4052 Double Deck Seats

Eveleigh, New South Wales, Australia

Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/9.0 · 1.6s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Rows of double-deck passenger seats, marked '4052', sit discarded within the abandoned Eveleigh Paint Shop. Dust layers the worn fabric and metal frames, reflecting the industrial site's slow decay.

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Catalogue: EPS-029
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Process: Giclée
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Captured: 19 May 2016
Location: Eveleigh, New South Wales, Australia
Printed: Sydney, 2026

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Where this was photographed

Eveleigh, New South Wales, Australia

About this print

Even in its altered state, 4052 remains a relic of a past era. A carriage that once ran Sydney’s rails, later fitted with a driver’s cab to operate two-car sets during off-peak hours, and eventually retired in 1990, now waits in silence. Though the journeys have stopped, the marks of time, industry, and adaptation remain etched into its frame.

From the field notes

Inside Car 4052, time has settled into every surface. The swollen and curled floorboards, marked by water stains, tell of years spent exposed to the elements. A fine layer of dust covers the seats, softening their once-pristine surfaces. Light filters in from the windows, casting long shadows across the carriage, its quiet stillness a stark contrast to the thousands of journeys it once carried.

— Brett Patman

The series

Eveleigh Paint Shop

2016 · 49 photographs

The Eveleigh Paint Shop opened in 1888 as part of the Eveleigh Railway Workshops in Sydney. Designed for painting and finishing train carriages, the building has steam-heated floors, cast-iron windows, and a sawtooth roof. It adapted from steam to electric stock and stayed in use as the city's rail network modernised around it. Brett photographed the workshop in 2016.

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