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Photographs of Perth, Western Australia Home | Locality A-Z | Notes Kewdale Adjacent to Welshpool and Perth Airport, Kewdale is a mainly industrial area and home to the rail freight terminal |
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Kewdale - Old Prospector So this is where the old Prospector (train) ended up. I wonder how many years it's sat here for and what, if any, plans are in store for it? October 2008 |
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Kewdale - Old Prospector Railcars 2 years and 8 months later, it's still here and doesn't look like it has moved in all this time. This photograph is taken from the other side - from inside the freight yard. July 2011 |
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Kewdale - Tomato Lake This is an island in the middle of Tomato Lake - a haven for bird-life. Tomato Lake is just off Oats Street. October 2008 |
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Kewdale - Tomato Lake Tomato Lake a little bit further south on a really windy and rainy July day, so much so that I got water on the lens and the wind was so strong I could hardly keep the camera level! July 2011 |
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Kewdale - Hotel The Kewdale Hotel on Kewdale Road. The signage makes these quite attractive looking premises. This is the bottle-shop entrance. July 2011 |
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Kewdale - Hotel And this is where you emerge from the bottle-shop with all your goodies. The actual hotel is off to the right of picture. Behind the hotel is the freight yards. July 2011 |
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Kewdale - Kewdale Central Right next door to the Kewdale Hotel is this building, Kewdale Central, home of a few local businesses. July 2011 |
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Kewdale - Freight Depot Into the freight yard behind the hotel. This view is looking towards the rain-swept hills from right up the western end of the rail lines. July 2011 |
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Kewdale - Pacific National This fine looking building is the offices of Pacific National who operate this end of the freight yard. July 2011 |
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Kewdale - Railway Equipment On the northern side of the freight yard is John Holland's yard and inside is this rail construction/maintenance unit. July 2011 |
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Kewdale - The Rail Main Line The main line between Kwinana and Midland passes by the Kewdale yards with spur lines going right in. This track section runs under the Roe Highway bridges. July 2011 |
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Kewdale - Fuel Storage BP has an array of fuel storage tanks in Kewdale. Pipes run under the road you can see to fill up rail fuel trucks on the other side. All the tanks are neatly labeled - Unleaded, Jet A1, Diesel etc... but Slops? July 2011 |
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Kewdale - Lunch Bar A final photo of Kewdale today. This is one of the lunch bars patronised by people who work in freight offices and surrounding industries. July 2011 |
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