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#firsttrains
First train to leave Winton, Queensland, 1898
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-153094…
B13 locomotive 4-6-0
a total of 112 of these locos built from 1883-95

First train into Mildura 1903
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1…
Loco is 0-6-0 Q class. 11 built by Phoenix Ballarat 1873. The first locomotives built by Phoenix for VR.

The first electric train. First trial on Flemington Racecourse Line. Sunday.6.10.1918.
SLV
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…

First through train Trans Australia Railway 1917
recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetriev…
Locomotive G 22 4-6-0
26 built 1914-1917
Baldwin Locomotive Works (12)
Clyde Engineering (4)
Toowoomba Foundry (10)
Same as NSWGR C32 (P6) class but higher capacity tenders

First passenger train leaving Kempsey after the official opening of the railway - Kempsey, NSW
27 November 1917
digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/Deliv…
C32 (P6) class 4-6-0 Built 1892–1911 191
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (106)
Baldwin Locomotive Works (20)
Clyde Engineering (45)
Eveleigh (20)

First train to Ascot Park @SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+2…
Loco started life as a 2-2-2 converted to 2-4-0 > VR J class. To SA for Rawdon & Baxter, contractors for Outer Harbor works in 1904. Rebuilt by James Martin 1912, to contractors for Adelaide to Willunga line.

First train at Kundip near Ravensthorpe 1908
SLWA
purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b3799058_1
A class 2-6-0 13 built c. 1879
Beyer, Peacock & Co (12)
Dübs & Co (1)
Road numbers A3-A15

First train to Coffs Harbour - Coffs Harbour, NSW
1915
digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/Deliv…

Arrival of first train at Linville Station, Queensland, 1910 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/13… - #slqdigital @slqld
Linville on the Brisbane Valley railway line (Ipswich to Yarraman).

Crowd of people welcoming the arrival of the first train at Nanango, Queensland, 1911 hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/23… - #slqdigital @slqld
Loco PB15 4-6-0

First train to Canberra A.C.T.,1914
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155022…
Loco C 79 class (Z 12) 4-4-0 #120
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (34)
Dübs & Co. (26)
Atlas Engineering Works (8)
Build date 1877–1882
Total 68

First train from new country platform Spencer St. viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE4177… via @Library_Vic
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…
December 24, 1923.
A2 838 Stephenson Valve Gear

#firstrains
FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN TO ROBINVALE - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
1924
Locomotive DD class or derivative. DD class was split into D1 and D2 class from 1922.

#firstrains
Renmark's first train steams under a decorative archway
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+3963
Taken on the occasion of the opening of the Renmark-Paringa railway bridge across the Murray Jan 1927
SAR 702 2-8-2 built 1926.
This loco is now at @NRMPortAdelaide

First railway train in Tassie Street, Port. Augusta in 1879
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+107…
Loco is W class 3' 6" gauge 2-6-0
35 were built 1877-1882 Beyer, Peacock & Co
18 of the class were rebuilt with upgraded boilers and designated Wx class from 1903

First train across Bridge. Dr.J.J.C. Bradfield.
Sydney Harbour Bridge 19 Jan 1932
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