#3005
Commonwealth Railways CB class railcar
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Budd Company· from 1951· class of 3 Budd RDC-1 cars in Australia
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CB1, NRM, 2014: Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Commonwealth Railways CB class railcar (Budd car) at Farina, South Australia,1957: Brian J. Castle· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The CB class railcar were a type of Budd Rail Diesel Cars operated by the Commonwealth Railways and Australian National in Australia from 1951 until 1990.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 75 years ago, in 1951.
- 25.9 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1951
- in service from
- 1951
- number built
- 3
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Budd Company
- operators
- Commonwealth Railways, Australian National Railways Commission
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 25.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q5153838, Wikipedia: Commonwealth Railways CB class railcar (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.