Eveleigh Railway Workshops 'endangered': National Trust

The site is among three in New South Wales deemed by the National Trust as at risk of being lost forever, because of intensive land use and development.

Some of the largest surviving intact railway machinery, dating back to the steam era, is housed at the site.

Graham Quint is the NSW Deputy Conservation Director at the National Trust.

Mr Quint says the Trust considers the Eveleigh Workshops to be one of the finest industrial heritage items in Australia.

"The Workshops are one of the best surviving railway workshops in the world," he said.

"The workshops still contain some of the steam and diesel technology for producing and maintaining trains."

"To lose such a unique part of Sydney's railway history would be a tragedy."

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1900609.htm