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620 class Chullora Workshops 720 driving trailer
NPF 621-631 sub 1961
GPF 632, 633 and 635 outer sub 1964
HFP 633, 634, 636 and 637 country 1965
MPF 638 for Murwillumbah branch 1968

620 class railmotor and trailer leaving Newcastle
UON
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621/721 to 631/731 were intended for the Newcastle and outer metropolitan suburban services

620 class railmotor waits in number four platform while a loco hauled set waits in number three platform, Newcastle
UON
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631 and another 620 rail motor set wait to depart number two platform Newcastle for Telarah
UON
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720/620-class Railcar 721-621 pauses at Broadmeadow Station
UON
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Two 620 class railmotor sets being uncoupled on the engine road at Newcastle
UON
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1995 CityRail Corporate grey and blue livery
SRA 620-700-class 'Red Rattler' Railcar 635-735 and another 620 class set depart Broadmeadow for Newcastle July 1984
UON
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621/721 with four other locomotives, Newcastle, NSW, [1969]
UON
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624/724, tour train, Leadville, NSW, [1984]
UON
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2009 631/731 removed from storage converted to ML070 mechanised track patrol vehicle

ML070 power car end (formerly NPF 631) at Epping December 2012
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638 on the Casino to Murwillumbah service, seen here about to travel under the Naughton's Gap road bridge 1968
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New, built for this branch.
11 sets withdrawn 1994
remaining 7 sets withdrawn 2007

Preservation:
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NSWGR 621/721 Rail Motor to Yarrawonga & Oaklands
2013 line converted to standard gauge 2008
Class leader 621/721 on CityRail's 620/720 Rail Motor Retirement special 2007
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TGR operated 2 types of rail-cars
steam and diesel
For SP class Sentinel-Cammell steam rail-cars see
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TGR DP class was a class of diesel rail-cars
PT DT trailers
8 different batches from 1937 to 1950
. Drewry Car Co
. Tasmanian Government Railways
. Commonwealth Engineering
Wide variation within the class

TGR rail-car roster 1949
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1950 six additional articulated rail-cars built by Commonwealth Engineering
DP25 to DP30
DP cars were used to run a daily rail-car service between Hobart Launceston & Wynyard, later known as the Tasman Ltd.

Articulated railcar DP27 in Launceston yard
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For interest to conclude.
South Maitland Railways Rail Cars private
replaced NSWGR services.
3 built Tulloch Limited Rhodes 1961 #1-3

First Day of SMR Railcars at Maitland
1 October 1961
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SMR motors operated all services on the line from Cessnock to Maitland except for the daily Cessnock Express to Sydney which continued to be operated by the NSWGR

First day of South Matiland Railways diesel Rolls Royce engine rail cars 1 Oct, 1961 PERUTZ
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SMR Rail Car No.1 at East Greta Junction
Photo: Lindsay Bridge
railmotorsociety.org.au/rm/rm_smrr.htm
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#NSWGRrailmotors
Hunter rail cars
UGL Rail Broadmeadow
design derived from Transwa Prospector
7 two-car sets 2006-7
HM 2701-2707 driving power car
HMT 2751-2757 driving power car with disabled facilities

Hunter rail car Wickham
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The last Hunter rail car from Newcastle about to head back to Broadmeadow Newcastle, 25 December 2014
UON
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A Hunter railcar departing Newcastle, NSW for Telarah, March 2010
UON
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