Islington Railway Workshops
The Islington Railway Workshops were the chief railway workshops of the South Australian Railways. It was established in 1883 and is still in operation today.[1]
Located in Adelaide's northern suburbs, it built many of the locomotives and items of rolling stock that served the South Australian Railways including:
- 1 Y class steam locomotives
- 78 T class steam locomotives
- 12 520 class steam locomotives
- 10 620 class steam locomotives
- 2 350 class diesel locomotives
- 34 500 class diesel locomotives
- 10 900 class diesel locomotives
- 18 Bluebird railcars
- 111 Redhen railcars
- 9 RL class diesel locomotives
During World War II, the workshops were involved in the construction of a number of armoured vehicles for the AIF, most notably the LP1, LP2, LP3 and LP4 series of armoured cars, based on Ford chassis; and the LP1 and LP2 Universal (Bren Gun) carriers.
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