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((Short description|Railway workshops in Midland, Western Australia))
((More citations needed|date=September 2014))
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The '''Midland Railway Workshops''' in [[Midland, Western Australia|Midland]], [[Western Australia]], were the main workshops for the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) for over 80 years.

==History==
The first railway workshops in [[Western Australia]] were located at [[Fremantle]]<ref>Hutchison, David (2004) ''The Railway Workshops in Fremantle'' pp 75–87 in ''Fremantle Studies'' Volume 3, ((Citation | author1=Fremantle History Society | title=Fremantle studies : journal of the Fremantle History Society | date=1999 | publisher=The Society | issn=1443-0800 ))</ref> and shifted to Midland in 1904.<ref>''Editorial on the decision by Parliament to remove the railway workshops from Fremantle to Midland'' [[The West Australian]], 6 Sept. 1895, p.4,</ref>

The Midland Railway Workshops were involved with all WAGR [[rolling stock]] and [[Locomotive|engine]] construction and maintenance. Steam engines continued to operate on mainline service until 1971, and all major maintenance occurred at the workshops.

==Workforce==
Generations of workers at the workshops had considerable numbers of European migrants who arrived in Australia with limited English language, and there were significant groups of Italian migrants in the workforce.

The workforce of the workshops had a rich history and, since closing, there have been projects to record oral history and collect information about the place and people involved.

==Closure==

In April 1993, the [[Richard Court]] Liberal State Government announced that the workshops would be eventually closed. A number of protests and rallies were held to save the workshops, but they were not successful.((citation needed|date=January 2020)) On 4 March 1994, the remaining workers assembled at the traditional workshops meeting area, the flagpole. Long-time employee and timekeeper, Kevin Mountain lowered the Australian flag for the last time, ending not only his career but 90 years of Western Australian railway history.

==Coal dam==
[[File:Midland Workshops Coal Dam, Western Australia.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Midland Workshops coal dam]]

Located at the far western end of the workshops site is a ((convert|200 by 50|m)) dam. Initially created as a [[reservoir (water)|storage dam]] for water supplies in the late 1890s, it was increased in size in 1947 for coal storage. A treatment plant built on the site in 1974 used the dam to discharge wastewater.

Development of the Woodbridge Lakes housing estate near the site prompted environmental studies of the [[heavy metals]] and sludge within the dam. The dam has been retained for its heritage value as a water feature, with some of the area comprising public open space.

==Memorial to Fallen Soldiers==
[[File:Midland Workshops Memorial, Western Australia.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Memorial to Fallen Soldiers]]

At the courtyard entrance to the workshops is a Memorial to Fallen Soldiers.  The memorial commemorates the 70 railway workers who enlisted from the workshops and died in [[World War I]]. It was unveiled in 1925.<ref>((citation |url=http://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b1679528_1|title=Unveiling ceremony of the Midland Junction railway workshops, offices and stores memorial to fallen soldiers, 20th December 1925|via=State Library of Western Australia|access-date=8 January 2019))</ref> A further 25 men who lost their lives in [[World War II]] were later added to the memorial. The figure of [[Pax (goddess)|Peace]] atop the memorial was the work of [[Pietro Porcelli]].

The memorial reads "In enduring commemoration of the loyalty devotion and sacrifice of workshop comrades who fell in the Great War 1914–1918. These our glorious dead. Erected by their fellow employees."

==Changes==
Recent years saw use of the workshops for a very limited period of time((snd))[[narrow gauge railway|narrow gauge]] access to the workshops from the main railway line was re-instated in mid-2004, and effectively ceased in late 2007. The [[Midland Redevelopment Authority]] (MRA) appears to have removed the workshops from any significant working rail heritage status.((citation needed|date=January 2020))

Until late 2007 the [[Rail Heritage WA|Australian Railway Historical Society]] had performed restoration work and housed part of their collection in the workshops.

[[South Spur Rail Services]] used to occupy several roads, in part due to their association with the [[Spirit of the West (train)|''Spirit of the West'']] restaurant train that was stabled in the workshops; they have since moved to an area closer to Bellevue and the Roe Highway overpass.

