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#NSWGRrailmotors
55 foot rail motor 1934 "Creamy Kate"
Eveleigh Carriage Works
two 150 hp 6-cylinder Leyland petrol engines
2 roof mounted radiators
one only RM 38 companion trailer No. 81

No 38 and No 81 Central 1934
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Inaugural run Sydney to Gosford

Rail Motor No 38 and Trailer No 81, most likely on the inaugural Sydney-Gosford run, at Central Station 1934
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speed limited to 70 mph

Rail Motor No 38 and Trailer No 81, most likely on the inaugural Sydney-Gosford run, at Central Station
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1934 Cream and blue lining
1949 Tuscan Red and Russet Brown
1960 Indian Red and Chrome Yellow lining
Number of modifications full details > railmotorsociety.org.au/rm/rm_0038_fra…

Rail Motor No.38, Kingsvale, NSW, [1978]
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/105…

No.38 withdrawn Nov 1983 now part of the collection of the Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum dsrm.org.au
Pioneered the use of twin engine RMs on the NSWGR.

Koorawatha Railway Station, NSW, [1980]
Rail Motor No. 38 Creamy Kate
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/105…

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