The Enfield Locomotive Depot was operated by the

New South Wales Government Railways The New South Wales Government Railways (NSWGR) was the agency of the Government of New South Wales that administered rail transport in New South Wales, Australia, between 1855 and 1932. Management The agency was managed by a range of diffe ...

Strathfield South Strathfield South is a suburb, in the Inner West of Sydney, Australia in the state of New South Wales, 13 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the Strathfield local government area. The area was historically part of ...

, Sydney. It was part of the Enfield Marshalling Yards, which covers a considerable area in the west of the modern suburb of Strathfield South. The site is now part of the Enfield Intermodal Logistics Centre.

History

The Enfield Locomotive Depot was the largest locomotive depot on the

' network, being located within the confines of Enfield yard. It would eventually comprise three roundhouses. The Enfield rail yard is in the suburb of Strathfield South, and was named after the former Municipality of Enfield, which governed this area between 1889 and 1949. The modern suburb of Enfield is some distance away to the east. With dieselisation, a new depot for diesel locomotives,

Delec Locomotive Depot Delec Locomotive Depot was an Australian locomotive depot purpose built for the servicing of diesel and electric locomotives by the New South Wales Government Railways opening in 1958. Its name is a portmanteau of the locomotive types it service ...

opened in 1958. As the steam era grew to a close, the depot gradually closed. In August 1969, the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum moved into Roundhouse 3. In 1973, the

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announced its intention to build a container depot on the site. The New South Wales Rail Transport Museum relocated to Thirlmere in 1975 with the roundhouses then demolished. The former depot is now part of the Enfield Intermodal Logistics Centre, a large rail-to-road container hub. Some remnants of the former depot are preserved on-site. The turntable from Roundhouse 3 was relocated to the Trainworks Railway Museum.Turntable
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References

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