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1200 class (Tulloch Cars)
10 built 1970-1972 Tulloch Rhodes
PCR 1201-1203 Driving power car with buffet
PCH 1221-1227 driving power car with luggage compartment

Four car train of Tulloch diesel railcars between Werai and Exeter
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155336…
c. 1970s

2 four-car trains - consisting of one PCR and three PCH along with one spare car of each type. Initially Riverina express

Nowra Bomaderry PCH 1225 in consist of South Coast Daylight Express
Weston Langford 8 January 1977
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

Driving Power Car with Buffet (1972)
railmotorsociety.org.au/rm/rm_1200_fra…

May 1974, two cars (PCH 1224 and PCH 1227) were sold to Victorian Railways to complement two DRC railcars VR had.
DRC 42 and 43 were converted PCH 1224 and 1227.

DRC 43 (ex NSW PTC) at Newport workshops Sept. 11 1981
victorianrailways.net/motive%20power…

The Tulloch cars had problems.
Their history is complex.
Below is from > railmotorsociety.org.au/rm/rm_1200_fra…

Video:
'Tullock Railcars' sic
Loco hauled Tulloch cars

1990-04-21 South Coast Daylight Express at Bomaderry
flickr.com/photos/gunzel4…
Tulloch and Budd cars.

1994 the cars were auctioned off.

'1977 PCR 1201 PCH 122, PCH 1223 & PCH 1225 were converted into Exhibition cars for the Queen Elizabeth II 25th Jubilee travelling display train.'
Returned to storage at the end of this activity.

Film:
Royal Silver Jubilee Exhibition Train 1977
NFSA

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