I am continuing with images from Steamfest this week - there was so much to see and photograph and I was working all week so didn't get out and about as much as I thought I would.
I wanted a past and present shot - the steam trains didn't come at the right time - but I do love the Tin Hare wooden bodied rail cars introduced on the New South Wales Railways in the 1920's.
The blue and yellow train is an Endeavour Railcar, a class of diesel multiple units operated by NSW TrainLink on passenger rail services in New South Wales on the Hunter, Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands and South Coast lines.
The official name for the ‘Tin Hare’ rail cars is CPH rail motor, or 42 foot rail motors. Between December 1923 and 1930, there were 37 CPH rail motors built.
CPH rail motors began service on country New South Wales rail lines in 1923 and they lasted well into the mid 1980’s, providing 60 years of service and today there are only approximately 10 CPH rail motors in running condition throughout NSW and the ACT.
