400/500 class Railmotors, New South Wales.

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Afternoon,

Here is a write up about these Railmotors/Railcars, and Trailers.



My Partner and I had the pleasure of riding in this Railcar/Railmotor on the 19th of April 2009.
We traveled from Maitland to Branxton and return.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_400/500_class_railmotor

This Photograph was sourced from the Wikipedia Page, Photo taken by Barnesy Barnes in 2009.

A Photo from John Coyle's collection. Photo sourced from Google images, taken at Inverall I believe.

The Railmotors/Railcars were fitted with 2 Leyland Petrol engines when they were built in 1938.

Between 1953 and 1957 they were fitted with 2 GM Detroit Diesel Engines.

More information is available on the Wikipedia Page. The link is above.





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