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100 class Silver City Comet Power Vans
PH 101-105 Eveleigh Workshops 1937
two 330 hp "Harlandic" 8-cylinder 2-stroke diesel engines
drivers cab each end
Trailer Cars see railmotorsociety.org.au/rm/rm_0200_fra…

Moss Vale (trial run) 1937
search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1c…
PH 101 1938
digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/Deliv…

The Comet sets initially serviced the Parkes to Broken Hill line.
NSWGR "Silver City Comet", power car PH 101, unidentified location
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/887…
"Silver City Comet", Broken Hill, NSW, [1978]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/105…
PH 104
"Silver City Comet", Orange, NSW, [1980s]
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/105…
PH 102
Broken Hill Crystal Street Down Silver City Comet 104 leading
Weston Langford 7 March 1969
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

Late 1940s colour scheme Tuscan red and russet brown
"Silver City Comet", Parkes, NSW, 10 May 1985
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/105…
3 November 1989 the final Silver City Comet
Status:
PH 101Broken Hill
PH 102scrapped
PH 103Dorrigo
PH 104Thirlmere
PH 105scrapped

Silver City Comet railcar set, on display at the Sulphide Street Railway & Historical Museum, Broken Hill
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silv…
PH 101
For more information > railmotorsociety.org.au/rm/rm_0100_fra…

Silver City Comet Ivanhoe 1985 Broken Hill to Parkes
flickr.com/photos/tramway…
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The Silver City Comet Broken Hill to Ivanhoe 12th January 1984
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900/800 class railcars (DEB sets) mainline use
built 1951-55 Chullora Railway Workshops
18 power cars 900 class 901 - 910 950 class 951-958
18 trailer cars (350, 750, 800, 850 & 860 class)

DEB set down Northern Tablelands Express
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/657… Image
DEB railcar (953) near Coalcliff on Nowra-Sydney train
28 August 1985 J L Buckland
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155097… Image
"Canberra Express", Picton, NSW, [1984]
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/105…
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#NSWGRrailmotors
600 class rail cars 700 class driving trailers
10 sets built Chullora Railway Workshops 1949-50
For branch line workings
601-610 701-710 capable of multiple working
two 6-cylinder 165 hp GM Detroit Diesel

Rail Motor 602 and trailer 702
environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/He… Image
600 Class railcars, Windsor, NSW, [1988]
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/105…
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600 class DMU Richmond
A.C.Brown Collection
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400 class 51 feet Eveleigh Carriage Workshops 1938
4 power units 8 trailer units (500 class)
two underfloor 150 hp petrol FPH
FPH (later HPC) 401-404
CT 501-504 506 FT 505 507 508

HPC 402 & 500 Class trailer at Whitton
Photo: Chris Sim
railmotorsociety.org.au/rm/rm_0400_fra… Image
FPH 404 damaged by fire 1948 and written off 1949
FPH 401 to 403 class altered to DPH 1963
DPH to HPC 1970/72

Rail motor 401 and trailer car Departing Broadmeadow Station
UON
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Rail motor 401 and trailer car passing Broadmeadow North Box, Broadmeadow
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