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Commonwealth Railways operated 3' 6" & 4' 8.5" gauge railcars in limited numbers.

The early railcars & other unusual vehicles.

Sentinel-Cammell Steam Rail Coach 1924

Sentinel steam carriage (Chris Drymalik Collection)
c. 1925 on the NAR
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Sentinel steam carriage interior (Chris Drymalik Collection)
c. 1925
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The car was damaged in 1936 and stored.
Scrapped 1959/60.

CR Sentinel Railcar at Parap Workshops - Northern Territory.(T.G.Mawhinney) (Chris Drymalik Collection)
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NJAB1 2-2-0 WT
Entered service SAR Steam Motor Coach No.1 1906.
CR operated it as NJAB1 from 1926-1932 "Coffee Pot"
Will cover in more detail in #SARrailcars

1910 Quorn - Steam Motor Coach No. 1
(SA Archives) (Barry Lewis Collection)
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Leyland - titan truck
Leyland Titan truck was converted to a railcar by order of the Army 1941 for use on NAR.

Commonwealth Railways Leyland - titan truck (Chris Drymalik Collection)
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Following the end of the war transferred to the CR modified and used as a railcar. Withdrawn 1954.

Leyland Rail carriage (Chris Drymalik Collection)
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Leyland railcar, nicknamed 'Leaping Lena', used on the railway between Darwin and Adelaide River, NT
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The rail car had an interesting time on the NAR.

" ... Only the dead or the dead drunk can travel with any degree of comfort. ... "

Northern Standard (Darwin, NT) Fri 21 Oct 1949 Page 1
"SCRAP LEAPING LENA"
RAIL MEN DEMAND OF GOVT.
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
Morris rail car. This appears to different from SAR Motor inspection cars MIC126 MIC127. May not be official CR vehicle.

Katherine 1943-09-28.
Mr T. A. Perkins CR with the Morris rail car which is used by officials on their inspection trips.
awm.gov.au/collection/C21…
Peterborough - South Australia SAR MIC126 + MIC127
Murray Billett 1969
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1937 Morris 25 motor vehicles that run on railway wheels
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300 class & 400 class ' Red Hens '
Islington
300 class driving cab at one end - 1955 to 1970
400 class driving cab at both ends - 1959 to 1971

Redhen railcar 300 at the Islington workshops shortly after being completed 1955
Chris Drymalik
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300 Class 'Red Hen' railcar No. 303 at Adelaide Railway Station
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Red Hen 405 at Semaphore Railway Station in May 1964
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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
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Bluebird Baggage Railcar No 282, Keswick 2011
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A Bluebird train is loaded with mail at the Victor Harbor railway station, 1983
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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
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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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