New South Wales stainless steel carriage stock

New South Wales stainless steel carriage stock
OperatorsState Rail Authority
V/Line
various heritage operators
Specifications
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge,
has operated on
5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)

The 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.

These carriages were mainly used on interstate trains such as the Southern Aurora, which ran between Sydney and Melbourne, its slower counterpart the Spirit of Progress and the Brisbane Limited. They were also used on the Gold Coast Motorail to Murwillumbah.

With the demise of locomotive-hauled trains, the majority of the carriages passed to the Australian Railway Historical Society, Canberra and New South Wales Rail Transport Museum (now the NSW Rail Museum) who have maintained them in operational condition.[1][2] The latter infrequently operates them on tours under the Southern Aurora banner.[3] Since November 2020, Vintage Rail Journeys has emerged as the primary operator of ex-Southern Aurora/Brisbane Limited carriages, using a combination of their carriages and carriages hired in from THNSW/LVR.

  1. ^ "New South Wales Rail Transport Museum". 150 years of NSW Railways. RailCorp. Archived from the original on 28 August 2005. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  2. ^ "Australian Railway Historical Society (ACT): Rollingstock index". arhsact.org.au. Archived from the original on 8 July 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  3. ^ Awake in a New World Heritage Express