Commonwealth Railways placed an order with Commonwealth Engineering, Granville for eight 22.92-metre (75 ft 2 in) air-conditioned stainless steel sleeping...
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Indian Pacific (redirect from Indian Pacific railway)
four government railway administrations: the Department of Railways New South Wales, South Australian Railways, Commonwealth Railways and Western Australian...
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New South Wales stainless steel carriage stock was a type of passenger carriage operated by the New South Wales Government Railways from 1961 until 1993...
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carriages 75 stainless steel carriages 47 XPT carriages 99 steel carriages 35 stainless steel carriages 112 suburban stainless steel carriages (SX) 100 R1...
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The Ghan (category Adelaide-Darwin railway corridor)
passengers to take optional tours. Each train has an average of 28 stainless steel carriages, built by Comeng, Granville, in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
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January 1963 Commonwealth Railways placed an order with Commonwealth Engineering, Granville for 24 air-conditioned carbon steel carriages. These standard-gauge...
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Wales Sputnik suburban carriage stock is a type of electric multiple unit that was operated by the New South Wales Government Railways and its successors...
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The Queensland Railways ordered two different types of steel bodied air-conditioned carriage stock, both built by Commonwealth Engineering at their Rocklea...
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The N type carriage stock was a type of steel passenger carriage operated by the Department of Railways New South Wales and its successors from 1939 until...
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New South Wales 46 class locomotive (category Railway locomotives introduced in 1956)
Pacific from Sydney Central to Lithgow. Because of the Commonwealth Railways stainless steel carriage stock having shorter than normal buffing plates, 4601-4604...
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Budd Rail Diesel Car (redirect from Commonwealth Railways Budd car)
pioneered methods for working with stainless steel, including the technique of shot welding to join stainless steel components. This permitted the construction...
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Lima (models) (category Hornby Railways)
19 class in black. The Commonwealth Railways stainless steel carriage stock was also produced by Lima. In 2006, Hornby Railways announced that some of...
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Between 1936 and 1942, South Australian Railways built 36 steel carriages at its Islington Railway Workshops. All were painted cream and green being repainted...
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The RUB type carriage stock was a type of steel bodied air conditioned passenger carriage operated by the New South Wales Government Railways from September...
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The Overland (category Railway services introduced in 1887)
Chris' Commonwealth Railways Pages Comrails: Steel V&SAR Joint Stock Carriages Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Chris' Commonwealth Railways Pages...
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Great Southern (train) (category Railway services introduced in 2019)
arrangements No Sleeping arrangements Yes Technical Rolling stock Commonwealth Railways stainless steel carriage stock Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)...
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2021. [unreliable source?] Commonwealth Railways had showers in some sleeping cars from 1919 ""Tawarri" - V&SAR Joint Stock Steel Sleeping Car-". Comrails...
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New South Wales stainless steel carriage stock was a type of passenger carriage operated by the New South Wales Government Railways from 1961 until 1993...
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are of stainless steel construction, and are currently the oldest in the electric fleet of NSW. First delivered under the Department of Railways, only...
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The Victorian Railways (VR) of Australia and successors have utilised a number of different types of railway carriages and wagons for the supply of head...
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SX carriages were a type of passenger carriages constructed by Commonwealth Engineering for the Queensland Railways in 1961–1962. The SX carriage stainless...
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707 Operations (category Tourist railways in Victoria (state))
2022. E sleeping carriages: Wando, Buchan Commonwealth Railways stainless steel carriage stock: DF935 (not operational) Hitachi carriages 3M, 304D, 178M...
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October 2022. "The Carriages". Heysen Trail. Retrieved 6 March 2023. 860 Class Steel Railcar Trailer Cars Chris's Commonwealth Railways Information (ComRails)...
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diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Commonwealth Railways in several batches between 1970 and 1972. The class was the last...
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The Commonwealth Railways NSU class was a class of diesel-electric locomotives built in 1954 and 1955 by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company...
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New South Wales XPT (category Rolling stock of New South Wales)
August 1981, the first power car and trailer commenced testing with a stainless steel luggage van. The initial XPT livery was red, black and orange with...
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railcars. They were the first stainless steel carriages in Australia. After being trialled on the Trans-Australian Railway between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie...
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original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2018. "Victorian Railways: Stainless Steel Hitachi Trains". Museums Victoria. Archived from the original...
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UGL Rail (category Rolling stock manufacturers of Australia)
stainless steel power vans 150 S set EMU carriages 160 K set EMU carriages 56 C set EMU carriages 455 Tangara EMU carriages 196 Oscar EMU carriages 14...
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diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Commonwealth Railways in several batches between 1951 and 1967. As of January 2014, some...
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