Newport Workshops Open Days - A special insiders look!

The Newport Workshops Open Days is Australia's largest gathering and festival of steam locomotives and railway organisations, which takes place every two years over the Victorian Labor Day long weekend. This video was produced in 2022, and is a great precursor and preview of the upcoming Newport Workshops Open Days 2024. Organised by Steamrail Victoria, one of the state's largest and premiere mainline heritage organisations and railtour operators in the state.
Newport Workshops is located in Melbourne, Australia, 12km from the Melbourne city centre, and is an extensive railway maintenance and overhaul facility. Newport's "West Block" is where railway preservation organisations and heritage mainline railtour operators, which is where the Open Days takes place.
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Will James' Promotional video
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Public Records Office Victoria
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Newport Railway Museum
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Video Closed Captions is by Rev.com, and are created to allow more clarifty and accessibility for those who may be hearing impaired to enjoy the video.
Presenter, Camera and Editing by Maikha Ly
Equipment used: Canon M50, Canon 7D, RODE Wireless GO II, GoPro 7, DJI Mini 2 Drone, iPhone 13 Pro
Edited on: Adobe Premiere Pro
Music: Epidemic Sound
Thanks to:
Steamrail Victoria - Lionel Camilleri, Warren Hall and Noah Clancey,
Haydn Williams (For the lifts he provided me to/from Melbourne Airport!)
Thanks to contributors of photographic and video content:
James Brook, Adam Rudnicki and Brenden Schonfelder

[@Rheilffordd]

Hi all! It’s been a while between video releases, my life and work has been somewhat chaotic which stopped editing and production for abit, thankfully now, we’re back in the editing room! This video definitely doesn’t cover everything that takes place at the Newport Workshops Open Days, things like the K Class Centenary, the return to service of K183 after its tragic accident, Trugo, the Newport Railway Museum, and everything else! We did film and interview for the above subjects back in 2022, however, It was an editorial decision to not include them in this video because we didn’t want to blow out the video duration to 30mins+. We will look at making seperate standalone videos on these topics in the future! Thanks for watching and your support, subscribe for more!

[@DivergentRailways]

Mate, you covered absolutely plenty! Its the unfortunate thing about balancing between what's relevant and what's not in contrast to how often you plan to upload. At the same time, it keeps it 'short' and sweet which is fantastic for a broader audience. Will you be attending this year?

[@Rheilffordd]

Hey @@DivergentRailways! I certainly am going to be there next weekend in volunteer capacity for SRV! So maybe see you there? 😁

[@DivergentRailways]

@@Rheilffordd I'll be held hostage at the Diamond Valley Railway booth! 😂

[@Rheilffordd]

@@DivergentRailways ok awesome! I’ll hunt you out there, see you!

[@ianrx122]

Worked there as an apprentice in the 80's. Going with my son to have a look and show him some of the places that I worked in .

[@Rheilffordd]

That’s awesome Ian! I hope your son appreciates this and the skills and trades you would have had to learn back then!

[@ragsmartel]

Great piece Maikha. Lovely shots too

[@Rheilffordd]

Hi Rags! Thank you so much, I'm chuffed with your feedback! Was meant to reply to you, but been busy, will do so now! Hopefully I can produce more content like this when real life doesn't interfere with that 😅

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

Nice video, Like .

[@Rheilffordd]

Thank you sir! Some good content from your part of the world too

[@stevenpam]

Fantastic video, Maikha. Your training really shows!

[@Rheilffordd]

Thanks Steven! Any pun intended there? 😜

[@peters5155]

Attending the open day this weekend for the very first time. Looking forward sooo much to Saturday

[@Rheilffordd]

Awesome stuff! You’re gonna have a great time 😁

[@nswrailvideos7113]

absolutely brilliant ! wealth of information into the victorian heritage scene. thank you !

[@Rheilffordd]

Hi nswrailvideos! Thanks for the feedback, we hope to make more on many other heritage scenes in other states soon 😁

[@michaelhall8586]

Great video! Really enjoyed this

[@Rheilffordd]

Thanks Michael, glad you enjoyed this! Have a watch of our other videos as well 😁

[@michaelhall8586]

@@Rheilffordd will do!

[@MySteamChannel]

Many thanks...can't travel due to illness but hoping to see some nice YT footage.

