Timeline

Timeline of the Tramway

1894/95	Tramway survey
1896	Construction of Jetty commenced with 2ft gauge tram line
1898	Horse Drawn passenger carriage—Wheels in Shire yard (ex museum)
	Line connection with Jetty with township and a branch to Streeters Jetty
	Rolling Stock:	Five wagons One ton crane NB: 2 H series wooden wagons in Museum yard
1901	Rolling Stock:	10 wagons One ton crane NB: Crane in shire yard (ex museum)
1902	Passenger car under construction
1904	Rolling Stock:	18 one ton trucks 2 x 4 ton trucks 2 x 8 ton bogie trucks 1 passenger car, 1 crane
1906	Line converted to 3’6” because of the extra load and a larger rolling stock.
	Rolling Stock updated and new stock was purchased
1910	Steam 9.5 ton locomotive
	Orenstein & Koppel 0-4-OT builders no 4058 “Coffee Pot”
	Extra sidings at Dampier Tce and at the depot
	Rolling Stock:	Five new trucks and 1 meat van A travelling water tank Two passenger cars
1912	Dyckerhoff locomotive “New Century” internal combustion engine NW3 Serial No 161 “Kaiser”
1915	“Kaiser” transferred to Wyndham	Resides in the Port of Wyndham’s yards
1922	New steam locomotive from Andrew Barclay Serial No 1754 “Kimberley”
1939	Demco Meatworks constructed Extra rail line to meatworks
1942	Japanese strafed Broome and the railway line between the old post office and Chinatown was damaged.
1946	Passenger service restored with a rail motor (constructed from a utility truck with flanged wheels)
1949	Simplex Dorman diesel four-wheel locomotive PW32 S/N 9008 “Katie” arrived in Broome
1950	“Kimberley” transferred to Carnarvon	NB: has been restored, operated in Carnarvon and now in Storage in Carnarvon
1952	“Coffee Pot” out of service in Broome and stored in Carnarvon.	NB: is at present outside the Carnarvon Jetty and light railway
1955	Simplex Dorman diesel four-wheel locomotive PW29 S/N 9097 arrived in Broome
1960	“Kimberley” was withdrawn from service and donated to kindergarten in Carnarvon
1962	Queen visited Broome and the Katie pulled the passenger carriage that ended up on display in Bedford Park
1966	Old jetty dismantled, tramway dismantled and rolling stock broken up due to completion of new deepwater jetty.
1966	Simplex Dorman PW32 S/N 9008 was transferred to Derby
	Simplex Dorman PW29 S/N 9007 was transferred to Port Hedland
1981	Both Simplex Dormans were sold to Crosse Hull Kununurra scrap metal dealers
1995	Museum obtained the Simplex Dormans from Kununurra
2006	Restoration of the one Simplex Engine “Katie” in Broome