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South Maitland Railway railcar
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Tulloch Limited· retired class of diesel railcar operated in New South Wales
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 1962 S.M.R Railcar, NSW: Lindsay Bridge· CC BY 2.0
- 2. 1961 CESSNOCK (1997736733): lindsaybridge from Sydney, Australia· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The South Maitland Railways railcar was a class of diesel railcar built by Tulloch Limited for the South Maitland Railway (SMR) in 1961. Having had all of carriages destroyed by a fire in March 1930, the SMR arranged for services to be operated by the New South Wales Government Railways (NSWGR). However, with the service running at a considerable loss, the SMR sought to reduce costs by introducing diesel railcars.
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
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- retired
- 1977
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Tulloch Limited
- top speed
- 72 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 18.5 m
- weight
- 34.5 t
- capacity
- 80 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q29324796, Wikipedia: South Maitland Railway railcar (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.