[[Transwa]] used the workshops for storage of the new ''[[Transwa Prospector|Prospector]]'' and ''[[Transwa Avonlink|Avonlink]]'' railcars during their trials. Likewise, [[Transperth]] used the workshops for storage of the new [[Transperth B-series train|B series railcars]] upon delivery from [[Queensland]] until [[bogie exchange]]s from [[standard gauge]] to narrow gauge could take place, at which time the cars were moved to either the [[Claisebrook railway depot|Claisebrook]] or [[Nowergup railway depot|Nowergup]] depots.

[[File:Midland Workshops, Western Australia.jpg|thumb|600px|center|Midland Railway Workshops yard model]]

Despite its disinterest in supporting working rail heritage to continue at the workshops, the MRA has produced an undated pamphlet that gives a brief overview of the workshops history, which is derived from various sources including the ''Midland Railway Workshops Site Conservation Policy'' of 1994 produced by Heritage and Conservation Professionals.<ref>''The History and Heritage of the Midland Railway Workshops'' (unpaginated, undated, published by the Midland Redevelopment Authority</ref>

The eastern end of the workshops site has already been developed into a bulky goods retail area and the Western Australian Police Operations Centre has incorporated the former Flanging Shop into their centre. The [[St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals]] also occupy a portion of the former workshops site.

The section of the workshop area to the east of the main railway buildings has been demolished to make way for projects which the Midland Redevelopment Authority has earmarked for further development. The main buildings in the middle of the workshop area remain.
[[File:Midland Workshops buildings from Greenmount Hill 2010.jpg|thumb|350px|Midland Railway Workshops from [[Greenmount Hill]]]]

==Heritage strategy==
In 2001 and 2004 the ''Heritage strategy for the Midland Central redevelopment area'' was produced by the Midland Redevelopment Authority.<ref>((Citation | author1=Western Australia. Midland Redevelopment Authority | author2=Heritage and Conservation Professionals | title=Heritage strategy for the Midland Central redevelopment area | date=2004 | publisher=Midland Redevelopment Authority | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/17635070 | accessdate=12 July 2013 ))</ref> It identified railway workshops' "zones of significance" and assessed and considered as important heritage items more than 40 structures and areas including:

* Chief Mechanical Engineer's Office
* Laboratory - chemical and metal testing
* Railway Institute
* Pattern Shop
* Tank Building/Pattern Store
* Power House
* Boiler House/Copper Shop
* Tarpaulin Shop/ Electrical Shop
* Block 1
* Block 2
* Block 3
* Gatekeepers Office
* Timekeepers Office
* Foundry
* Main Store
* Ambulance Building
* Tool Room
* Canteen
* Recreation Hall
* Plating Shop
* Copper Shop
* Weighbridge
* Sewerage system
* Elevated tank
* Hydraulic Accumulator
* Oil Store
* Paint Shop
* War Memorial and Garden
* Main Conduit
* Shunting Yard
* Underwater Coal Storage Dam
* Flagpole
* Compressed Air Tanks
* Supply Shed (1 and 2)
* Wells
* Panel Shop

==Rail heritage centre==
In 2004, the possibility of a railway heritage centre based in part of the workshops was investigated by the Midland Redevelopment Authority, following public meetings and consultation.  However, the possibility of such a centre was not followed.<ref>''A Rail Heritage Centre at the Midland Railway Workshops'', Proposal summary prepared by Midland Redevelopment Authority. Midland, W.A. Circa 2004.  The Steering Committee included members from the MRA, City of Swan, Swan Chamber of Commerce, and rail and heritage groups.</ref>

==Personnel==
[[George Alfred Julius]], inventor of the [[automatic totalisator]], was a premium [[apprentice]] here in the early years of the 20th century, before moving to [[Sydney]] and co-founding his own [[engineering]] partnership.

==References==
((reflist))

==Further reading==
* ((cite book
|editor1-last=Bertola 
|editor1-first=Patrick
|editor2-last=Oliver 
|editor2-first=Bobbie
|date=2006
|title=The workshops: a history of the Midland Government Railway Workshops
|location=Crawley, Western Australia
|publisher=University of Western Australia Press
|isbn=978-1-920694-83-8
))

==External links==
* ((Commons category-inline|Midland Railway Workshops))
* [http://www.railheritagewa.org.au/ Rail Heritage WA]

[[Category:Railway workshops in Western Australia]]
[[Category:Midland, Western Australia]]
[[Category:State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Swan]]
[[Category:Western Australian Government Railways]]
[[Category:Defunct railway workshops of Australia]]

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