Tulloch Limited was an Australian engineering and railway rolling stock manufacturer, located at Rhodes, New South Wales.
 Double deck trailer at Sydenham in July 2003 | |
| Industry | Engineering |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1913 |
| Defunct | October 1974 |
| Headquarters | |
| Products | Railway rolling stock ships |
History
editIn 1885, Robert Tulloch founded Phoenix Iron Works in Pyrmont. In 1913 the business was incorporated as Tulloch's Phoenix Iron Works and relocated to Rhodes.[1] It primarily built freight wagons for the New South Wales Government Railways[2] but also built single deck electric carriages for the Sydney suburban network from 1926 until the 1957.[3] During World War II, a number of boats were built for the Royal Australian Navy including some 120ft Motor Lighters. In April 1948 the first of four seven-carriage HUB sets was delivered.[4][5]
In the 1950s, it commenced building locomotives with 27 Victorian Railways W class diesel hydraulic shunters[6][7] and 13 Commonwealth Railways NT class diesel locomotives delivered.[8][9]
In 1964, Tulloch delivered the first double-decker trailer cars for use in Sydney.[10] After the success of the trailers, Tulloch built four experimental double-decker power cars in 1968, each with electrical equipment from four different manufacturers: English Electric, Toshiba, Hitachi and Mitsubishi, the latter being selected as the supplier for the S class double decker power cars.[11] These four motor cars were each paired with modified matching trailers from the original fleet of 120, and ran as an 8-car set with the _target plate S10, giving NSW the first fully double deck Electric Multiple Unit passenger train in the world.[12]
In the 1970s, the company built 10 New South Wales 1200 class railcars[13] and 2 Victorian Railways DRC class railcars.[14] In October 1974, Tullochs ceased trading.[15][16] The Rhodes Corporate Park has been built on the former site.[citation needed]
In 1988, Skitube Alpine Railway acquired a diesel-mechanical locomotive built by Tulloch in 1958 for use as a depot shunter. This small locomotive was believed to have been the first to be built at the Tulloch plant at Rhodes.[17]
Products
editVehicles manufactured by Tulloch Limited include:
- 203 Sydney single deck carriages
- 28 New South Wales HUB carriages
- 26 Victorian Railways W class (diesel-hydraulic) & 1 New South Wales 71 class locomotive
- 2-foot gauge diesel shunting locomotives
- 15 Western Australian Government Railways T class shunting locomotives
- 13 Commonwealth Railways NT class
- 120 Sydney double deck trailers
- 4 Sydney double deck power cars
- 10 New South Wales 1200 class railcars & 2 Victorian Railways DRC class railcars
- 3 South Maitland Railway railcars
Notes
edit- ^ "Notes & Comments". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 November 1913. p. 11. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ^ Tullochs Limited Rhodes NSW Heritage Rail Resources
- ^ T4554- Tulloch 1940 Suburban Trailer Car NSW Department of Environment & Heritage
- ^ Dunn, John (2006). Comeng A History of Commonwealth Engineering 1921 - 1955. Rosenberg Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 1877058424.
- ^ Rdh 2233 - Buffet/Daynighter Saloon Car NSW Department of Environment & Heritage
- ^ W Class Railpage
- ^ W Class Vicsig
- ^ Narrow Gauge NT Chris' Commonwealth Railways Pages
- ^ NT Railpage
- ^ T4814 - Tulloch Suburban Trailer Car NSW Department of Environment & Heritage
- ^ C3804 - Tulloch Suburban Motor Car NSW Department of Environment & Heritage
- ^ Notes on Double Deckers Sydney Electric Train Society
- ^ Cooke, David (1984). Railmotors and XPTs. Australian Railway Historical Society NSW Division. ISBN 0-909650-23-3.
- ^ DRC Railpage
- ^ "Tulloch's Shutdown" Aeroplane Press 18 September 1974 page 1
- ^ "Suppliers" Railway Gazette International December 1974 page 461
- ^ "Skitube" Railway Digest August 1988 pages 296-298