New South Wales 1100 class railcar

what is it?

The 1100 class railcar or Budd railcar were a type of diesel railcar built by Commonwealth Engineering for the Department of Railways New South Wales in 1961. They primarily operated on the South Coast Daylight Express until withdrawn in 1993.

who runs it

base stats

• power 447 kWpower output
• built 5made in total

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 65 years ago, in 1961.
• 🚗447 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 📏23.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 33 years (1961–1994).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1961

in service from

1961

retired

1994

status

retired

number built

5

kind

Diesel Railcar

traction

diesel

origin

🇦🇺 Australia

builders

Commonwealth Engineering

operators

New South Wales Government Railways

top speed

—

power

447 kW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

length

23.5 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.