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MORE THAN JUST A PLACE OF WORK A history of ’s Hillside Railway Workshops

Index A A. & G. Price 27,29,88,133,135,153 A. & T. Burt 64,76 Addington Railway Workshops (Addington) 9,12,14,15,18,19,20,24,26,27,28,29,35,36,46,48,63,64, 68,73,74,76,81,82,83,84,88,95,96,97,101,103,105,112,113 122,123,124,125,133,135,137,139,148,150,151,155,158, 169,171,189,191,193,198 Agnew, John 5 Aiken, Mary 164 Aiken, Stuart 5,145,164,194,218 Albany 52 Alexander, Charles 66,67 Alexandra 189 All Peoples Patriotic Appeal 126 Allen, James 60 Alliance Freezing Works 95 Alstom 179,182 Amalgamated Society of Engineers 17 Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of NZ (ASRS), see Rail & Maritime Transport Union America see USA Amos, Mr 7 ANZAC/Australian and New Zealand Army Corps 60,189 Armstrong, Alexander 11 Arrowtown 177 Arnold, James 48 Arthur Barnett department store 46 Arthurs Pass 94,95,101,128,129,132,137 Asia 210 Ashburton Railway and Preservation Society 39,132 Ashhurst 99 Asman, Ted 193 6,17,24,26,31,34,64,65,28,88,90,97,107,121,125,135,175, 176,177,181,183,185,195,196,199,203, 204,205,207,208 Auckland Farmers Freezing Company 35 Auckland Provincial Council 6 Auckland Regional Council 183 Auckland Regional Transport Authority 183 Auckland University 141 Australia/Australian/Australasia 107,123,148,168,175,182,185,187,204,210,215 Austria 61 Auto Court 213 Ava 5

B Babcock and Wilcox 11 Bacon, Bertram 52 Bachop, Cecil 5 Baden-Powell, Robert 53 Baltic States 113 164 Bannerman, Edward 57 Barclay, Alfred (A. R.) 54,55,66 Barker, Cecil 56,57 Barnett, John 55 Barnes, Jim 111,125 Barron, William 25,26 Barry, Colin 5 Bastings, H. 65 Bastings, Horace 25 Bateman and Stait 9 35 Beattie, Alfred 48 Beaufort, Mike 5,213 Beckett, John 5 Bedford, Harry 60 Belgium 59,89 Ben Lomond see ss Ben Lomond Benmore Power Station 193 Berkshire Partners 179 Best, C. E. 48 Best, Eric 101 Beyer Peacock 95 Bisset, Andy 203 Black, Bert 52,54 Black, George 52 Blenheim 129 Blind Institute 189 Bluescope NZ Steel - see New Zealand Steel Bluff 6,196 Boilershop Welfare Club 195 Boer 52,53,54,56 Booth Macdonald 139 Boos, Allen and Hamilton 171 Boyes, Andrew 59 Bracken, Thomas 25 Bradken 204,210,211,212,213,215 Britain/British/Great 7,11,15,16,19,20,21,27,33,35,36,41,52,53,54,55,56,60, 61,69,78,93,113,115,123,126,127,129,139,146,148,150, 155,178,183,184,199,202 British Rail 183,185 Brooks, Ted 169 Brouwer, John 5 Brown, Beverley 126 Brown, Henry 52 Brown, Morris 57 Brunner mine disaster 65 Burden, Albert 48 Burden, Mary 48 Burrow, Des 5,153,194 Burt, Jock 191 Burt, Michael 5 35,100,113 Business and Economic Research Ltd (BERL) 203,205,206 Butler, Jean 5,116,196 Butson, Wayne 5,206 C

Cabral, A. 111 Campbell, Joe 5 Campbell, Norman 196 Canterbury 21,25,37,123 Banks Peninsular 37,39 6 North Canterbury 20,41 South Canterbury 37,39 Canterbury Council 6 Canterbury Provincial Council 6,9,24 Canterbury Railway Society 21,28,37,39,89,91,95,99 Cardiff 121 Cargill, Clive 57 Cargill, William 9,57 64,160,160,197,209 ‘The Hillside End’ 160 ‘The Scotsman’s Grandstand’ 160 The Workshops End 160 Carncross, Walter 55 carriages general 18,19,183,184 A-class 19,20,36,37,39,97,28 AF-class 36,128 AK-class 198 AKC-class 198 AKV-class 198 EA-class 36,97 F-class (‘Brake vans) 18,22,36,39,97 Mark 2-class (British Rail) 183,184,185 SA-class 183,203 SD-class 183,203 SE-class 184 SEG-class 184 SEW-class 184 SW-class 184 SWG-class 184 SWS-class 184 SX-class 183 Carson, Eva 59 Carson, John 15,56,59,66 Catholic Church 66 Catlins 63,121 Cavanagh, Thomas 46 Caversham 15,46,57 Caversham Borough Council 46 Caversham Electorate 25,46,54,66 Caversham Fire Brigade 48 Caversham Project 18 Central 189,193 Central Otago Line 97,133,155,195 Central Otago Rail Trail 99 Chalmers, Bronwyn 196 Chalmers, Russell 5,197 Chamberlain, Joseph 55 Chambers, Eddie 190 Chambers, William 16 Chapman, Wilbur 67 Chicago 66 Chin, Peter 204 China/Chinese 126,148,189,204,205,206209 Mandarin 199 China Northern Railways (CNR) Corporation 204,205,206,207 China Relief Committee 126 Chisholm, R. 56 6,19,22,24,25,26,31,34,36,37,64,68,82,89,90,91,93,94, 95,97,101,128,129,132,137,148,175,191,193,196,198, 199,210,213,215 Christchurch Rail Station 9 Christie, John 5,203,205,210,217,218 Clark, Helen 185 Clark, James 59 Cleary, Henry 66 Clutha River 193 Clyde (Scotland) 180 Clyde Engineering of Australia 154 Clydesdale (rugby league player) 124 see TranzCoastal Coates, Gordon 68,73,121 Cold War 189 Cole, Mark 5 Coleman, Peter 129 Communist Chinese Revolution 189 Communist Party 107,180 Condon, M. C. 144,145 Connolly, Phil 126 Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) 204 Conyers, William 16,24,25,26 Coombs, J. 195 Corps of New Zealand Engineers 56 Coronation Celebrations Executive Committee 56 Corstorphine 143 Corstorphine House 120 Cousins, Ken 5 Cowan, Bill 5 cranes general 41,42 E-class 41,42 Craven, Cliff 103,115 Cromwell 189 Crossan, Donald 101,123 Crossley, Ada 16 Crosswell, Alfred 59 Cunliffe, David 214 Cullen, Michael 163,179 Curran, Clare 5,203,204,205,206,207,212,215,218 Currie, J. 56 Cutten, William 25

D Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Company 204 Dall, W 43 Daniels, David 59 Daniels, H 47 Dardanelles 57,59 Davis, Clive 5 Davis, W. 124 Dawson, Thomas 101 Deaker, Arthur 144 Deans, Malcolm 5 Denniston, G. L. 56 Depression see Great Depression Dix, Norman 5 Dodds, Nurse 126 Donaldson, Grant 203 Dougherty, Dave 114,122,197 Dougherty, Lorna 114,124,197 Doug Jenkins Engineering 177 Douglas, Thomas 5,59 Doyle, Martin 5,211 Drury 6 Dunbar, Henry 101 Dunedin 6,11,15,16,17,22,23,24,25,26,31,36,43,45,46,48,52,53,54, 55,57,61,62,64,65,68,73,76,82,83,88,89,90,97,101,104, 115,118,123,124,126,129,133,135,137,139,145,148,153, 158,166,175,177,180,185,189,194,201,202,203,204,205, 207,209,210,211,213,214,215,217,218 electorate 25,48,66 Dunedin City East electorate 25 Dunedin Drainage and Sewerage Board 63 Dunedin North electorate 174,203 electorate 18,26,48,203 Dunedin West electorate 278 Dunedin Chamber of Commerce, see Otago Chamber of Commerce Dunedin City Council 8,125,126,132,158,203,206 Dunedin Civil Service Harrier and Amateur Athletic Club 64 Dunedin Engineering Company 121 Dunedin Group 203,204 Dunedin Highland Rifles 52 Dunedin Hospital (Public) 101,197 Dunedin Operatic Society 56 7,9,42,48,56,121,132,194 76,99,113,153 Dunedin- Line 7,8 Dunedin and Port Chalmers Railway Company 6 Dunedin and Christchurch 24 Dunedin Telephone Exchange 125 Dutton, Daniel 63

E Earnsclaugh gold dredge 193 Earnshaw, William 66 Earnslaw see tss Earnslaw East Taieri 197 East Town Railway Workshops 9,19,42,73,82,155,158,171 EB’s Engineering Solutions 205 Eckhoff, Bert 123,124,128 Edward VII 56 Electrical-Multiple-Units (EMUs) 203,204,205 Electricity Corporation of New Zealand 178 Emergency Precautions Scheme 112 England/English, see Britain English, Bill 211 Evans, Cyril 95 Evans, Sydney 52,53,66 Evansdale 121 Evening Star Building 125 Expeditionary Force 57 First Expeditionary Force 56,57

F Fairlight 134 Farrant, Dick 23,62 Fay Richwhite & Company 179 Fay, Sam 69,73,82 Feilding 89 Feilding and District Steam Rail Society 89,158 Fenby, Dave 83,103 Fenwick, David 212 Fergusson, Jimmy 167 Ferrymead 6,37,39,91,95,99,153 Ferrymead Heritage Park, see Canterbury Railway Society Ferrymead Trust 95 Findlater, A. 111 Firman, G 111 First Railway Pioneer Volunteer Company 56,57 First Expeditionary Force see Expeditionary Force First World War 33,51,56,61,88,101,106,124 Fish, Henry 18,26 Fisher & Paykel 158 Fitzgerald, J. 160 Fitzpatrick, Thomas 59 Fogarty, Jim 5,43,103,128 Forbury Park 65 Fort Britomart Railway Workshops see Newmarket Railway Workshops Founders Historic Park 31 Frampton, L. A. 111 France/French 59,61,125,175,193,199 Franco, Francisco 126 Frankton (Junction) 28,93,135 Frankton Arm 43 Frood, John 59

G Gallaher, J. B. 140 Gallipolli 57 Peninisular 57 Gamble, John 168 Gamble, Keith 168 Gamble, Kevin 5,151,168,173,197,215 Gamble. Tony 168 Gandell, Alan 148,167 Gardiner, Colin 59 Garland, Daniel 5 Garrison Hall 56 Garthwaite, William 47 Gates, B. de B. 79 Geddes, Taylor 173 General Electric 168 Genesis Energy 181 George, Johnny 141,142,143,144 Germany/German 33,61,126,199 Gillam, Harry 172 Gillespie, Allan 191 Gisborne 9,28,29 Gisborne line 31 Gisbourne-Motuhora branch line 28 Gisborne City Vintage Railway Society 28 Glasgow 35,76,96,126 Glass, Ivan 187 Glenbrook 34,91,129,132,158,181 Glenbrook Vintage Railway, see Railway Enthusiasts Society Goatham, Lorna 189 Godber, Percy 122 Goldman, Phil 129 Goodman, Thomas 52 Gordon, Peter 158 Government Buildings 187 Government Railway Employees’ Sick Benefit Fund 102 Graham, C. J. 15,118,119,120 Grand Tapawera Railway Society, see Grant, Cyril 142 Great Britain see Britain Great Depression 83,101,104,105,106,108,109,114 Greater Regional Council 184 Green Island 7,115 Green island Competition Society 189 Green Island Rifles 52 Green Party 214 Green, M. W. 25 Greenway, Jeff 191 6,9,15,28,35,39,46,73,133,135,137,198 Grigg, George 16 Guthrie and Little 139 Guthrie, ‘Labourer’ 46

