Historic Eveleigh railway yard in Sydney under threat
Future of vintage trains unclear as tour company evicted.In a capacious brick warehouse in the historic Eveleigh railway precinct, hundreds of tonnes of heritage railway carriages and equipment is sitting idle after the NSW government terminated a tour company's access to the site and changed the locks. Photography by Kate Geraghty
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The exterior of The Large Erecting Shop at Eveleigh Railway Precinct, Eveleigh. Photo: Kate Geraghty -
The Large Erecting Shop site manager Alan Gardner sits in one of the old sleeper cabins in a carriage. Photo: Kate Geraghty -
The exterior of The Large Erecting Shop at Eveleigh Railway Precinct, Eveleigh. Photo: Kate Geraghty -
Railway parts at The Large Erecting Shop at Everleigh Railway Precinct, Everleigh. 8th March, 2017. Photo : Kate Geraghty Photo: Kate Geraghty -
Transport Heritage NSW CEO Andrew Moritz. Photo: Kate Geraghty -
Signs at The Large Erecting Shop at Eveleigh Railway Precinct. Photo: Kate Geraghty -
Inside the the Large Erecting Shop Photo: Kate Geraghty -
Railway parts Photo: Kate Geraghty -
Inside the Large Erecting Shop Photo: Kate Geraghty -
The Large Erecting Shop manager Alan Gardner walks past one of the old sleeper cabins in a carriage. Photo: Kate Geraghty -
The exterior of the Large Erecting at Eveleigh Railway Precinct. Photo: Kate Geraghty -
Manager Alan Gardner admires a carriage at Eveleigh Railway Precinct, Photo: Kate Geraghty -
The Large Erecting Shop manager Alan Gardner in one of the old sleeper cabins in a carriage. Photo: Kate Geraghty -
The Large Erecting Shop site manager Alan Gardner in one of the old sleeper cabins in a carriage at Everleigh Railway Precinct, Everleigh. 8th March, 2017. Photo : Kate Geraghty Photo: Kate Geraghty -
Signs at The Large Erecting Shop at Eveleigh Railway Precinct. Photo: Kate Geraghty
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