East Perth Locomotive Depot (original) (raw)

East Perth Locomotive Depot (also known as East Perth loco sheds) was a major steam locomotive depot for the Western Australian Government Railways from a year before the end of the First World War in 1917 until the end of the steam railway era on its railway system in 1970/1971.The previous locomotive depot had been located west of the Perth railway station. It was also commonly known as East Perth loco sheds and also the East Perth Depot. In the late twentieth century numbers of former employees who had worked at the depot, were interviewed for the oral history record.