Description of Content
A train load of East Gippsland rail gangers in open trucks with a pile of sleepers in the foreground. The locomotive is a Victorian Railways W class 4-6-0 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in the USA. A total of 13 of this class were used in Victoria built between 1879 and 1883 with one example built in Ballarat by the Phoenix Foundry.
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Acquisition Information
Copied from Arthur Christmas, 18 Apr 1988
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Format
Negative, 35 mm, Black & White
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Classification
Rail transport, Railway infrastructure - permanent way, Construction workers
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Keywords
Building & Construction, Rail Transport, Rail Vehicles, Railway Sleepers, Railway Water Tanker Wagons, Railway Workers, Railways, Steam Railway Locomotives
