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3000 class diesel-electric railcar dual cab 3001-3030
3100 class diesel-electric railcar single cab 3101-3140
Comeng Dandenong 1987/88 8x3000 12x3100
Clyde Somerton 1992/96 22x3000 28x3100
TransAdelaide liveried 3025 Goodwood station 2005
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3000 class diesel-electric railcar dual cab 3001-3030
3100 class diesel-electric railcar single cab 3101-3140
Comeng Dandenong 1987/88 8x3000 12x3100
Clyde Somerton 1992/96 22x3000 28x3100
TransAdelaide liveried 3025 Goodwood station 2005
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3119 Adelaide Metro livery Port Adelaide
January 2019
R Dow
January 2019
R Dow
TransAdelaide 3000 class suburban passenger railcar 3027 in its original STA livery at Port Adelaide Station Behind it is 3011 in the then new AdelaideMetro livery which was later applied to all 3000 / 3100 class railcars
2004
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2004
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#SARrailcars
2000 class diesel railcar ' Jumbo '
2100 class trailer cars
12 powercars 2001-2012
18 trailers 2101-2118
Comeng Granville and Dry Creek 1980
2005 at Outer Harbour station
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2000 class diesel railcar ' Jumbo '
2100 class trailer cars
12 powercars 2001-2012
18 trailers 2101-2118
Comeng Granville and Dry Creek 1980
2005 at Outer Harbour station
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Adelaide train station redevelopment 1987
Two 'Redhen' trains are at the platforms and a 2000 class 'Jumbo' train is departing the station.
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Two 'Redhen' trains are at the platforms and a 2000 class 'Jumbo' train is departing the station.
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#SARrailcars
300 class & 400 class ' Red Hens '
Islington
300 class driving cab at one end - 1955 to 1970
400 class driving cab at both ends - 1959 to 1971
Redhen railcar 300 at the Islington workshops shortly after being completed 1955
Chris Drymalik
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300 class & 400 class ' Red Hens '
Islington
300 class driving cab at one end - 1955 to 1970
400 class driving cab at both ends - 1959 to 1971
Redhen railcar 300 at the Islington workshops shortly after being completed 1955
Chris Drymalik
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300 Class 'Red Hen' railcar No. 303 at Adelaide Railway Station
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250 class railcar "Bluebird" power cars 11 250-260
100 class driving trailers 7 100-106
280 power baggage cars 3 280-282
Islington 1954-1959
5' 3" gauge, later converted to std gauge
Bluebird 252 103 105 260
Chris Drymalik 1988
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250 class railcar "Bluebird" power cars 11 250-260
100 class driving trailers 7 100-106
280 power baggage cars 3 280-282
Islington 1954-1959
5' 3" gauge, later converted to std gauge
Bluebird 252 103 105 260
Chris Drymalik 1988
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A Bluebird train is loaded with mail at the Victor Harbor railway station, 1983
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Brill railcars 5' 3" gauge & 3' 6" gauge
Model 55 J.G.Brill Co. 1924 5' 3"
Midewest 4-cylinder 68 hp petrol later larger diesel engines
12 #4-15
Some converted to 3' 6"
Model 55 #8
@NRMPortAdelaide Port Adelaide 2006
Chris Drymalik
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Brill railcars 5' 3" gauge & 3' 6" gauge
Model 55 J.G.Brill Co. 1924 5' 3"
Midewest 4-cylinder 68 hp petrol later larger diesel engines
12 #4-15
Some converted to 3' 6"
Model 55 #8
@NRMPortAdelaide Port Adelaide 2006
Chris Drymalik
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In 1930s No. 7 was fitted with a Deutz 110 hp air-cooled diesel engine. The other model 55 Brill railcars fitted with Gardiner 102 hp diesel engines.
Brill Model 55 Railcar No.7 Adelaide
Noel Reed
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Brill Model 55 Railcar No.7 Adelaide
Noel Reed
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1944 #10 converted to 3' 6" > #111 back to 5' 3" in 1959 (renumbered #4)
#4 was converted to 3' 6" temporarily in 1954 to allow 111 to be overhauled
Brill Model 55 (left) and Model 75 railcars north railcar depot tracks at Adelaide railway station, 1962
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#4 was converted to 3' 6" temporarily in 1954 to allow 111 to be overhauled
Brill Model 55 (left) and Model 75 railcars north railcar depot tracks at Adelaide railway station, 1962
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Steam motor coach (SMC) 2-2-0 WT 1906
Engine: Kitson, Leeds
Coach: Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage & Wagon Co, Birmingham
2 built for SAR No. 1 & No. 2
SMC1 at Quorn
(Bronte Watts Postcard Collection)
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c. 1907
Steam motor coach (SMC) 2-2-0 WT 1906
Engine: Kitson, Leeds
Coach: Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage & Wagon Co, Birmingham
2 built for SAR No. 1 & No. 2
SMC1 at Quorn
(Bronte Watts Postcard Collection)
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c. 1907
No.1 was allocated to the Northern Division
mainly Quorn <> Hawker weekly service
No.1 became known locally as ' Coffee Pot '
No.2 was allocated to the South Eastern system between Naracoorte <> Kingston
SMC 2 at Naracoorte
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c. 1907
mainly Quorn <> Hawker weekly service
No.1 became known locally as ' Coffee Pot '
No.2 was allocated to the South Eastern system between Naracoorte <> Kingston
SMC 2 at Naracoorte
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c. 1907
SMC1 & 2 similar but SMC2 had a small driving compartment trailing end.
SMC1 between Hawker and Quorn
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c. 1922
SMC1 between Hawker and Quorn
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c. 1922
#CRrailcars
Commonwealth Railways operated 3' 6" & 4' 8.5" gauge railcars in limited numbers.
The early railcars & other unusual vehicles.
Sentinel-Cammell Steam Rail Coach 1924
Sentinel steam carriage (Chris Drymalik Collection)
c. 1925 on the NAR
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Commonwealth Railways operated 3' 6" & 4' 8.5" gauge railcars in limited numbers.
The early railcars & other unusual vehicles.
Sentinel-Cammell Steam Rail Coach 1924
Sentinel steam carriage (Chris Drymalik Collection)
c. 1925 on the NAR
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The car was damaged in 1936 and stored.
Scrapped 1959/60.
CR Sentinel Railcar at Parap Workshops - Northern Territory.(T.G.Mawhinney) (Chris Drymalik Collection)
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Scrapped 1959/60.
CR Sentinel Railcar at Parap Workshops - Northern Territory.(T.G.Mawhinney) (Chris Drymalik Collection)
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