East Perth Locomotive Depot

East Perth Locomotive Depot (also known as East Perth Loco running sheds) was a major steam locomotive depot for the Western Australian Government Railways from the end of the First World War[1] until the end of the steam railway era on its railway system in 1970/1971.[2][3]

For the nearby and current depot, see Claisebrook railway depot.

The previous locomotive depot had been located west of the Perth Station.[4] It was also commonly known as the East Perth Depot.[5]

It was conveniently located just east of the then main railway terminus for the system at what is now Perth station. It was removed in 1969 to make way for the new East Perth railway station and the Westrail Centre that centralised railway administration offices of the government railway system, that had previously been scattered around a large number of buildings near the Perth station.[6] In the late twentieth century numbers of former employees who had worked at the depot, were interviewed for the oral history record. [7][8] Organised labour had reason to strike and raise issues of conditions during the existence of the depot. [9][10], also some complaints had been made collectively without union involvement. [11]

Notes
  1. "Metropolitan Railways". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 31 December 1917. p. 3. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  2. Finlayson, Don, ed. (1986). Steam Around Perth. Bassendean, W.A.: Australian Railway Historical Society W.A. Division. ISBN 0-9599690-4-7.
  3. Gunzburg, Adrian (1984). A history of W.A.G.R. steam locomotives. Perth, W.A.: Australian Railway Historical Society, Western Australian Division. ISBN 0-9599690-3-9.
  4. "Legislative Assembly". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 25 August 1910. p. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  5. "Railway Collision". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 25 August 1939. p. 18. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  6. "East Perth Station". Stations, Sidings and Railway Locations Of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015.
  7. Garrity, Edwin Patrick; Harvey, Erica; Western Australia. East Perth Redevelopment Authority (1994), [Interview with Ted Garrity], retrieved 22 January 2021
  8. Ratcliffe, Gordon; Layman, Lenore, (interviewer.) (2007), Interview with Gordon Ratcliffe in 2007, retrieved 22 January 2021CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. "No Strike Pay For Loco Men". The Daily News. LXIV (22, 346). Western Australia. 21 November 1946. p. 12 (Emergency Final). Retrieved 22 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Stoppages at East Perth Loco Sheds". Kalgoorlie Miner. 57 (16043). Western Australia. 8 August 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 22 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "Ultimatum By Loco Men". The Daily News. LXVIII (23, 534). Western Australia. 15 September 1950. p. 1 (Final). Retrieved 22 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

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