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Newport Workshops: Downer Group and Siemens Rail

Newport Workshops is the main railway heavy repair and maintenance facility in Melbourne. The eastern side is occupied by EDI Rail and Siemens, while the older buildings in West Block are occupied by heritage operators Steamrail Victoria and 707 Operations. The East Block is used as storage by VicTrack. Photos include some from a tour of the EDI section featuring the locomotive, bogie and wheel shops.

Loco crankshaft

Monday 20 August 2007 1:28 PM
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View back down the engine shop

Monday 20 August 2007 1:22 PM
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Engine block without cylinder liners

Monday 20 August 2007 1:19 PM
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Roof of the engine shop

Monday 20 August 2007 1:18 PM
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Gear train end of the EMD 12-645 diesel engine for V/Line locomotive N452

Monday 20 August 2007 1:16 PM
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Finished V16 engine

Monday 20 August 2007 1:14 PM
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Engine blocks

Monday 20 August 2007 1:13 PM
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Looking down the engine shop

Monday 20 August 2007 1:12 PM
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Overlooking the fabrication shop

Monday 20 August 2007 1:11 PM
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Machined piece of metal on the fabrication shop floor

Monday 20 August 2007 1:10 PM
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Machine tools in the fabrication shop

Monday 20 August 2007 1:10 PM
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Machine tools in the fabrication shop

Monday 20 August 2007 1:08 PM
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Lathe in the fabrication shop

Monday 20 August 2007 1:08 PM
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Tractor hauls a trailer carrying a H set bogie

Monday 20 August 2007 1:07 PM
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Six road shed, three roads to the left used by Siemens Rail Services

Monday 20 August 2007 1:07 PM
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V/Line signage still in place out the back of Newport

Monday 20 August 2007 1:07 PM
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Siemens in the shed at Newport

Monday 20 August 2007 1:06 PM
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Siemens facility at Newport Workshops

Monday 20 August 2007 1:06 PM
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Siemens in the shed at Newport

Monday 20 August 2007 1:01 PM
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Elecrail Hitachi set 7M-1994T-225M-89M-1946T-99M with new Connex front stripes at Newport Workshops

Note the hole for the emergency kerosene marker light beside the LHS headlight

Monday 20 August 2007 11:34 AM
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Alstom Comeng M car stored by itself at Newport Workshops

Tuesday 22 May 2007 12:23 PM
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Alstom Comeng M car stored by itself at Newport Workshops

Tuesday 22 May 2007 12:04 PM
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Hitachi 23M being worked on beside the Williamstown line

Tuesday 22 May 2007 11:52 AM
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Y136 trundles around the workshops with the shunters float

Tuesday 22 May 2007 11:52 AM
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