in November 1974 by the Western Australian Minister for Transport Ray O'Connor.[9]

Events

Various annual events have been held over time:

  • Steamfest[10]
  • Railfest, which has included active steam and diesel displays[11]
  • Annual open days

It is also the location of the West Australian Model Railway Club.[12]

It has a related museum in Boyanup - the South-West Rail and Heritage Centre.

References
  1. "ABN Lookup". abr.business.gov.au. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. http://mingor.net/localities/bassenden-train-museum.html
  3. https://www.kids-around-perth.com/rail-heritage-museum-bassendean.html
  4. "ASIC Registration". connectonline.asic.gov.au. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. "Rail Heritage WA Museums". www.railheritagewa.org.au. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  6. 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
  7. Gray, Bill (2010), Guide to the collection : The Railway Museum, Western Australia, Rail Heritage WA, ISBN 978-0-9803922-3-4
  8. http://www.railheritagewa.org.au/museum/pages/exhibits.php
  9. Bassendean Rail Heritage WA
  10. Western Australian Government Railways Commission (1988), Westrail news : a monthly publication for staff, Westrail, Public Affairs, ISSN 1032-4852 16th ed., Aug. 1990 - re Steamfest at Bassendean, noting that in the same era Yarloop had steam events as well
  11. http://www.weekendnotes.com/bassendean-railway-museum/
  12. http://www.wamrc.org.au/

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