H Hall, R. W. 118 Hall-Jones, William 48 Halsey, William 59 Hamilton, E. F. 139 Hand, Robert 59 Hannah, C. W. 111 Hannah, W. 165 Hannan, Jack 107 Hansford, George 189 Hapuka 99 Harris, Alan 180 Harris, Duncan 64 Harris, J 196 Harris, Lyn 5,168,195,215 Harrison, P 139,140 Harwood 42 Hastings, Harris 62,66 Hauck, Rebecca 5,196,202,215 Hawke’s Bay 29 Haydon, Alfred 59 Hayward, Trevor 167 89 Heath, Eric 4 Heazlewood, L. 122 Hebbard, Gilbert 102 Henderson, John 142 Henry, Ted 168 Highcliff 110 Hill, Len 107 Hill Billy Band see Hillside Hill Billy Band ‘Hillside’ (home) 9 ‘Hillside’ (horse) 52 Hillside Ambulance Corps, see Hillside Railway Ambulance Division Hillside Apprentices’ Club 193 Hillside Boxing Club 191 Hillside Brass Band 63 Hillside Cash Purchasing Association 196 Hillside Chess Club 63 Hillside Engineer Guards, see First Railway Pioneer Volunteer Company Group 179,198 Hillside Ex-Servicemen’s Association 189 Hillside Health Clinic 139,140,144 Hillside Hill Billy Band 189 Hillside Baseball Club 124 Hillside Indoor Basketball Club, see Hillside Men’s Basketball Club Hillside Indoor Bowling Club 190 Hillside Male Choir 189,195,196 Hillside Men’s Basketball Club 143,190 Hillside Orchestra 63 Hillside Peace Committee 189 Hillside Picnic Committee 64,121,195 Hillside Railway Ambulance Division 23,53,54,64,101,102,139,140,143,144,145,121,189,190,195 Hillside Railway Employees Sick Benefit Society 23,24 Hillside Railway Workshops (Hillside) 9,10,13,14,15,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,31,33,34,35,36,39,40,41,42,43,44,46,48,50, 52,53,54,55,56,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,68,67,69,73,76,78,79,80,81,82,83,88,89,90,91,93,94,95,96,97, 99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,120,121,122,124, 125,126,127,129,132,133,135,137,139,140,141,144,145,146,147,148,150,151,153,154,155,156,158, 160,162,163,164,165,166,167,168,169,170,171,172,173,174,175,176,177,178,180,181,182,183,184, 185,186,187,188,189,192,193,194,196,197,198,199,201,202,203,204,205,206,208,209,210,211,212, 213,214,215,216,217,218 accidents/injuries 23,24,25,46-47,56,101,139,141-145,165,166,187,197 apprentices/apprenticeships 9,13,14,15,16,17,46,48,50,51,57,83,102,103,104,105, 107,111,112,114,117,118,122,124,125,126,128,139,141, 143,145,151,153,166,167,168,169,172,173185,190,193, 194,196,197,202, buildings 10,11,73,74,76,112,172 carriage construction, see also individual carriage classes 18,19,20,36,97,185,198,199,203,207 carriage repairs 9,10,11,18,22,48,73,181,183,185,198,211 closure 173,176,196,205,211,213 construction of 9,10,11 cranes 13,41,42,78 cultural activities 62 development of (redevelopment) 10,11,13,22,44,45,46,77,78,122 ‘doing foreigners’ 43,192-193 employment in 11,14,15,16,25,66,82,106,108,127,139,147,158,185,217 fatalities 48,56,101,140,141-145,165,203 female staff 114,169,202 fires 48,102,188 foremen 15 fundraising/subscription list 23,24,52,52,55,56,57,59,60,61,62,63,65,126,158,195,196 growth of 10,11,14,24,46,110,147,148 hobby groups 63 housing 83 humour 189,194 industrial relations 16,17,18,45,46,48,50,51,61,80,81,114,164,169,173,187, 206 inquiries into 48,49,51,69 land 8,9,13,110,117,171,213 location of 9,73, locomotive construction, see also individual locomotive classes 29,33,73,78,81 locomotive overhauls and repairs 73,148,211 machinery 11-13,78,79,81 managers/management 15,81,81,140,168 names 9 non-railway work 22,26,42,43,101,106,109,113,139,158,177,178,186,187, 201 opening of 6,9 overview of 84-87, 148-149 politics 154 prosecutions 193,196 railway lines 13 redundancies 17,73,104,105,172,180,197,207,208,212,213,214,215,216 religion 66-67 reorganisation of 8,16,32,73,76,80,81,82,83,101,104,105,106,113,117,162, 163,171,172 reports on 73,162,163 rivalry with Addington 24,25,26,27 safety 23,101,139,140,165,166,187 ‘Save Hillside’ campaign 208,209,210 social activities 63,117,118,124,126,196,197 sporting activities 64,122,123,124,125,190,191,193 spot-welding machine 79 ‘sweating’ 48,51 tradesmen 15,105 transfers 16,48,81,82 vandalism 146 wagon construction, see also individual wagon classes 18,21,36,40,50,51,101,146,155,171,174,179,181,182, 199,203,206,207,214 wagon repairs 9,10,11,18,22,45,69,146,158,171,208,211 wartime work 111,112,114 wheels and axles 22,46 workforce 14,105,114,173,185 working conditions 10,11,22,23,45,46,48,49,50,69,80,81,108,114,119,140, 145,146,166,187 working hours 16,114 workshops 11,13,14 Workshops Redevelopment Working Party 162-163 Hillside Railway Workshops Concert Orchestra 120 Hillside Railway Workshops Fire Brigade 48,57,64,102,121 Hillside Railway Workshops Library 62,63,65,118,121,189,197 Hillside Returned Services Association, see Hillside Ex-Servicemen’s Association Hillside Rifle and Carbine Club 64 Hillside Savage Club 190 Hillside Social Hall see Social Hall Hillside Table Tennis Club 191 Hillside Workshops Apprentices’ Club 124 Hillside Workshops Cricket Club 64,124 Hillside Workshops Festival Committee 194 Hillside Workshops Presentation Club 195 Hillside Workshops Social Committee 118 Hislop, Trevor 5 Hocken, Thomas 63 Hodgson, Pete 203 Hogg, Robert 52 Holder, Henry 50, 51 Holland, Sid 109,146 Holmes, W 115 Hooper, Oswald 141,144 Horn, J 118 Hoskins, E. L. 43 Hostick, Les 97 hotels/pubs 43,52,64,66,115,191 Houston, Darryl 5 Howard, F. W. 111 Howarth, E. E. 111 Humphries, ‘Popeye’ 19 Hungary/Hungarian 164 Huntly 35,181 Hutchings, George 66 Line 89 Hutt South (Electorate) 203 Hyde, Kevin 172

I Ian Welch Locomotive Trust see Welch, Ian Ingram, Les 5,185,203,216 Ingram, Sam 51 Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand 174 6,9,39,48,64,126,128,129,132,134,139,177,190 Invercargill Railway Workshops 64,73,81,124 Iron Rolling Mills 11,33 Ironworkers’ Association 17 Irving, T. W. 111 Italy 126,178

J J. Speight & Co. 65 Jackson, George 107 Jamieson, Jim 107 Jamieson, Philippa 207 Jane Williams 44 Japan/Japanese 65,112,116,148,158,204,199 John McGregor and Company 43 Johnston, Mr 25 Johnston, Mr (Works manager 1926) 80 Johnston, Walter 7 Johnstone, Kane 209 Johnstone, Skye 209 Johnstone, Stuart 209,214 Jones, Arnold 166 Jones. Lionel 139 Jowett, Kevin 135 Jowett, Paul 135 Joyce, Stephen 203,204,205,206,209

K 19 99,128,129,132 Kaiser Wilhelm 61 Kawerau 181 Kearney, Kevin 5,185,201 Kearns, Dave 203 Kelly, Jim 5,180,203,207 Kenn, J. T. 111 Kennelly, Sister 144 Key, John 205,211 Kensington (‘The Flat’) 9,10,22,26 Kimberley 52 King, Matt 5 King, Murray 5 King, Terry 141,142,144 King Edward Technical College 103,151,89 Kingston 43,134 39,99,113,133,134,137,148 Kinleith 181 Kitchener, Herbert 53,60 KiwiRail 198,199,201,203,204,205,206,207,208,210,211,212, 213,214,215,216 Korea 175,204 Korean War (K-Force) 116,189 Kruger, Paul 53

L Labour Department 23,166 Labour Government 108,109,171,179,214 Labour-led Government 198,203 Labour Party 107,179,214 Ladysmith 53 Lake Logan see Otago Harbour Lake Waihola 64 Lake Wakatipu 43,44,134 Lamb, Alexander 101 Lancaster Park 64 Lawson, Henry 62 Lawson, Thomas 46 Liberal Government 18,66 Lilburne, Herbie 123,124 Linwood depot 31,89,95,210 Lloyd, J. L. 111 Locomotive Engineers’ Association, see Rail and Maritime Transport Union locomotives general 18,27 Josephine and Rose see E-class A-class 135 AB-class 88,91,95,133 B-class 22,35,36,96 BA-class 96,97 C-class 90,155 DA-class 154 DG-class 154,155 Dl-class 169 DSC-class 150,151,153,155 E-class 7,22,158 F-class 22,35 FA-class 35 FB-class 35 , see G-class G-class 95,101,155 J-class 36,127 JA-class 127,128,133,137,139,155 K-class 22,91,93,95 KA-class 91,93,94,113,127,155 KB-class 91,94,95,113,127,155 L-class 35,88,90,155 LA-class 35 O-class 22 Q-class 97 R-class 22 TR-class 153,155 UB-class 97 W-class 28,88,90 WA-class 28,29,36,155 WAB-class 88,89,133,155 WE-class 35,36 WF-class 28,29,31,46,90,155 WG-class 28,31,33,155 WS-class 88,155 WW -class 28,31,33,34,88,155 X-class 137 Logie, J. 56 Logan Park 8 London 190 Lonie, J. J. 111 Lorenz, D. C. 111 Lowden, Bob 52 Lumsden 134 Lynde, Gilbert 83,118 Lynx 186 Lyttelton 6,90,133,148,158,176,181 Lyttleton Tunnel 6 Port Hills 6

