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As stated before, South Australian Railway Country passengers & Freight services were taken over in 1975 by the Commonwealth Government, & was known as Australian National Railway. Here you will see trains of The South Australian Railway, State Transport Authority & now TransAdelaide. Here we have a look at Rail Cars used by the SAR |
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The 75 Class Rail Car #30 Entered Service with the SAR on 4/8/1926. The patten car No! 30 was built by J.G.Brill's works, with the remaining being built at Islington Railway workshops. They were powered with a 6 cylinder 186 horsepower Winston petrol engine. No! 30 cost £9,531.10.1 The Petrol motor was replaced in #30 on 27/5/1955 by a Garder diesel engine. Those car serviced most country lines in South Australia, till the introduction of the "Blue Birds" Photo: RC 30 at Bower Station, about 1955. Station SM - Mr. Potts |
The first Brill went into service on the narrow on 12/8/1927, No!100. RC 106, pictured went in to service 17/3/1928 in the Murray Bridge Division, before going to Peterborough Division where it worked until withdrawn in January 1970. Miles travelled on the SAR was 1,417,221. It is now preserved at Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society Inc. & return to traffic in 1991. There a matching trailer that will be able for traffic by May 2001. Photo: RC 106 at Quorn Station. Chris Carpenter |
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To improve services & where the provision of steam trains was not justified, a new model rail car was built. The first enetered service & commenced regular serice in October 1954. They took over a lot of country lines, Mount Gambier, Victor Habour, Moonta, Gladstone, Peterborough & Port Pirie. They all had driving cabs at each end. Photo: Blue Bird at Keswick awaits next duty. Chris Carpenter |
The replacement for the metropolitan lines was the introduction of the 300 Class, single end Rail Cars. They were designed to be in three car units. Two motor units with a trail in between them. On some occasions it was seen that a single unit or 4 four cars. In September 1959 the 400 Class double end drive rail car appeared. The first 300's where "regal red" & silver roofs. However, the exhaust made it difficult to keep the roofs clean, therefore some where painted black. Photo: A set of "Red Hen". Chris Carpenter |
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Ultimately the bodies,sides & roof were all done in regal red & become known as "Redhen". Photo: A Standard three car Redhen set using an 820 Class trailer in between two 300 Class power cars. D. A Colquhoun |
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Introduction of a new rail car with the 2000/2100 Class. Driven by two 12 cylinder M.A.N D3650 HM7U engines. One motor unit could have two trailer attached to them. As the driving cab was up high, they got nicknamed "Jumbos" Photo: A 2000 class set heading back to Adelaide. Chris Carpenter |
In 1985 another new Rail Car was proposed, the 3000 Class, single end drive car. Those were in service by 1986. A 3100 Class was designed that could driven from both end for single car use. Today those Rail Car have completely replaced the "Redhen", with the last one withdrawn in 1995. Photo: A set of "3000 class". Chris Carpenter |
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