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The arrival of the first railcars was greeted with enthusiasm by local newspapers, [15] and were described as a "new-dawn for long-distance rail travel" in New Zealand. [15] A number of "ministerial special" promotional services were run in March 1955, and the first service operated by an 88-seater railcar was the Wellington-Gisborne daily ...
The last type of railcar in regular service in New Zealand to use the "RM" classification was the Silver Fern railcars.. The RM class was the classification used by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) and its successors gave to most railcars and railbuses that have operated on New Zealand's national rail network.
Classic Railcars, Electric and Diesel Locomotives of New Zealand. Grantham House. ISBN 1869340418. Rail: The Great New Zealand Adventure by Roy Sinclair (1987, Grantham House Wellington) ISBN 1-86934-013-2 (record runs, page 85) Rails Across New Zealand by Matthew Wright (2003, Whitcoulls NZ) ISBN 1-877327-14-X (page 76)
The NZR RM class Sentinel-Cammell was a steam-powered railcar operated by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR). It was the only one of its type to operate in New Zealand, and one of only two steam railcars trialled in the country; the other was the Clayton steam railcar. [1]
Six railcars of the Standard type were under construction at the Hutt Workshops but delays in deliveries of materials and equipment from England meant it was impracticable to build more cars in New Zealand. The order for ten more railcars was therefore placed overseas. [1] [2] The first Vulcan railcar arrived in New Zealand in September 1940.
The NZR RM class Silver Fern was a class of rail motor in New Zealand.The three air-conditioned and sound-proofed 723-kW [1] 96-seater diesel-electric twin-set railcars were built by Kawasaki under contract with Nissho Iwai of Japan. [3]
The NZR RM class Midland railcar (or Leyland diesel railcar) was the first successful railcar, and first diesel-powered vehicle, to enter revenue service in New Zealand. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Two were built, RM 20 and RM 21, and they ran for five years from 1936 to 1941 before being replaced by larger Vulcan railcars .
The steam railcar proved to be a vast improvement for passengers, as its schedule was an hour quicker, at just 1 hour 45 minutes. It could maintain a speed of 30 mph (48 km/h) on straight, flat track, but when presented with steep grades or sharp curves, its speed would drop to 6–14 mph (9.7–22.5 km/h).