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- 1. New South Wales Railway Museum 126: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The American Suburban Carriages are a type of passenger carriage that were built for the New South Wales Government Railways.
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
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 659
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering, Ritchie Brothers, Jackson and Sharp Company, Gilbert Car Company
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways, New South Wales Public Transport Commission
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- length
- 14.9 m
- weight
- 22 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927346, Wikipedia: New South Wales American Suburban carriage stock (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.