M Macandrew, H. 56 Macandrew, James 24 MacDonald, R. J. 111 Maciulaitis, David 5 Mackie, James 23 MacKinnon, Bill 105 McAlpine, John 148 McCallum, T. D. 111 McClare, Graeme 5 McClare, Jack 128 McDermid, Hugh 8 McDonald, ‘Piper’ 191 McEwan, William 118 McIndoe, S. 165 McIntosh, C. N. 144 McKersey, George 144 McKinlay, Lisa 202 McLauchlan, Peter 5 McLellans 121 McLeod, A. J. 111 McLeod, Alexander 121 McNaught, Reid 5 McNulty, V. J. 111 McQueen, Euan 5 Macraes 201 Mafeking 53 Maiharoa, Harry 193 Maher, J. 122 Mainline Steam Heritage Trust 93,95,97,129,132,151,158 Major, Lloyd 205 Makarewa 6 Malayan 141 Malaysian Emergency 116 Mallard, Trevor 203 Manawatu 89,153 Manchester 95 Mandeville 41,76 181 Manorburn Dam 193 Mapua 196 Marston, Jack 107 Martin, James 23 Massey, Mr (PM) 46 184 Matamata 177 Matahina Tramway 35 Mataura 103,104 Matheson, Ian 15 Mathie, John 52,54 Matthewson , W.G. 56 153 Meehan Twins 119 Meek, Don 5,114,145 Melbourne 65,125 Melrose, G. E. 111 Melville, Colin 46 Melville, Don 64 Mellor, Mike 5 Mercer, Andrew (Mayor) 7 Mercer, Andy (carpenter) 123 Merton 56 Middlemarch 195 Midland Line 6,94,95,128,158 Millar, John 27,48,49,51,56 Millar, Sean 128 Millar, William 16 Millers Mechanical 158 Mission Bush 156 Mitchelson, Edwin 26 Milton 195 Monk, Leonard 23 Morgan, Cable & Co 7 Morison, Andrew 5 Mornington 62 Morrison, H. 111 73,177,202 Motorbodyscan New Zealand 177 Mountaineer 43 Muldoon, Rob 107 Mulligan E. J. 56 Mundie, A. 65 Museum of Transport and Technology 33 Mussel Bay see Otago Harbour Myers, Arthur 64 Myers Cup 64,124

N Napier 9,19,29,73 National Council for the Reclamation of Waste Materials 113 National Council of Women 53 National Government 146,158,171,179,205 National–led Government 203,205 National Party 125,179,212,214 National Patriotic Fund Board 113 National Railway Museum of New Zealand 153 National Safety Association of New Zealand 165 National Union of Railway Workers, see Rail and Maritime Transport Union National Union of Railwaymen of New Zealand, See Rail and Maritime Transport Union Nelson 21,31,99 Nelson City Council 31 Nelson line 29 Nelson, Dave 5,139,151,173 Nelson Railway Society 20,21,31,99 9 New South Wales 183 New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition 97 New Zealand Asbestos Disease Association 166 New Zealand Combined Union of Railway Employees, see Rail and Maritime Transport Union 214 New Zealand Forest Products 181 Railways (NZGR), see Railways Department New Zealand Harbour Workers’ Union, see Rail and Maritime Transport Union New Zealand Peace Council 189 New Zealand Rail Limited 171,177,178,179,180 Line 171 Railfleet 171 Rail Freight 171 Railnet 171 Rail Passenger 171 Rail Technology 171 New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 88 Auckland Branch, see Railway Enthusiasts Society Canterbury Branch, see Canterbury Railway Society Otago Branch, See Otago Railway and Locomotive Society Branch 97,132,135 Wellington Branch, see New Zealand Railway Battalion 111 New Zealand Railway Corps 56 New Zealand Railway Engineers (Railway Battalions of) 56 New Zealand Railway Transvaal War Relief Fund 52 New Zealand Railways (NZR), see Railways Department New Zealand Railways Corporation 171,172,174,175,176,177,179,197,198 New Zealand Railways Staff Railways Trust 189 New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition 97 New Zealand Steel Company 156,175,181 Newmarket Railway Workshops, see also Fort Britomart and Otahuhu Railway Workshops 9,15,19,33,35,50,64,68,73,101,124 Newton, Becky 202 Newton, George 17 Ngakawau 181 Niven, Brian 5 Niven, Rowena 139,140 148,210 North British Locomotive Company 127,128 Main Trunk Line 6,29,93,95,97 Norton, Ralph 67 199 Noy, Henry 101

O O’Callaghan, E. D. 111 O’Gorman, Jack 144 O’Leary, Mary, see Aiken, Mary Oakley, David 5 Oamaru 36,88,89,99,129,132,133 Oamaru Steam and Rail Restoration Society 99 , see Otago Railway and Locomotive Society OceanaGold 201 35 35,88,137 Oliver, Lorna, see Dougherty, Lorna Oliver, Richard 22,25 Olssen, Erik 18 Omakau 189 Onekaka Iron and Steel Company 83 Ontrack (ONTRACK) 179,182,198,199 Otago 6,25,28,48,64,96,123,209 Otago Chamber of Commerce 24,83,199,203 Otago Early Settlers Museum, see Toitu Otago Settlers Museum Otago Harbour 6,64 Anderson’s Bay Road 8 Lake Logan 8 Logan Park 8 Mussel Bay 7,8,9 North Otago 99 Pelichet Bay 8 Peninsular 42,64,110 Otago Harbour Board 13,139 Otago Iron Rolling Mills 83 Otago Men’s Basketball Association 190 Otago Model Engineering Society 153 Otago Patriotic and General Welfare Association 59 173 Otago Provincial Council 6,7,8 Otago Railway and Locomotive Society 37,39,41,113,132 Otago Rugby Footlball League 123 Otago St John Ambulance 190 Otago University 23 Otago Workers’ Educational Association 121,189 Otahuhu Railway Workshops (Otahuhu) 33,73,76,81,82,83,95,105,107,112,124,139,148,155, 158,171,175,198 Otaki 93 Otakou 64 39 Otira Tunnel 6,39,137,148 Outram 64,126 Oxford 20,37,99,100

