The Rail Depot

This old railway parcels center is located in the heart of UA City. It has been abandoned for several years but owing to it being right across the road from many places which are well visited by the public, I never explored it. One night I though what the stuff, and just went in to explore it. A week later a friend and I went back to take more photos. Page 2 details some of the office areas.

The huge size of the main rail shed can easily be seen. It is at least 150 metres long and takes up an entire city block. This is the northern end

Looking down the side of the main shed towards UA City police headquarters

This shed was known as 'D Track' and was closed 13th June 1997

The southern end of the building with the clock tower on the right.

This picture taken about a third of the way up from the southern end gives and idea of the size of the place

The southern offices

Entry to the office area

Sadly some vandals have trashed it

Hundreds of letters and envelopes littered the floor

Looks like a bomb has come in through the ceiling

The Main Shed

Small foreman's office - note the bottle

The floor of that office, showing homeless person's clothing

Parcels sorting equipment - conveyor belt

Close up of the conveyor belt

Weir rocket nozzle like thing

Stuff found the next week on the rocket nozzle

This thing was a working cigarette lighter. We left it for it's owner to claim

I love these cool control panel things

The control panel from above, now closed. Reminds me of an airport x-ray machine

Small work office and 'Beware of forklifts' sign

Some of the interior of that office. Note the water bottles, used by homeless people

More of the little office area. Maybe a sorting area, maybe a drafting area.

A leaky pipe spreads water over the floor

Just outside of this shed is a large public car park

The debris pile

Part of the massive pile of clothing, shoes and debris at the northern end of the main shed

Some really weird stuff in this pile

Clothing, shoes and debris. The clothing and shoes were in okay condition

Charity collection tins

Wires and cabling

Poles, boxes, a table

A roller blade

A pile of shoes which has two roller blades in it

Desk, printer cover, draws

I can understand everything else, but how does this fit in?

At the northern end of the shed, a new sports stadium replaces the old rail tracks

On to page 2 of the Rail Depot