Railway workshop
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Railway workshops are railway facilities in which rolling stock is repaired. While often colocated with engine sheds to perform routine tasks as well as major repairs, in some countries separated conc
Shopmen overhauling a locomotive on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, 1942.
German V160 locomotive in the Ausbesserungswerk Bremen, 1984
Ausbesserungswerk
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An Ausbesserungswerk is a railway facility in German-speaking countries, the primary function of which is the repair of railway vehicles or their components. It is thus equivalent to a 'repair shop' o
Railway workshop
…or specifically in Austria Hauptwerkstatt, are commonly used, except for Germany, where railway workshops maintained by Deutsche Bahn are called Ausbesserungswerk or simply Werk. Australia Eveleigh Railway Workshops Midland Railway Workshops Newport Workshops North Ipswich Railway Workshops…
Model of a steam locomotive Ausbesserungswerk planned before the 2nd World War, displayed in the Nuremberg Transport Museum
Headquarters building of the former Ausbesserungswerk at Weiden