Washroom

A small washroom in one of the long-distance carriages at the Eveleigh Paint Shop is a narrow timber-panelled compartment with a stainless-steel basin set into a fitted shelf along one wall. A mirror is fixed above the basin. A taps fitting with separate hot and cold spouts is bolted to the rear wall. The floor is the same patterned linoleum as the rest of the carriage's central corridor, partly worn at the threshold. A small towel rail is fixed beside the basin; a paper-towel dispenser is mounted above it. The door is timber, with a turn-key lock and an "OCCUPIED" / "VACANT" indicator that flips with the lock position. The light fitting is a single dome above the basin.

Long-distance NSW Government Railways passenger carriages typically carried small washrooms in addition to toilets, fitted into the body so that passengers could freshen up between sleep and arrival. The fittings were the standardised railway-grade equipment used across the interstate and long-haul fleet through most of the twentieth century. Hot water came from on-board generators or steam tappings off the locomotive. The washroom in this photograph belongs to a heritage carriage held at Eveleigh Paint Shop, retired from regular service and now part of the Historic Electric Traction collection. The fittings are largely original; the working plumbing is not connected.