#2050
South Australian Railways Brill railcar
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Islington Railway Workshops· from 1924· two types of South Australian Railways railcars
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR 41 Brill, NRM, 2014: Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
Two models of the Brill railcar were operated by the South Australian Railways (SAR) between 1925 and 1971. They were introduced to reduce the cost incurred by locomotive-hauled trains on lightly trafficked country routes and off-peak suburban services. The first, the Model 55, entered service in 1924; the larger Model 75 entered service in 1927.
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 102 years ago, in 1924.
- Served for 47 years (1924–1971).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1924
- in service from
- 1924
- retired
- 1971
- status
- retired
- number built
- 51
- kind
- multiple unit
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Islington Railway Workshops, J. G. Brill Company
- operators
- South Australian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- 152 kW
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7566150, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways Brill railcar (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.