Building a Locomotive (1920) - Ipswich Railway Workshops

Produced during the 1920s by the department of education, this film walks us through the process of designing and constructing a train.

Copy produced by Queensland State Archives: http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/...

Optical Variable Area Negative: 1 reel of 1 (850 ft., 23min 45sec.) ,16 mm; Safety, sound (optical variable) / digital copy available

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Footage of the locomotive production line at Ipswich workshops. Film shows the production process from the drawing boards to the completed locomotive. Also contains interesting shots of: the old drawing office (now Rollingstock Office), laboratory, schedule office, patternmakers, foundry blacksmith, boiler shop, test pit, machine shop, and Westinghouse brake.