Copy of a newspaper article from Weekender 24.4.1999 titled Warm Memories. Article is about the Bendigo Fire Brigade. Mentioned is George Ellis who has written a book on the history of the brigade to commemorate its 100th anniversary. They have has a good safety record. Also mentioned are some fires that occurred in Bendigo. They are The disused Lyric Theatre in July 1967 and April 1968; Campbell & Connolly April 1971; Bennetts Arcade 3 October 1974; Don West Electrical 27 April 1978; Killians Walk September 1987, The Bendigo Railway Station 23 December 1965, and The Advertiser Premises,29 July 1962. There is a photo with Les Rodda, Alan Ellis, George Flack and George Ellis with the book - Bendigo Fire Brigades 199 Years. There are two more photos, one of a some men standing outside a building and one of a truck (both are very dark).bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - bendigo fire brigade, bendigo advertiser weekender 24/4/1999, george ellis, arthur swanwick, les rodda, goninan railway workshops, lyric theatre, campbell & connolly, bennetts arcade, myer, national australia bank, don west electrical, killians walk, powneys newsagency, sacred heart cathedral, coles, mccalmans, the bendigo railway station, vin lapsley, the advertiser, alan ellis, george flack

Bendigo Advertiser Article re Goninan's Railway Workshops Bendigo dated 3.3.1998 - the article covers the period leading up to full privatisation of the Transport System.newspaper, bendigo advertiser

Folder - presentation white card - with printed gold front with large round tab on the right hand side, with the words "Goninan Quality" on the cover. Inside are papers: 1. Welcoming the members of the Australian Electric Traction Association - AETA - for a tour of the Preston Light Rail Facility on Friday 10 November 1995, including a very prelim sketch of a Hong Kong light rail vehicle, newspaper cuttings about overseas contracts for the Hong Kong - Kowloon Canton Railway. Includes notes on Howard Smith Company, the owner of Goninan at the time. 2 - Copy of Goninan News - No. 78, July / August 1995 - all locomotives. 3 - Pamphlet on Goninan - activities, Victoria operations - Double Deck train for Melbourne, Sprinter Rail Cars, City Circle Trams and Driver Only trams. Gives contact details. 4 - Press Release - about Goninan & Co being successful for the building of up to 120 locos for the National Rail Corporation - dated Thursday 5/10/1995.trams, tramways, goninan & co., light rail, hong kong, preston workshops, aeta, tours

The workshops were opened in November 1917 by the Victorian Railways. It opened in response to political pressures from provincial groups for decentralisation, with the Victorian Railways preferring the cheaper option of expanding the existing Newport Workshops in suburban Melbourne. Furthermore, unemployment had risen in both Bendigo and Ballarat due to a decline in mining operations. The main work carried out was repairs and maintenance of existing wagons and locomotives, however during 1919-22 thirteen new steam locomotives were also built - eight DD class (1033 - 1037, 1047 - 1049) and five A2 class (1078 - 1082). From the 1950s onwards, numerous steam locomotives were scrapped at the workshops. During the years immediately following nominal dieselisation in 1968, they were, at times, cutting up locomotives at the rate of one every two to three weeks. The workshops were also the site of the first VR brass foundry, which was transferred to Newport by the 1960s. Also, throughout 1965, VLX louvred vans were constructed at the workshops, at a rate of one a week. Other tasks included spring manufacture, construction of stainless steel footwarmers, and assembly of pantographs for electric trains, with a staff of 720 employed during 1966. By the 1980s, refurbishment work was also being carried out on Melbourne suburban electric multiple units. The 1980s were also a time of restructuring, and on the breakup of the Victorian Railways the workshops passed to the State Transport Authority and then the Public Transport Corporation. With privatisation the workshops were closed, with the loss of 262 jobs. In February 1996, the workshops were taken over by A Goninan & Co. In October 1999 the workshops were purchased by Great Northern Rail Services, with A Goninan & Co remaining as a tenant. In February 2001 A Goninan & Co vacated the site. The workshops were redeveloped in 2002 at a cost of $6.5 million - $4 million from VicTrack, $2 million from the State Government Regional Infrastructure Development Fund and $500,000 by the City of Greater Bendigo. The Bendigo Rail Workshops at North Bendigo are currently used by Southern Shorthaul Railroad to maintain broad gauge rolling stock for Pacific National, V/Line, Metro Trains Melbourne and CFCLA.Typed document. A4 page folded in half. On tan paper. Document pertaining to Bendigo V/Line workshops open day. Map on inside of folded page. Undated document.train, v/line, workshops, open day