Carriage comfort.
It has been described as the golden age of railway travel which occurred at a time when it seemed that no expense was spared on passenger comfort, depending of course as to what Class you travelled.
It was the golden age era of steam trains.
Carriages were built using timber and the seats were more spacious and it was also the era when black and white framed photographs adorned the compartments promoting tourism to locations in each state.
Like everything though trains had to move forward with the times and the elegance of train travel came at a cost and that cost was the production of carriages that lost the old world charm and were mass produced and built down to a price rather than built up to a standard.
We are fortunate that there a dedicated people who have a strong desire to preserve the heritage and history of our railways past and this carriage is a fine example that has been retained.
It is located at the NSW Rail Museum at Thirlmere.
Thirlmere, New South Wales, Australia.
#NSWRailMuseum #Thirlmere #history #steamtrains #passengers #compartments #golden #era #tourism #camdenmacarthurexposed #iarphotographics #Wollondilly #oldworldcharm
Carriage comfort.
It has been described as the golden age of railway travel which occurred at a time when it seemed that no expense was spared on passenger comfort, depending of course as to what Class you travelled.
It was the golden age era of steam trains.
Carriages were built using timber and the seats were more spacious and it was also the era when black and white framed photographs adorned the compartments promoting tourism to locations in each state.
Like everything though trains had to move forward with the times and the elegance of train travel came at a cost and that cost was the production of carriages that lost the old world charm and were mass produced and built down to a price rather than built up to a standard.
We are fortunate that there a dedicated people who have a strong desire to preserve the heritage and history of our railways past and this carriage is a fine example that has been retained.
It is located at the NSW Rail Museum at Thirlmere.
Thirlmere, New South Wales, Australia.
#NSWRailMuseum #Thirlmere #history #steamtrains #passengers #compartments #golden #era #tourism #camdenmacarthurexposed #iarphotographics #Wollondilly #oldworldcharm