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New South Wales 900/800 class railcar
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by New South Wales Government Railways· from 1951· type of train formerly used in Australia
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- 1. HPF 954: Shed Rat· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. HPF 954 (cropped): Shed Rat· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 900/800 class railcars (or DEB sets) is a type of diesel multiple units, built by the New South Wales Government Railways between November 1951 and November 1960, and which operated from 1951–1994.
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.
- 500 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 18.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 43 years (1951–1994).
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
- retired
- 1994
- status
- retired
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Diesel Multiple Unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- 115 km/h
- power
- 500 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 18.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7011654, Wikipedia: New South Wales 900/800 class railcar (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.