[@Rheilffordd]

Hi MySteamChannel, and thanks! Shame you can’t make it, I greatly suspect there will be enough footage to come out of it next weekend to make up for not being there 😜

[@Victorian_steam]

What an absolutely thrilling video!! Amazing stuff as always my man! Keen for more !! See you at the open day this year !!

[@Rheilffordd]

Hey Kiran, thanks man! I’ve greatly been enjoying your content as well, catch up next weekend 😁

[@Aussie_Transport5371]

Great video! Can’t go this year, (I have never been lol! Due to being about 850ks away!) I will be going to the SRHC open day this year which I’m exited about! Will even be getting the 707 train to Seymour from Melbourne for the day! Great video again!

[@Rheilffordd]

Thanks Aussie Trains! Definitely try and one day come to this event, it is full on and an excellent show of trains 😁

[@Planetrainguy]

Love your videos man! Really high quality content. 👍

[@Rheilffordd]

Thanks Planetrainguy! Another railfan from Adelaide 😜

[@johnd8892]

Thanks for this high quality coverage and the reminder of the Newport Workshops open day next weekend. I hope to be attending. However at 4:42 Richard Parker, with his focus on Newport Workshops, is getting it wrong about the predecessor workshops used by the Victorian Railways prior to Newport opening fully in 1889. The original VR Workshops were at Williamstown in the Timeball Tower area. This started in 1858 with the assembly and preparation of locomotives and rolling stock imported from the UK. Over the next decades the Williamstown workshops built seven locomotives there, most to VR designs. The PROV has numerous photos of the Workshops, some taken using the Timeball Tower to get an elevated view. The Spotswood Workshops are a much more recent and specialised facility with the earliest mention I can find of it being in Trove for 1924 talking about purchasing the empty land to build the facility and listing it's few functions.

[@Rheilffordd]

Hi John, thank you for that constructive feedback and correction as well! Looks like my research in checking details had a few holes in it 😆

[@daviobryker]

Love it mate did 2020 event before COVID but sadly money in the way for this time goal 2026 visit.

[@Rheilffordd]

You were lucky the 2020 event happened before the world changed dramatically!

[@daviobryker]

@@Rheilffordd don't remind me as we got back to SA for me to work a week or 2 later lockdown

[@JsetYT]

Can't wait for it

[@Rheilffordd]

Me neither!

[@Jaytheautisticteen]

Family guy : This is worse than having a last clap contest with Cleveland 12:00 This is worse than having a last Whistle contest with K153

[@Rheilffordd]

Hahaha! The best comment so far 🤣 I literally thought the same skit when I was editing this footage 😆 (For the rest of you, look up “Family Guy - Clap contest with Cleveland”)

[@AG44521]

The crew on 153 wanted the last whistle… and they won. Must be competitive.

[@dunxy]

183 wins by default anyway, because reasons.

[@howardstrach6479]

I was actually going to come to this this weekend but due to inland rail construction on the Albury line I can't make it!>:(

[@dklm2023]

I WAS THERE

[@Rheilffordd]

Did you enjoy yourself?

[@dklm2023]

@@Rheilffordd yes I had a great time

[@Justplast]

How much to go there

[@MitchDonovan]

I wish we had a government that cared. South block could be a child / family friendly museum of world class standards. Bus loads turning up every day. Jobs for people. But no. Its a rotting ghost hall

[@JacksVictorianTrains]

I am going on sunday, i am wondering if your going to be there on the same day so i can meet you. This is the first video of yours i have seen

[@Rheilffordd]

Hi Jack! I will indeed be there next weekend all three days! No idea where I’ll be about, but say hi if you do find me

[@JacksVictorianTrains]

@@Rheilffordd Ok, i will look out for you

[@mauricebeck9746]

🏃 "Promo sm"

[@FromtheWindowSeat]

Great video and perfectly timed! 👌

[@Rheilffordd]

Hey Adam! Thanks for the feedback! And I greatly enjoyed both your Japanese Rail video and Indian Pacific one! Doing well to almost reach 30k subscribers 😁 (You coming to Newport as well?)

[@FromtheWindowSeat]

@@Rheilffordd Great to hear that - cheers! I’m hoping to make it … just need to fit it in with some other plans (taking the steam-hauled Q Train on the Sunday). 🚂

[@Rheilffordd]

@@FromtheWindowSeat Enjoy the Q Train! Hope to cross paths at Newport if you do find yourself there!