3-554: The Williamstown Workshops was the first railway workshop operated by the Victorian Railways , located in the Melbourne inner western suburb of Williamstown . The workshops opened in 1858 in four or five temporary buildings at Point Gellibrand , for the assembly of engines and carriages imported from England for the first government owned railways in the state. Other buildings were soon added, with seven locomotives built there,
6-607: Is repaired. While often colocated with engine sheds to perform routine tasks as well as major repairs, in some countries separated concepts exist with railway workshops being specialized in major repairs and general inspections. In German-speaking countries, the generic names Werkstatt , or specifically in Austria Hauptwerkstatt , are commonly used, except for Germany , where railway workshops maintained by Deutsche Bahn are called Ausbesserungswerk or simply Werk . New Zealand This rail-transport related article
9-446: The first being number 100, a 2-4-0 passenger engine completed in 1872. As early as 1860 plans were made for new workshops but nothing came of these, until the 1880s when railway management described the workshops as inadequate and moves were made for new workshops at Newport . By 1889 the new shops were open, and Williamstown was closed. Railway workshop Railway workshops are railway facilities in which rolling stock
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