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
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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
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SMC1 between Hawker and Quorn
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+255…
c. 1922
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SMC2 at Kalangadoo
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+368…
c. 1906 possibly a trial run
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SAR "Coffee Pot" Steam Rail Motor, Naracoorte, SA, [1930s]
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/300…
This is SMC2
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ea-yK4dUwAANjr3.jpg)
NJAB 1.
It continued to operate out of Quorn until stored c. 1932. In 1960 sent to Alice Springs for display.
Restored Coffee Pot railcar NJAB 1 displayed in front of Alice Springs Railway Station 1961
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-241560…
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Unveiling of the Coffee Pot on 20 May 1984
pichirichirailway.org.au/history/locomo…
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Coffee Pot excursion 1984 Pichi Richi Railway South Australia between Woolshed Flat and Quorn