P 93,132 Society 113 Pahiatua RailwayStation 113 Palmer, Noel 151 Palmerston 63 Palmerston Social Club 63 29 Papakura locomotive depot 33 Parliament Public Petitions Committee 16 Railways Committee 46,51 Parnell 97,129,132 Parsons, Roger 5,165,195,196,202,213 Paterson, J. 53,54 Pearce, Ernie 191 Pearl Harbor 112 Peat, R. A. H. 111 Peking (Beijing) 189 Pelichet Bay see Otago Harbour Penny, Stuart 5,196 Pepperell, Tony 5 Peterkin, T. A. 63 Peterson, S. 122 Railway Workshops, see also Woburn Railway Workshops 9,15,19,31,35,36,64,68,73,97,103,122,125 Picton 6,9,19,29,198 Picton (Mechanical Repair Depot) 207 Pilcher, E. G. 6,7 Pilkington, John 57 Pimley, Bill 46,66 Pinnacle Steel 213 Plains Vintage Railway and Historical Museum, see Ashburton Railway and Preservation Society Pleasant Point Museum and Railway, see Pleasant Point Railway and Historical Society Pleasant Point Railway and Historical Society 37,39,113 Plimmerton 151,158184 Pollock, A. R. 56 Porter-Allen horizontal engine 11 Polson, George 23 Port Chalmers 7,13,158,194,195 Port Chalmers Borough Council 7 Port Chalmers Dock Workshop 7,13 Prebble, Bill 5 Presbyterian Church ((Presbyterian) Free Church of Scotland) 9,16,67,73 preservation groups, see also individual groups Pretoria 52,54 Price, Sandy 5 Prosser, Richard 206 Public Petitions Committee 23 Public Works Department 6,11,29 Public Works Office 7 Pukemiro 100 Pukemiro Line 35,100,103 Punakaiki 39 Purchas, Gareth 5

Q Quaid, Charlie 123 Queen Victoria 54 Queensland Rail 183 Queenstown 43,44,177 Quinn, Jim 203,205,209,210

R Rakaia Huts 37 Rail and Maritime Union (RMTU) 9,17,51,60,63,105,106,107,108,114,121,126,144,146,148, 158,165,169,180,187,189,192,196,203,204,205,206,207 ,208,212,214,216 Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand 21,28,153 Railway Battalions of the New Zealand Railway Engineers 56 Railway Board 122 Railway Commissioners (Commissioners) 6,16,17,18 Railway Corps see Corps of New Zealand Engineers Railway Enthusiasts Society 20,33,34,91,93,97,113,129,135 Railway Officers’ Institute, see Rail and Maritime Transport Union Railway Road Services 143 Railway Trades Association, see Rail and Maritime Transport Union Railway Tradesmen’s Association (RTA), see Rail and Maritime Transport Union RTA Apprentice Tool Fund 196 railway workshops, see also individual workshops 7,9,15,16,24,26,27,35,36,41,46,56,61,64,68,69, 79,82,83,102,106,109,110,112,113,117,122,124, 129,139, 146,148,155,158,162,163,166,171,172,173,176193,196, 206,210 railways apprenticeships 15,101 classification system 16,66 commission of inquiry 69,73,105,139 control of 6,16 development of 6,7,68,108,117,171,172 employment in 7,27,61,73,146,162,167,171,172,179,207,210 freight services 112,171 government policies towards 6,7,27,26,68,69,73,104,105,106,108,158,171,174,179, 206,211,214,217 Government Railways Employee’s Sick benefit Fund see Government Railways Employee’s lines, see also individual lines 6,12,13 passenger services 112,171 rolling stock (general) 7,10,13,14,17,18,22,26,27,42,73,112,155,171,174,176, 179,203,205,206,207, 208,214,216 traffic 7,112 protection of 106,109,171,175 social role of 7,108,167 Railways Department (Railways, Department) 6,15,16,22,28,27,28,29,31,33,34,35,43,44,46, 48,51,52,60,61,62,63,64,66,68,73,78,80,81,83,88,90,91, 94,95,96,97,101,102,103,104,105,111,112,117,118,119, 121,125,127,128,129,133,135,139,143, 144,146,148,153, 154,160,162,163,165,167,171,179,189,192,193,194,197 Railways Department Signals Branch 20 Railways Centennial Exhibition 21 Ranfurly Veteran’s Home 65 Rangitata 21 Raven, Vincent 69,73,82 Ravenwood, Henry 59 Ray, Lionel 196 Reagan, Mike 5 Red Cross 126 Reid, John 101 Reid, John (moulder) 141,144 Reid, Norman Zachariah 193 Reidy, Maurice 196 Renz, Robert 52 Rewanui Incline 33 Richardson, Edward 7,9,10,11 33,35,153 Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust 153 Riverton 37 Robbie, Jim 42 Roberts, Frederick 53 Roberts, Shane 186 Robertson, J. T. 17 Robertson, Michael 186 Robinson, Guy 5,173,217 Robinson super heaters 33 Robinson, V. G. 111 Robson, Stephen 5 Rodger, Stan 174 Ronayne, T 48,51 Ronault 195 Roslyn electorate 25 Ross 35 Rotorua 158,190 Rotorua Ngongotaha Railway Trust 158 Rotheram, T. 14 Roxburgh hydro dam/ Power Station 193 Royalty 27,,101,137 Royal New Zealand Air Force 112 Russia/Russian 60,61 Rutherford, Robert 46,51 Ryan, Timothy 59

S Sailors’ Dependants’ Relief Fund 60 Samoan Expeditionary Force 57 Saunders, Alfred 22 Sayers, Ross 176 Schlaadt, Clemmens 140,141 Schofield, Thomas 47 Schmidt super heaters 33 Scotland 139,196 Scott, Alfred 58,59 Seacliff 64 Seacliff Asylum Club 64 Seaview 34,91 Second World War 20,29,111,113,114,115,124,125,126,135,139,146,155,189 Seddon, Dick 16,55,108 SGS New Zealand 213 Shacklock, John 56 Shadbolt, Sister 126 Sharp Stewart & Company 35,96 Sherriff, D. J. 103 Sidey, Tom (T. K.) 46,49,118,120 Silver Stream Railway 34,41,90,91 Simon, Ann 5,172,173,196 Simpson, Herbert 59 Simpson, Robert 65 Sims, A. 196 Simon, Ann 5 Sinclair, Don 177 Sinclair, John 5 Sinclair, Roy 5 Skeggs, Marie 175 Skycity 205 Small, Francis 179 Smith, Allison 22,25 Smith, Charles 165 Smith, ‘Gunboat’ 191 Smith, J. C. 46 Smith Jean, see Butler, Jean Smith, Louis 46 Smith, Matt 195 Smith, Oscar 141,142,144 Smith, Roger 5 Social Hall (Hillside) (the hall) 63,64,101,117,118,119,120,122,124,189,190,191,193, 194,197 Socialist Unity Party 107,164 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 43 Sofinisky, Vsevolod 107 Solid Energy 181 South Africa 52,53,55,56,123,185,189,215 South African (Boer) War 52-56,65 South African Republic (Transvaal) 52 Orange Free State 52 South China Locomotive and Rolling Stock Company 204 South City Businessmen’s Association 173 South Dunedin 15,37,144,164,173,217,218 South Dunedin Electorate 46 South Dunedin Fire Brigade 48 South Dunedin Presbyterian Church Mutual Improvement Society 63 South Dunedin Town Hall 63 Limited 133 South Island Main Trunk Line 6,7,8,9,13,24,25,36,128 Southdown Freezing Works 35 Southland 22,37,95,103,201,205,206 Eastern Southland 41 Northern Southland 134 Southland Electric Power Board 103 Southland Provincial Council 6 Soviet Union 113 Soviet Union Socialist Unity Party 107 Spain/Spanish 126,204 Spanish Civil War 126 Spencer, John 205,211 Spidy, E. T. 80,118 sport clubs 64 Springfield 158 Springfield-Arthurs Pass section 95 ss Ben Lomond 44 St Clair Beach 65 St John Ambulance Association 23,101 St Kilda 15,118,125 St Kilda Band 61 93,132 SteamRail Wanganui 42,113 Steele, J. W. 56 Stewart, Bill 92 Stewart, Downie 12 Stewart, Graham 5 Stewart, Les 5 Stinson, G. R. 111 Stratham, Charles 121 Stuart and Chapman 35 Sturgeon, A. V. 111 Sullivan, Dan 108,109,127 Sundaram, Radha 141 Swann, George 59 Sweet, Robert 5 Sydenham 26

