Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
3801 Ltd operated the 3801 steam locomotive out of the Large Erecting Shop until its lease ran out in late 2006. In early 2007 some other heritage rolling stock was removed from the Large Erecting Wor
On 30th September 2007 RailCorp authorised the movement from the protection of Eveleigh’s Large Erecting Shop of the Commissioners carriages. These carriages are two of the states most valuable heritage carriages and are listed on the State Heritage Register. A week later with their roof now peeling, the carriages are sitting at Thirlmere in the … Read more
This media release from FOE contains photos of 3801 being turned at Eveleigh and coaled at Mortuary Station and asserts that Eveleigh is the best place for turning, watering, coaling and for security of the states valuable rail heritage (685Kb PDF). Download: media110607.pdf »
This is a scaned copy of the February Friends of Eveleigh Newsletter. PDF 2.2MB. Download: FOE 2 Newsletter.pdf »
The Carriages that Moved from the Large to Thirlmere The Friends of Eveleigh have provided the following diagram which shows the details of the carriages which were removed from under cover storage in the large to RTM Thirlmere on the instructions of the RailCorp Office of Rail Heritage. Recent reports from visitors to RTM still … Read more
These are some photos from Friends of Eveleigh (FOE) showing “Three of the Heritage Carriages removed and now stored at Thirlmere (20th January 2007) out in the open and exposed to the elements”. The Photos are accompanied by the following text “This is where The Premier, The Minister for Transport and RailCorp and its Office … Read more
This is a copy of the O’Rourke Committee Report into the future of 3801 from November 2006 (PDF 96 Kb). Download: 06-11-27-ORourkeReportRailCorp.pdf »
This Cartoon has been provided to us by Joel. The Cartoon brings together the issues of the CUB site, The Block and 3801 and the Large Erecting Shop.
This media kit was distributed by Friends of Eveleigh to the Media in mid November 2006. The media kit contains: background information on the Large Erecting Workshop. It also includes a map of the Eveleigh railway workshops, a copy of the Friends of Eveleigh application letter for the National Heritage Listing of the Large as … Read more
The Friends of Eveleigh have released the follow statment about recent comments concerning 3801 and the Large. They have also provided a letter from 1981 from the RTM concerning the ownership of 3801. PDF 349 Kb. Download: NR2.pdf »
This is a PDF of the Rail Heritage anouncement. Download: REl04 RAIL $20M heritage rail plan.pdf »