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Bennett Brook Railway

Index Bennett Brook Railway

The Bennett Brook Railway is a narrow gauge tourist oriented railway operated by the West Australian Light Railway Preservation Association and is located within the boundaries of Whiteman Park, nineteen kilometres from Perth. [1]

20 relations: Australian Railway Historical Society, Claisebrook railway station, El Caballo Blanco, John Fowler & Co., Light rail, Narrow-gauge railway, Norwegian coupling, Orenstein & Koppel, Perth, Perth Hills, Peter Dowding, Railway coupling, South African Class NG15 2-8-2, Upper Darling Range Railway, W.H.Dorman & Co, Western Australia, Western Australian Government Railways, Wheel arrangement, Whiteman Park, Whiteman, Western Australia.

Australian Railway Historical Society

The Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS) aims to foster an interest in the railways, and record and preserve many facets of railway operations.

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Claisebrook railway station

Claisebrook is a Transperth railway station 1300 metres from Perth, in Western Australia, on the Armadale/Thornlie and Midland lines.

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El Caballo Blanco

El Cabello Blanco (Spanish for The White Horse), Originally the first Spanish horses arrived in Australia in 1972 and were brought to the El Caballo Blanco complex at Wooroloo, Western Australia, by the Western Australian business entrepreneur Ray Williams.

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John Fowler & Co.

John Fowler & Co Engineers of Leathley Road, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England produced traction engines and ploughing implements and equipment, as well as railway equipment.

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Light rail

Light rail, light rail transit (LRT), or fast tram is a form of urban rail transport using rolling stock similar to a tramway, but operating at a higher capacity, and often on an exclusive right-of-way.

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Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.

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Norwegian coupling

A Norwegian coupling (or meat chopper) is a manual coupling consisting of a central buffer with a mechanical hook that drops into a slot in the central buffer.

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Orenstein & Koppel

Orenstein & Koppel (normally abbreviated to "O&K") was a major German engineering company specialising in railway vehicles, escalators, and heavy equipment.

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Perth

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Perth Hills

Perth Hills is a term used primarily for marketing purposes to identify that part of the Darling Scarp and hinterland east of the scarp, that lies within the Shire of Mundaring and the City of Kalamunda, and as part of the constituent bodies belonging to the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council of Perth, Western Australia.

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Peter Dowding

Peter M'Callum Dowding SC (born 6 October 1943 in Melbourne) was the 24th Premier of Western Australia, serving from 25 February 1988 until his resignation on 12 February 1990 after an internal party dispute.

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Railway coupling

A coupling (or a coupler) is a mechanism for connecting rolling stock in a train.

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South African Class NG15 2-8-2

The South African Railways Class NG15 2-8-2 of 1931 was a narrow-gauge steam locomotive.

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Upper Darling Range Railway

The Upper Darling Range Railway (also known as the Upper Darling Range Branch) was a branch railway from Midland Junction, Western Australia, that rose up the southern side of the Helena Valley and on to the Darling Scarp via the Kalamunda Zig Zag.

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W.H.Dorman & Co

W.H. Dorman & Co Ltd was a company formed by William Henry Dorman in 1870 making cutting tools for the footwear industry.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia.

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Western Australian Government Railways

Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) was the operator of railway services in the state of Western Australia between October 1890 and June 2003.

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Wheel arrangement

In rail transport, a wheel arrangement or wheel configuration is a system of classifying the way in which wheels are distributed under a locomotive.

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Whiteman Park

Whiteman Park is a bushland area located north of Perth, Western Australia.

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Whiteman, Western Australia

Whiteman, Western Australia is a suburb in the north eastern part of the Perth, metropolitan area in Western Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett_Brook_Railway

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