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DRC railcar
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Tulloch Limited· from 1971· diesel-powered self-propelled railway vehicle in Victoria, Australia
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DRC43 in the open at SRHC: Marcus Wong Wongm· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DRC40 at Daylesford: Marcus Wong Wongm· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The DRC (Diesel Rail Car) is a class of railmotor operated by the Victorian Railways on its country rail network in Victoria, Australia. The cars were built by Tulloch Limited in New South Wales, and featured aluminium and steel construction, air-conditioning, and twin diesel engines with hydraulic transmissions.
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 55 years ago, in 1971.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 23.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 23 years (1971–1994).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1971
- in service from
- 1971
- retired
- 1994
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Tulloch Limited
- operators
- Victorian Railways, V/Line
- top speed
- 112 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- length
- 23.5 m
- weight
- 65 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5206017, Wikipedia: DRC railcar (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.