The Electric Carriage Workshops, often abbreviated to Elcar, was the principal maintenance centre for the New South Wales Government Railways electric multiple unit fleet. Construction commenced in 1922, coinciding with the electrification of the Sydney network. It was located within the Chullora Railway Workshops complex on a 106-hectare (260-acre) site.[1] It was not electrified until 1939 requiring carriages to be hauled to and from the works by steam locomotive.[2]
Elcar had a railway station that was served by worker's trains at shift changeover times.[3]
It closed in March 1994, when maintenance of CityRail's electric fleet was taken over by UGL Rail's Maintrain facility at Auburn.[4] The site has been redeveloped as the Chullora Resource Recovery Park.[5]
electric, carriage, workshops, often, abbreviated, elcar, principal, maintenance, centre, south, wales, government, railways, electric, multiple, unit, fleet, construction, commenced, 1922, coinciding, with, electrification, sydney, network, located, within, c. The Electric Carriage Workshops often abbreviated to Elcar was the principal maintenance centre for the New South Wales Government Railways electric multiple unit fleet Construction commenced in 1922 coinciding with the electrification of the Sydney network It was located within the Chullora Railway Workshops complex on a 106 hectare 260 acre site 1 It was not electrified until 1939 requiring carriages to be hauled to and from the works by steam locomotive 2 Electric Carriage WorkshopsLocationLocationMuir Road ChulloraCharacteristicsOwnerState Rail AuthorityOperatorCityRailHistoryOpened1920sClosed1994 Elcar had a railway station that was served by worker s trains at shift changeover times 3 It closed in March 1994 when maintenance of CityRail s electric fleet was taken over by UGL Rail s Maintrain facility at Auburn 4 The site has been redeveloped as the Chullora Resource Recovery Park 5 References edit Chullora Railway Workshops NSW Environment amp Heritage Oakes John 2001 Sydney s Forgotten Goods Railways Australian Railway Historical Society pp 85 87 ISBN 0 909650 54 3 Elcar NSWrail net Goninan s Maintrain Centre Officially Opened Railway Digest May 1994 page 9 Chullora Resource Recovery Park Sita Australia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Electric Carriage Workshops amp oldid 1181180166, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
