North Eveleigh and Carriageworks
| Eveleigh Railway Workshops ' 2005 oil on canvas 25 x 51 cm Available for sale |
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'Suburban Car Workshops' Eveleigh Railway Workshops' 2005 oil on canvas 25 x 51 cm |
By 2012, all heritage rolling stock that was stored outdoors, such as the Dynamometer carriage, has been dispersed, to Thirlmere and beyond.
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| 'Interior of the Heritage Store,North Eveleigh, Eveleigh Railway Workshops' 2005 oil on canvas 46 x 92cm Available for sale |
The interior of the Heritage Store looked like the last scene of 'The Raiders of the Lost Ark' - mysterious piles of things ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous stacked in apparent chaos.
The 'Paint Store' area to the north was cleared out in 2012 and many heritage items were either removed to Thirlmere, put into storage or sold.
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'Carriageworks demolition triptych' 2005 Triptych : each canvas 30 x 15cm - total image size : 30 x 45cm Available for sale |
Since this triptych of Carriageworks during restoration was painted, it's been transformed into a performing arts venue & the home of 'So you think you can dance', 'Masterchef' & the weekend Eveleigh markets.
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| E136 'The Green Room - Heritage Store, North Eveleigh' 2017 oil on canvas 36 x 46cm Available for sale | |
Large Erecting Shop,
Eveleigh Railway Workshops
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| E28 'The 3112 in steam' 2007 oil on canvas 76 x 38cm |
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| E24 'The 3112' 2007 oil on canvas 31 x 41cm |
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| E43 5917 Steaming 2009 oil on canvas 76 x 56cm |
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| E100 '5917 fired up' 2014 oil on canvas 15 x 10cm |
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| E19 'Geoff and the 3801 outside the Large Erecting Shed' 2007 oil on canvas 38 x 76cm |
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E16"Reflections of 3801 in the Large Erecting Shop"
"The End" Departure of 3801 from the Large for the last time I can be briefly seen scampering into the shed at the end of this video. I then climbed on board for the 3801's last run to Robertson.
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| Painting 'Thomas the Tank Engine' in the 'Large Erecting Shop' at Eveleigh |
This steam locomotive is about 120 years old & no longer operational.
This was its first ever visit to Eveleigh.
It arrived at the 'Large Erecting Shop' from Thirlmere at about 1.30pm & departed for Central about 5am Monday 23rd August, so I had to work quickly!
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Painting 'Thomas the Tank Engine'
in the 'Large Erecting Shop' , Eveleigh 2010 oil on canvas 38 x 76cm By 5pm it was too dark to do any more painting, and lots of the shunters were gathered around to take photos of it. These photos of me, my painting and Thomas the Tank Engine are courtesy of one of my friends from the 3801, at the 'Large Erecting Shop'. The Governor General's carriage
On
17 May the carriage had its first run. In 1920 it was used by the Prince of
Wales, when he laid the foundation stone of Parliament House in Canberra. In 1927 it was used by the Duke and Duchess of York when they visited
Australia to open Federal Parliament. In
1954, it was used by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip during the royal
visit to Australia. In
1992 it was donated to the Powerhouse Museum, and now is housed at Thirlmere.  E121 'Engine Shop, Large Erecting Shop' 2017 oil on canvas 46 x 46cm
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Before it was used to store windows, this old office had been the headquarters of the 51⁄2 year restoration of 3830, which was carried out by a team of about 12 volunteers from the Powerhouse Museum and 3801 Limited.
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E127 'Windows, Interior of Large Erecting Shop, |
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| E119 'Ghost sign in the Large' 2017 oil on canvas 31 x 15cm |
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| The artist painting in the "Large Erecting Shop" |
Bay 1/2
Locomotive Workshop
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| "Massey air hammer- Bay 1/2" 2009 oil on canvas 61 x 46 cm |
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'Wrought Artworks' Field Day October 30th'
2010 oil on canvas 41 x 51 cm
Guido Gouvernor, blacksmith of 'Wrought Artworks' is in the centre next to the Massey Air Hammer. 'Wrought Artworks' gave a forging demonstrat
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| "Forge" 2009 oil on canvas 56 x 76 cm |
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"Blacksmith" 2010 oil on canvas 122 x 152 cm
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3 comments:
Terrific post.
Thanks Jim!
Nice images - this was my neighbourhood growing up and every day we heard the whistle blow to schedule the worker's breaks and leaving.
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