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CB class railcar Budd RDC-1 1950/51 std gauge
Built Budd Co. USA
3 CB1-3
For std gauge CR lines sparsely populated north of SA between Port Pirie, Woomera, Tarcoola, Marree & Whyalla

Port Augusta unloading railcars from s.s. Belbetty 1951
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Budd Railcar CB2 (Commonwealth Railways)
1951
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Budd Railcars and GA9 steam locomotive (Commonwealth Railways)
1951
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NDH class railcar 3' 6" gauge as built
some later converted to 4' 8.5"
Design Comm Eng
6 built Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. England 1954 NDH 1-6

NDH railcar photographed at Port Augusta
(Chris Drymalik Collection) c. 1950s
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1957 NDH6 converted to std gauge DH classification

1962 Port Augusta - Gloucester rail car on Standard Gauge. DH 6 in all red livery
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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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Sentinel steam carriage interior (Chris Drymalik Collection)
c. 1925
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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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