Welcome to the Rail Transport Museum
25 years 1974 - 1999
The Rail Transport Museum at Bassendean, Perth Western Australia is Western Australia's premier museum devoted to railway history.
The Museum is located at
136 Railway Pde
Bassendean, Perth
Western Australia,
400 metres north of Ashfield railway station on the Midland line.
Opening hours |
Sundays and Public holidays 1pm to 5pm |
Wednesdays during school holidays 1pm to 4pm |
Admission Charge |
Adults $5.00 |
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Children $2.00 |
Please Note: the ARHS collection is extensive. All items listed in the guide will not necessarily be on display at any one time.
The majority of the ARHS collection is from the Western Australian Government Railways. There is however also items representative of the extensive timber
lines that operated in the Jarrah and Karri forests of the Southwest of the state. The mining companies in the goldfields region also operated lines at various mines.
The collection spans the whole spectrum of railway history. From Katie which was placed in service in 1881 for the original Fremantle to Guildford Railway
through to more modern diesel locomotives.Therefore whether your interest is the heavy freight V class steam locomotives or the tiny 20 inch gauge mine
locomotive 'Freudie' there is something to interest you at the museum.
Besides locomotives there is also a representative display of coaches and wagons that form such an integral part of the railway scene.
The exhibition building houses an extensive collectio of railway artefacts and photographs which
tells the story of railways in Western Australia.
The museum relies entirely on the voluntary efforts of the membership of the Australian Railway Historical Society to undertake the massive task of restoration of
exhibits and running the museum.
You are welcome to assist in the preservation of the unique rail heritage of Western Australia by becoming a member of the society.
The Australian Railway Historical Society (WA Division) was formed in 1959.Through the generous donation of land that forms the present site by C.S.B.P. & Farmers Ltd in 1968, the Australian Railway Historical Society was able to begin development of a museum to display the collection of locomotives rollingstock and items of railway memorabilia that had been collected over the years.The Bassendean Rail Transport Museum thus came into existence in 1974.
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