T Taieri/Plain 55,64,73 Railway, see Dunedin Railways Taieri Model Club 39 Taihape 88,93,95 Tangiwai 93 Tapp, Robin 186 Taranaki 31 Tasker, Frederick 101 Tasker, Noel 189 Tasmania/Tasmanian 29,187 Tasmanian Government Railways 29,176 TasRail 176 Tate, Robin 107 Tatton, Warren 5 Taumauranui 88 Tauranga 181 Port of 176,181,209 Taverner, William 118 Te Awamutu Railway Museum, see New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, Waikato Branch Te Kuiti 95 Templeton, Samuel 23 Territorial Force/Territorials 57,59 Terry, Trevor 5 Texas 202 Thames 27,29 Thomas, A. S. 64 Thomson, G. D. 111 Thomson, James 126 Thomson, M. G. 63 36,89,137,181 Tinwald 39 Tiroti 99 Titchener, H. E. 56 Tiwai point Aluminium Smelter 201,205 Todd, J. W. 16 Toitu Otago Settlers Museum 132,158 Toll Holdings 179,180,181,199,201 Toll NZ 179 Torrey, Reuben Dr. 66,67 Totalisator Agency Board (TAB) 196 trade unions, see also individual trade unions 27 Transport Engineering Equipment Liason Business Group 171 Transtec Engineering Hillside 171 Transvaal 53,55 Holdings 179,180,181,182,183,186,187,198,210 Tranz Rail Hillside 179 TranzAlpine 198 TranzCoastal 198,199 Tremain, Garrick 5 Trompetter, Robert 5,134 Trout, Elena 203 tss Earnslaw 43,44 Turei, Metiria 203 Turkey 57,61 Turner, Dave 5 Turvey, Charles 65 Turvey, Marion 65 Twopenny, Richard 63

U Union Steam Ship Company 126 United Kingdom 5,210 of America (United States) 7,19,66,67,76,93,97,112,124,129,171,175,177,178,179, 202 Unemployed Relief Works Association 65 89,153,184

V Veitch, Bill 106 Victoria University 187 Vogel, Julius 6,15 Voluntary Blood Transfusion Society 102

W Wadsworth, Stanley Daniel Scott 193 wagons general 21,40,113 C-class 155,175 CA-class 175 CB-class 176 CC-class 181 CE-class 181,182 CET-class 181 CF-class 176 CW-class 181 CX-class 181 DDclass 175 E (Crane) 41 EP-class 199 FB-class 176,181 FC-class 176 G-class 21,40 GOC-class 175 GT-class 175 H-class 40,101 HGX-class 176 HK-class 175 HWT-class 181 IA-class 176 lAC-class 199,204,205,207 IBclass 176,181 IC-class 181 J-class 22,40,101 JPC-class 181 JT-class 181 K-class 22,40,101 KS-class 158 L-class 21,40,41,101 LA-class 40,41,101 M-class 40,41,101 NK-class 175 OM-class 181 Pk-class 158 Q-class 40 R-class 22,40 RP-class (‘Roadrailer’) 181 RRclass 176 S-class 22,40 T-class 40 U-class 40 UB-class 101,113 UC-class 101,155 UCT-class 155 UDA-class 158 UDK-class 158 UG-class 40,101 UK-class 156,175,181 UKA-class 156 UKB-class 156 UKC-class 156 US-class 155,156 USK-class 156 V-class 40 VB-class 40,101 W-class 40,101 X-class 40 XP-class 158 Y-class 40 YB-class 40,113,155 YC-class 155 YD-class 199 YJclass 182,199 YL-class 199 Z-class 40,41,101 ZA-class 181 ZC-class 181 ZD-class 181 ZG-class 181 ZH-class 181 ZK-class 181 ZP-class 158 Wagons of Fashion 177 Iceliner 177 Swap body 177 Spaceliner 177 Waikato 155 195 Waimea Plains Railway 41,42,76 41 Waipori Hydro-electric Power Station 45,125 181,184 Connection 184 Wairika, P. 165 Wairio branch line 35 Waitaki Power Station 193 Waitaki River 193 Waitati 64 showgrounds 121 Waite, George 57 Waiuku 156 Waiwera 52 Wakefield 196 Waldie, David 52,54 Wallace, Wendy 168,169 Wanganui 42,57,89,177 Wansink, Greg 205 Ward, A. 173 Ward, Ambrose 57,58 Ward, Joseph 7,17 Ward, Kevin 5 Warner Bros 205 Washdyke 181 WEA see Otago Workers’ Educational Association Webb, Paddy 115 113 41,99,113,132,135 Welch, Ian 5,93,97,129,132,151 Ian Welch Locomotive Trust 93 Wellington 6,16,17,26,31,33,34,45,51,56,57,61,68,81,88,89,90,97, 121,122,148,151,153,164,168,175,176,177,184,185, 186,199,207 Wellington Heads 186 Wellington, Sam 72 West Coast 15,28,31,33,34,35,39,40,42,65,97,135,158,176 West Rail 181 Westcott, E. 111 Westland 158 Westport 9,34,35,171,181 Western Australia 52,153,181 Whakatane Board Mills 35 Whangarei 9 White, Edward 50 Whittleston, J. B. 96 Widdowson, Howell 48 Wilkinson, E. P. 60 William Arrol and Company (Sir) 76,78 William McLellan 73,76 Williams, A. G. 111 Williams, Alice 111 Williams, Edgar 121 Williams, George 56,57 Williams, Kenneth 121 Williams, William 63,121 Willis, Jack 144 Wilson, Jack 189 Wilson, John 5 Windflow Technolgy 201 Winton 196 Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation 179 Woburn Railway Workshops (Woburn) 31,33,73,76,78,81,82,83,90,91,93,95,105,106,112,113, 123,127,139,148,158,162,171,172,174,178,179,182, 203,204,207,208,210,214 Woodhouse, Michael 5,203,205,212,217

Y Yugoslavia 158

Z Zedong, Mao 189 Zig-zag Rail 183 Zimbabwe 185,215 MORE THAN JUST A PLACE OF WORK A history of Dunedin’s Hillside Railway Workshops

