Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops [PRG 341/66/1-18] • Photograph
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
Tour of works by new apprentices, 600 class locomotive being lifted prior to mounting on wheels, lift approx. 120 tons
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
Locomotive 526 'Duchess of Gloucester'
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
Press brake, Steel Car Shop, handle shape forming operations in mild steel - table length 15 ft. Load capacity 330 tons
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
Locomotive 520 under construction
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
Interior and exterior view of cafeteria car
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
Interior and exterior view of cafeteria car
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
Method of handling plates in steel car machine shop
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
Bevel wheel planing machine, motor shop
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
Exterior of electrical power & air compressor house
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
Receiving control panels, electric power & air compressor house
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
Bellis & Morcom air compressor (1926) capacity 1750 cubic feet /minute, horse power of motor 320, electric power & air compressor house, 2 in operation. According to a researcher, this is the compressor house that provided compressed air for the whole of Islington
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
Three throw hydraulic pump, Fielding & Platt, Gloucester, 1500 lbs/sq inch pressure
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
1,000 tons hydraulic press
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
6 foot radial drill, Asquith, heavy machine shop
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
Southern end of erecting shop. Wheel turning lathe to turn down the tyres on the narrow gauge wheels [according to a researcher]
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
Hydraulic wheel press 450 tons capacity, Fielding & Platt of Gloucester, wheel section
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
Extension of steel engineering shop showing extension to Light Machinery Shop (shop area 600 feet x 343 feet)
Photographs of SA Railways Islington engineering workshops
Crude oil storage tanks & pump house, capacity of tanks 17,500 gallons per tank, total capacity 52,500 gallons.