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Melbourne Express train, New South Wales

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dc.contributor.otherOsborne, W., photographer.
dc.coverage.spatialNew South Wales
dc.date.accessioned2004-02-25T22:27:58Z
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-05T12:05:44Z
dc.date.available2004-02-25T22:27:58Z
dc.date.available2011-01-05T12:05:44Z
dc.date.created1905
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/213
dc.identifier.urihttp://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/213
dc.description.abstractPhotograph of a steam locomotive and five carriages on a railway line. The line is laid on an elevated bank and a post-and-rail fence runs alongside. The engine has a number 461 painted on its side. The engine in this photograph looks very similar to that in another image from the Series; E80/61/004, manufactured by Beyer Peacock & Co. Ltd. of Manchester, England in 1891. Despite the name; Melbourne Express, this train would not have run in Victoria because the railway lines there had a different gauge to those in New South Wales. Maintenance of such engines was done at the Eveleigh Railway Workshops in Sydney, where as a result of a campaign by workers and manufacturers, Australian-made locomotives started to be produced in 1907.
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dc.format.mediumBlack and white photograph
dc.format.medium15.2cm x 20.2cm
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiff
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofNoel Butlin Archives Centre. ANU Archives Program.
dc.relation.ispartofNational Union of Railwaymen of Australia
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMaterial relating to railway matters collected by M.William John Ellis over the period 1898-1949. The series contains press cuttings, 159 photographs and 1 photograph album.
dc.rightsThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subject.otherRailways
dc.subject.othertrains
dc.subject.othersteam engines
dc.subject.otherlocomotives
dc.subject.otherrailway lines
dc.subject.otherpost-and-rail fences
dc.subject.otherNew South Wales Government Railways
dc.titleMelbourne Express train, New South Wales
dc.typeImage
local.description.notesInscribed in white on image, l.c.: W. OSBORNE, PHOTO/ LEICHHARDT
local.description.notesl.l.: MELBOURNE EXPRESS .. TRAIN. DE'LUX. 1905.
local.description.notesAlternative number: K2036
local.description.notesEllis entered NSW Railways Service in 1882 and retired May 1924. He was a fitter and turner at the Eveleigh workshops and for 13 years was examining fitter and fitter in charge of the Sydney accident train. His career in the Railways was disrupted by an incident in 1909 when he was dismissed from his position because he had suggested to the NSW Railway Commissioner that some senior officers be removed. Ellis maintained they were negligent in their duties to the safety of the train-travelling public. On 25/3/12 a Select Committee recommended that Ellis be reinstated and compensed for losses. The last was done but Chief Commissioner Johnson did not reinstate him. It was only when Johnson left NSW in 1915 that Ellis was re-employed in the workshops. In July 1926 he was a witness in the coronial inquiry into the Aberdeen railway accident of 10/6/1926.
dc.date.issued2004-02-25T22:27:58Z
local.citationE80-61-003
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