#2597
New South Wales 400/500 class railmotor
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by New South Wales Government Railways· from 1938
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. HPC 402 steamfset 2009: Barnesy Barnes· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 400/500 class rail motors are diesel trains built by New South Wales Government Railways primarily for use on regional lines throughout NSW. The trains have since been phased out following a rationalisation of country branch line rail services in November 1983. The 400 Class power cars were built in 1938 at the Eveleigh Carriage Workshops, while the 500 Class trailer cars were built by Ritchie Brothers at Auburn.
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 88 years ago, in 1938.
- 15.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 45 years (1938–1983).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1938
- in service from
- 1938
- retired
- 1983
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- New South Wales Government Railways, Ritchie Brothers
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 224 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 15.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7011602, Wikipedia: New South Wales 400/500 class railmotor (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.