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which continued to be operated by the NSWGR. All were painted royal blue and yellow. The original timetable provided services throughout the day, seven days a week. In May 1965, Saturday afternoon and all Sunday services were cancelled while off-peak services on weekdays were reduced to three in the
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of England whom Tulloch had had a technical assistance agreement since 1959. The car bodies and underframes were of mild steel construction. Upon completion the railcars were tested on the NSWGR network in the
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introduced. The through NSWGR operated services continued until May 1972. After attempts by SMR to sell the Tulloch railcars failed, they were scrapped in 1977.
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to answer an enquiry from the SMR for diesel railcars submitted a 65-page proposal document to SMR. As a result of this proposal SMR also approached
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for a request for a tender. In 1959 an order was placed with Tulloch Limited with all delivered for services to commence on 1 October 1961.
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In January 1967 all SMR operated passenger services were cancelled and the railcars withdrawn and placed in store at
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Having had all of carriages destroyed by a fire in March 1930, the SMR arranged for services to be operated by the
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Tulloch A History of Tulloch Engineers & Manufacturers Pyrmont & Rhodes 1883-1974
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Tulloch developed the design for the railcars with the assistance of
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Eveleigh Press. pp. 166–173. 379: 377: 375: 347:morning and three in the afternoon. 1496:Rail transport in the Hunter Region 282:New South Wales Government Railways 720:NSWGR individual steam locomotives 513:New South Wales Rail rolling stock 124:18.5 m (60 ft 8 in) 14: 1455:Rail transport in New South Wales 132:2.95 m (9 ft 8 in) 1390:Far West Baby Health Clinic Cars 26: 267:South Maitland Railways railcar 140:4 m (13 ft 1 in) 1292:South Maitland Railway railcar 983:NSW private diesel locomotives 21:South Maitland Railway railcar 1: 796:NSW private steam locomotives 307:region, travelling as far as 158:(34 long tons; 38 short tons) 1491:Railcars of New South Wales 1470:NSW TrainLink rolling stock 1465:Sydney Trains rolling stock 1512: 1385:American Suburban (A type) 1378:Wooden passenger carriages 458:"Contracts & Tenders" 418:Australian Railway History 148:72 km/h (45 mph) 1450: 1399:Steel passenger carriages 464:27 November 1959 page 496 25: 293:Commonwealth Engineering 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Index


Tulloch Limited
Rhodes
South Maitland Railway
Prime mover(s)
Rolls-Royce
Diesel
Rolls-Royce
torque converter
reverser
Braking system(s)
Westinghouse
air
Track gauge
standard gauge
Tulloch Limited
South Maitland Railway
New South Wales Government Railways
Tulloch Limited
Commonwealth Engineering
Tube Investments
Sydney
Penrith

Weston
Abermain
Cessnock
Maitland
Sydney
East Greta

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