Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
The former Eveleigh Railyards are one of the most important industrial and heritage sites in Sydney – they also have International significance. For many years Government did not see value in this her
Under the RWA proposed zoning the Large Erecting Shop could be replaced by an up to 12 storey building and the ongoing heritage rail tours, maintenance and training could have been lost. There has been a long campaign to save the this operational heritage and RailCorps decision to retain the building for heritage rail use … Read more
As has been shown by the attendance at the Open Day to save the Operational Heritage Blacksmith in the Australian Technology Park, there is substantial interest in this site which preserves former Eveleigh rail yard equipment and operational skills. Having fought to preserve an operating Blacksmith the challenge is to turn this area into an … Read more
Nigel Helyer is the current ABC Radiophonic Fellow, working on the GhosTrain project.This new project aims to create a series of audio-portraits of the Redfern Locomotive & Eveleigh Carriage Works encompassing the oral histories and acoustic ecologies of Industrial culture. The works will be broadca Read More…
In their submission to the NSW Tourism Review Friends of Eveleigh have spelt out their vision for how the Large Errecting Shop could continue as a functional Heritage Railway Workshop servicing rail heritage throughout the state while at the same time providing a tourist destination for public access into the “Large” to view heritage rail … Read more
In their submission to the NSW Tourism Review Friends of Eveleigh have spelt out their vision for how the Large Erecting Shop could continue as a functional Heritage Railway Workshop servicing rail heritage throughout the state while at the same time providing a tourist destination for public access into the “Large” to view heritage rail … Read more
This alternative view of Eveleigh received on 25th June 2007 was provided to Friends of Eveleigh by one of their supporters and they have passed it on to REDWatch. The author, who wishes to remain un-named, provides some reasons why they think that Eveleigh provides a potential hub for active rail heritage in NSW. File … Read more
This letter from the RTBU requests that as part of the NSW Government Review of Tourism in NSW that a forum on rail tourism be convened to explore the potential role that rail tourism and sites like those at Eveleigh can play in NSW Tourism. File is 156 Kb PDF. Download: RTB Union Review of … Read more
This is a copy of the Brian Dunnett and Robert J. Haworth article that was published in Australian Folklore 21, 2006 about the future of heritage at the old Eveleigh Railyards. The article looks at the sites identified as significant by the RWA and proposes how they could be used to strengthen the preservation of … Read more