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4' 8.5" gauge
WCA class railcar WCA901-WCA905
WCE class trailer WCE921-WCE923
Comeng Granville 1971
For the new Prospector service between East Perth & Kalgoorlie

WCA class railcar set "The Prospector" inaugural service
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
29 November 1971
WCA class DMU three car set "Prospector"
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WCA class railcar set, "The Prospector", Kalgoorlie, at its launch
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
1971
WCA class vehicles were powered by MAN engines coupled to Voith transmissions, replaced by Cummins KTA19R engines c. 1990.

Perth Terminal Up Prospector
Weston Langford 7 October 1972
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Woodbridge South Prospector Empty Cars to Perth Terminal
Weston Langford 13 December 1984
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Mount Lawley 4:01pm Up Suburban from Midland AEA 229 leading and 4:15pm Down Prospector WCA 902 WCE 922
Weston Langford 22 December 1996
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Merredin Up 'Prospector' WCE 922 WCA 904 WCA 901
Weston Langford 2 October 2003
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Withdrawn 2005 when new Prospector railcar set introduced.
WCA 903 and WCE 922 preserved Rail Heritage WA
rest scrapped.

WCA class 903 Prospector car with the black and gold 'Tiger' stripes
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…

Class did 20 million km carried 2.6 million pax over 33 years
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'The Prospector' train advert 1970s Western Australia WAGR
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#SARrailcars
250 class railcar "Bluebird" power cars 11 250-260
100 class driving trailers 7 100-106
280 power baggage cars 3 280-282
Islington 1954-1959
5' 3" gauge, later converted to std gauge

Bluebird 252 103 105 260
Chris Drymalik 1988
comrails.com/pic_cd/cd_p010… Image
Bluebird Baggage Railcar No 282, Keswick 2011
flickr.com/photos/2902917… Image
A Bluebird train is loaded with mail at the Victor Harbor railway station, 1983
adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/sa-w… Image
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#SARrailcars
Brill railcars 5' 3" gauge & 3' 6" gauge

Model 55 J.G.Brill Co. 1924 5' 3"
Midewest 4-cylinder 68 hp petrol later larger diesel engines
12 #4-15
Some converted to 3' 6"

Model 55 #8
@NRMPortAdelaide Port Adelaide 2006
Chris Drymalik
comrails.com/pic_cd/cd_p103… Image
In 1930s No. 7 was fitted with a Deutz 110 hp air-cooled diesel engine. The other model 55 Brill railcars fitted with Gardiner 102 hp diesel engines.

Brill Model 55 Railcar No.7 Adelaide
Noel Reed
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1944 #10 converted to 3' 6" > #111 back to 5' 3" in 1959 (renumbered #4)
#4 was converted to 3' 6" temporarily in 1954 to allow 111 to be overhauled

Brill Model 55 (left) and Model 75 railcars north railcar depot tracks at Adelaide railway station, 1962
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#SARrailcars
Steam motor coach (SMC) 2-2-0 WT 1906
Engine: Kitson, Leeds
Coach: Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage & Wagon Co, Birmingham
2 built for SAR No. 1 & No. 2

SMC1 at Quorn
(Bronte Watts Postcard Collection)
comrails.com/pic_mbc/mbc_b0…
c. 1907 Image
No.1 was allocated to the Northern Division
mainly Quorn <> Hawker weekly service
No.1 became known locally as ' Coffee Pot '

No.2 was allocated to the South Eastern system between Naracoorte <> Kingston

SMC 2 at Naracoorte
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+305…
c. 1907 Image
SMC1 & 2 similar but SMC2 had a small driving compartment trailing end.

SMC1 between Hawker and Quorn
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+255…
c. 1922 Image
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