Photograph - RAILWAY COLLECTION: VARIOUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF BENDIGO RAILWAY STATION AND PEOPLE

Historical information

Bendigo railyards and workshops. Built in 1917 to take pressure off Newport and provide employment in Bendigo the workshops employed 720 at its peak. Closed in 1996, but reopened in 2003 to provide maintenance for current rolling stock.

Physical description

Various photographs of Bendigo Railway Station and people:
6858.1A Dimmy & Val, last trip. Man sitting inside diesel locomotive and woman standing outside on platform.
6858.1B Bendigo Locomotion yards, Dimmy Muldoon. Note railway workshops in background and contrast of diesel and steam locomotives.
6858.1C Fred Hillman & D. Bawden, 2006.
6858.1D Bendigo Locomotive Yards. Note gardens in foreground and steam locomotive and railway workshops in background.

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