List of Illustrations

Ph = Photograph, Pl = Plate,

Two boilers from AB689 and BA 498 for overhaul 1962 Ph Front cover A worker in the Hillside foundry Ph Facing pages Class JA 1246 Pl 4 Reclamation of Mussel Bay Ph 8 Part Plan of Sites for Railway Workshops Ph 8 Hillside c1876 Ph 10 Worker with handcart Ph 11 Worker on turning bench Ph 12 Hillside c1885 Ph 13 Some of the workshops employee 1886 Ph 14 Hillside foremen 1900 Ph 15 Some of the boys at Hillside 1900 Ph 17 A 162 elevated roof Addington car Ph 18 A 81 low roof carriage Ph 19 A 14 elevated roof carriage Ph 19 A 22 derelict on an Oxford farm Ph 20 A 173 at Nelson Ph 21 Hillside Railway Workshops c1895 Ph 23 Hillside Manager, foreman, leading hands and clerical staff Ph 24 WA 165 at Wanganui c1898 Ph 27 WA 165 pulling excursion in Gisborne 2003 Ph 28 WA 68 unloaded a Marine Parade, Napier Ph 29 WF 402 on Parnell Bank, Auckland c1920 Ph 30 WF 437, 381, 436, and 385 at Hillside before export to Tasmania 1938 Ph 30 WF 403 under restoration in Nelson 2015 Ph 31 WG 492 at c1914 Ph 32 WG/WW 491 at Museum of Transport and Technology 2010 Ph 32 WW 556 on the Kaihu branch line, Northland 1957 Ph 33 WW 644 near Waimangaroa 1968 Ph 34 WW 644 at Glenbrook Vintage Railway 2012 Ph 35 WE 377 builder’s plate Ph 36 WA 20 eroding at Oamaru 1939 Ph 36 Carriage A 205 in Blenheim 1948 Ph 37 A 717 at Pleasant Point Museum and Railway Ph 38 A 719 at Papanui Railway Station Ph 38 F 254 at Otira 2011 Ph 39 J 1616 double-decker sheep wagon Ph 40 L 4804 at Waimea Plains Railway 2012 Ph 40 E 142 at Hillside 1972 Ph 41 Dunedin Railway Station veranda 2015 Ph 42 tss Earnslaw at Frankton Arm slipway 1944 Ph 43 Boiler for the ss Ben Lomond 1933 Ph 44 The ever-expanding Workshops 1903 Ph 45 Men working outside in snow-covered yard Ph 45 Hillside Blacksmiths’ shop employees 1903 Ph 47 Hillside Erecting Shop employees 1903 Ph 47 Hillside Carriage Shop employees 1903 Ph 47 Hillside Machine Shop employees 1903 Ph 47 Hillside Boiler Shop employees 1903 Ph 47 Hillside Painting Shop employees 1903 Ph 47 Hillside employees at lunch in summer 1907 Ph 49 Hillside workshops in 1907 Ph 50 Hillside Railway Workshops employees who served in South Africa Ph 53 Crowd at Dunedin Town Hall celebrating relief of Ladysmith March 1900 Ph 54 Blacksmiths, and boilermakers section about to join procession Ph 55 WW 559 and another leaves Auckland for Wellington 10 August 1914 Ph 57 Ambrose Ward of the Dunedin Engineers Ph 58 Part of Alfred Scott’s personal New Zealand Defence Force File Ph 58 Thomas Douglas’s commemorative certificate Ph 59 WW680 builder’s plate Ph 61 Harry Hastings in the Hillside Library reading room 1925 Ph 62 Label used by Hillside Library Ph 63 Members of the Hillside Railway Workshops Fire Brigade 1906 Ph 65 Hillside Staff at farewell function for Sydney Evans 1903 Ph 66 Panorama of Hillside Railway Workshops and neighbours 1925 Ph 68-69 North end of old machine shop 1925 Ph 70 Old erecting shop from north end c1926 Ph 70 Old blacksmiths’ shop October 1925 Ph 71 Wagons and carriages being repaired c1927 Ph 71 Old tinsmiths’ shop 1926 Ph 72 Old foundry c1926 Ph 72 Plan of Hillside Workshops before reorganisation 1925 Pl 74 Plan for new layout of Workshops Pl 74 Construction of the locomotive erecting shop (3 stages) 1927 Ph 75 The Old Stores Building Ph 76 The light machine shop c1928 Ph 77 Modern wheel lathes in the heavy machine shop Ph 77 110 ton-capacity crane in the new locomotive erecting shop Ph 78 A worker operating new electric spot-welding machine 1927 Ph 79 Old method of weighing locomotives Ph 80 New method of weighing locomotives Ph 80 Casting for a two-ton steam hammer 1931 Ph 81 Re-built Workshops October 1929 Ph 82 Three hundred and sixty seven members of Hillside staff 1926 Ph 82-83 Members of Dunedin Chamber of Commerce inspection 1930 Ph 83 WS 764 in Auckland 1923 Ph 88 WAB 786 at Hillside 1926 Ph 89 WAB 794 pulls carriages out of Hillside 2006 Ph 89 C-class locomotive at Hillside Ph 90 C 847 at 2006 Ph 91 KA-class locomotive boiler in Dunedin railway yards June 1940 Ph 92 KA 940 hauling goods near Waiouru c1950 Pl 92 KA 942 at Arthurs Pass July 2013 Ph 93 KB 965 welcomed at erecting shop 1939 Ph 94 KB 968 and KB 969 on Midland line 1967 Ph 94 Garratt G 98 at Woburn 1929 Ph 95 Sketch of G-96 built at Hillside 1937 Pl 96 B 303 in Dunedin 1931 Ph 96 BA 552 in Dunedin 1928 Ph 97 A 1616 in Dunedin 1926 Ph 98 A 1627 at Hillside 1928 Ph 98 Part of the interior of A 1927 Ph 98 A 1514 converted to EA 3949 at Oamaru 2013 Ph 99 F 942 at Oxford 2008 Ph 100 LA 17313 at Pukemiro in 2013 Ph 100 Coal and coke heap storage 1928 Ph 102 First instruction class for apprentices at Hillside 1926 Ph 103 A worker in the ‘foot-warmer house’ 1926 Ph 104 A battery-driven mobile crane at Hillside c1927 Ph 105 Looking down the harbour from the top of the erecting shop Ph 106 A group of men in one of the workshops during lunch break c1926 Ph 107 An effigy of the 44-hour week at Hillside 1936 Ph 108 An aerial photograph of Dunedin 1938 Ph 109 Hillside-built Highcliff radio mast 1936 Ph 110 Sergeant Hurley of NZ Engineers in 2nd NZEF on active service Ph 111 A war memorial for Hillside workers killed in WWI & WWII 1949 Ph 111 Trench mortars built at Hillside 1941 Ph 112 YB 621 at Weka pass 2010 Ph 113 Hillside office staff 1942 Ph 114 Former Hillside workers, family and friends ANZAC Day Parade 25 April 2013 Ph 115 New Social Hall building 1928 Ph 117 A staff meeting in the Social Hall 1930 Ph 117 The Social Hall dining room Ph 118 The issue desk and bookcases in the new library Ph 118 Members of the Hillside staff at a social function in the Social Hall 1931 Ph 119 Hillside Railway Workshops Concert Orchestra 1929 Ph 119 Members of the Hillside Railway Ambulance Division 1936 Ph 120 Members of the Hillside Workshops Fire Brigade 1923 Ph 120 Owen Williams standing on chair to reach a telephone in the Hillside office Ph 121 Percy Godber and family at their house, 9 Baker Street Ph 122 Hillside rugby football team in Auckland late 1930’s Ph 122 Bert Eckhoff with members of the New Zealand rubgy league team 1930 Ph 123 Hillside women’s basketball team in Christchurch 1943 Ph 124 Hillside apprentice rugby team 1930 Ph 125 Jim Barnes accepts JA 1274 from George Emmerson 1975 Ph 125 JA 1274 under construction at Hillside 1956 Ph 127 Men from the erecting and machine shops in front of JA 1274 December 1956 