SX carriages
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The SX carriages were a type of passenger carriages constructed by Commonwealth Engineering for the Queensland Railways in 1961–1962.
History
The SX carriage stainless steel bodyshells were constructed by
Initially hauled by steam and later diesel locomotives, provision was made for their conversion to
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To allow extra services to be operated during the
Zig Zig Railway - Auckland set
Seven SX carriages were imported to New Zealand in the early 2000s. A set of six were overhauled for the Auckland Regional Council. These were overhauled by the Hillside Workshops in 2002/2003, further refurbished in 2008/2009 and retired in 2014/15 as the AM class EMUs were introduced. SXA1744 was sold by Auckland Transport in its imported condition to
One set (7 cars) has been retained by Queensland Rail's Heritage Division[12] while others have been preserved including seven at the DownsSteam Tourist Railway & Museum,[13] another set in Cairns with Cairns Kuranda Steam Pty Ltd (stored in Cairns) and a set owned by Queensland University of Technology (stored at Ipswich).
References
- ^ ISBN 1877058734.
- ^ "Great Survivors" Railway Digest September 1998 page 21
- ^ "Brisbane Suburban Loco-Hauled Train Finale" Railway Digest January 2000 page 8
- ISBN 0646459023.
- ISBN 978 0 9803922 0 3.
- ^ Queensland Rail SX Carriages Zig Zag Railway
- ^ Three QR SX sets for State Rail Thailand Queensland Rail Heritage
- ^ "Stuff.co.nz:27 March 2021". Stuff.co.nz. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "FRONZ Journal:207– January 2021" (PDF). Federation of Rail Organisations of New Zealand. October–December 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Sale of Surplus rolling stock". FYI.org.nz Official Information Act request to Auckland Transport. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Approval to write off the residual depreciation on the SA/SD and SX carriages". FYI.org.nz Official Information Act request to Auckland Transport. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ Stainless steel (SX) Carriages Queensland's Great Trains
- ^ SX Carriages DownsSteam Tourist Railway & Museum
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