Locomotive

Train
Last surviving locomotive of its kind

This O 218 steam locomotive is the last intact survivor of its kind. It arrived in Fremantle aboard the SS Andavia in 1898 and travelled some 1.2 million kilometres before retiring in 1961. Behind the locomotive is a KA 17 carriage which once accommodated staff who’d set out to check great lengths of the State’s railway track. Step inside the carriage and you can see where the railway inspectors slept, groomed and watched out the windows as vast stretches of countryside slipped past.

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Walkaway Station Museum

Rail history brought to life

Stand on the platform of the former Walkaway Station, close your eyes and you can almost picture a train and hear the bustle of residents as they awaited passenger transport, the delivery of fresh...

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Padbury Rd
Walkaway WA 6528
Australia

Open Hours

Tues to Fri 10am - 4pm; Sat to Sun 1 - 4pm

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