Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
With its mixture of active heritage in the Blacksmith Shop and the Large ant the retention of many of the former railway buildings and associated manufacturing equipment Eveleigh has great potential a
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
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