Ph 128 JA 1242 bound for Arthurs Pass Pl 129 JA 1240 and JA 1250 at Glenbrook Station 2013 Ph 130 JA 1260 at Plains Vintage Railway Ph 130 JA 1267 at Mainline Steam’s Parnell depot 2011 Ph 130 JA 1271 heads a Steam Incorporated excursion through Paremata 2010 Ph 131 JA 1274 nudged along a temporary to first permanent shelter 1975 Ph 131 JA 1274 encased in glass and steel at Toitu Otago Settlers Museum 2015 Ph 131 AB 793 with a summer holiday train in Cromwell Gorge 1954 Ph 132 AB 795 near Kingston 1975 Ph 133 AF 950 at Kingston 2013 Ph 134 AB 795 at Hillside for overhaul c1975 Ph 134 A 428 at the Weka pass Railway 2006 Ph 135 A 423 on its final run near Cass 1970 Ph 136 WF 434 about to leave Picton during the royal tour 1927 Ph 137 AB 787 and AB 795 pull the royal train out of Greymouth Station Ph 138 JA 1272 and JA 1263 skirt Otago coast near Katiki with royal train Ph 138 Industrial nurse, J.B. Gallaher attends a patient 1958 Ph 140 The overturned crane that killed Clemmens Schlaadt Ph 141 The boiler erecting shop floor aftermath of death of Radha Sundaram Ph 141 Workshops manager and a foreman inspect scene of the fatal foundry explosion Ph 142 A photograph of Johnny George printed in his obituary Ph 143 Members of Dunedin Football Club carry the body of former teammate Ph 143 An aerial view of part of South Dunedin Flat looking south-east 1947 Ph 145 Q 339 pulls locomotive J 1236 up the connecting Hillside line Ph 146 Steam locomotives undergoing repairs and overhauls 1963 Ph 147 JA 1274 on New Zealand Post Office postage stamp 1973 Pl 148 Hillside machine shop 1962 Ph 149 Foundry workers cast a side frame for a DSC-class locomotive 1966 Ph 150 The first three Hillside DSC-class locomotives November 1962 Ph 150 DSC 426/446 shunting at New Plymouth August 1972 Ph 151 Bogies being assembled for a DSC-class locomotive 1962 Ph 152 Three TR-class shunting locomotives under construction 1973 Ph 152 The first Hillside TR-class shunting tractor Tr 183 working in 2011 Ph 153 Fitters test-fit some sheet metal in new cab of DG760/2111 1977 Ph 154 DG 750/2007 coming into Ranfurly February 1980 Ph 154 A coal-train of C-class wagons at Huntly 1969 Ph 156 Upside down UKB-class and UKC-class container wagons 1977 Ph 157 The first UDA wagon fresh from production at Hillside 1979 Ph 157 Workers listen to a Labour Party candidate 1975 Ph 159 Hillside and its neighbour, Carisbrook during redevelopment c1920 Ph 160 Two painters spruce upon the advertisements n locomotive erecting shop Ph 161 The part finished job (refer two painters above) Ph 161 The new plant that distributed sand to and from the moulding machines Ph 162 The busy Hillside locomotive erecting shop 1971 Ph 163 A part of the stores department late 1950s Ph 164 Exercise in evacuating workers from overhead cranes 1978 Ph 165 The area used for storing scrap 1975 Ph 166 Instructor Jimmy Fergusson and a group of apprentices 1973 Ph 167 Wendy Wallace stands on a box viewing diesel pistons 1979 Ph 168 A re-conditioned D-class on transverse 1979 Ph 169 The busy Hillside foundry 1984 Ph 173 Taylor Geddes cartoon taking a dig at the amount of overtime worked 1987 Pl 173 Institution of Professional Engineering plaque at Hillside Ph 174 NK 206 at work in Wellington 1985 Ph 174 GT-class car transporter at Hillside Ph 175 RR-class roadrailer wagon at Palmerston North Ph 176 An ornamental dolphin fountain cast at Hillside 2003 Ph 177 A sketch of Hillside office and stores by Peter McLachlan Ph 178 The machine shop team 2005 Ph 180 Two new CC-class coal hopper wagons at Lyttleton 1996 Ph 181 One of the ZH-class ‘spacerunner’ wagons returned to Hillside 1998 Ph 182 YJ-class ballast wagons under construction at Hillside 2006 Ph 182 Former Queensland Rail SX-class carriages being refurnished 2003 Ph 183 Former British Rail Mark 2-class carriages under transformation 2005 Ph 183 Workers with an SA-class carriage under construction 2005 Ph 184 British Rail Mark 2 carriages being transformed at hillside 2005 Ph 184 Completed interior of an SA-class carriage Ph 184 The first SW-class carriage on a test run on the Taieri Plain 2007 Ph 185 Carriage and wagon construction in fabrication workshop 2008 Ph 186 Workers perform a nose job on the bow of the Lynx 1998 Ph 186 Foundry workers in safety gear during a pour 2005 Ph 187 Fire fighters extinguish smouldering material in the foundry roof January 2001 Ph 188 The Hillside Male Choir 1946 Ph 190 The Champion Hillside A Basketball Team 1967 Ph 191 Members of the Hillside Boxing Club 1964 Ph 191 Hillside apprentices on a trip to Benmore Power Station 1961 Ph 193 Some of the entrants in baby show competition at the annual picnic 1960 Ph 195 Lorna and Dave Dougherty on their wedding day 30 October 1946 Ph 197 Labour prime minister, Helen Clark, speaks to workers June 2008 Ph 198 Peter Smart carries out electrical work on an AKV-class carriage 2012 Ph 199 The interior of an AK-class passenger carriage Ph 200 Hillside workers with an AK-class passenger carriage 2011 Ph 200 An illustration of AK-class carriages on TranzAlpine Pl 200 One of the side dump wagons, YL 114, at Green Island 2012 Ph 201 A plough wagon, EP 318, at Green Island 2012 Ph 201 Rebecca Hauck, Lisa McKinlay and Becky Newton at Hillside 2009 Ph 202 KiwiRail’s treatment of Hillside from a newspaper cartoonist 5 July 2011 Pl 204 Cartoon that Chinese locomotives contained asbestos 9 March 2014 Pl 206 Packed meeting listening to speakers on job retentions at Hillside 23 June 2011 Ph 208 Politicians and union officials hold silhouettes of redundant workers Ph 208 Save Hillside protest through Dunedin July 2011 Ph 209 Supporters at Save Hillside rally 11 July 2011 Ph 209 Front page of Otago Daily Times day following announcement of closure Ph 210 Cartoon for Scoop.co.nz, ‘A hillside of jobs gone.’ 16 November 2012 Pl 211 addresses crowd on last day of work at Hillside 21 December 2013 Ph 212 Some of the Hillside supporters attending the closing ceremony Ph 212 Wreath laying by politicians and union representatives at closing day ceremony Ph 212 The heavy lifting facility at Hillside 2011 Ph 213 Two-day auction at Hillside May 2013 Ph 214 A trade union poster for first anniversary of the closure Ph 215 Two former Dunedin icons, Carisbrook and Hillside 2015 Ph 216 Hillside after dark following its closure Ph 217 Aerial photo of Hillside surrounded by industrial neighbours Ph Back cover