Tulloch Limited was an Australian engineering and railway rolling stock manufacturer, located at Rhodes, New South Wales.

History

In 1885, Robert Tulloch founded Phoenix Iron Works in Pyrmont. In 1913 the business was incorporated as Tulloch's Phoenix Iron Works and relocated to

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. It primarily built freight wagons for the

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but also built single deck electric carriages for the Sydney suburban network from 1926 until the 1957. During

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, a number of boats were built for the

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including some 120ft Motor Lighters. In April 1948 the first of four seven-carriage HUB sets was delivered. In the 1950s, it commenced building locomotives with 27

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W class diesel hydraulic shunters and 13 Commonwealth Railways NT class diesel locomotives delivered. In 1964, Tulloch delivered the first double-decker trailer cars for use in

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. After the success of the trailers, Tulloch built four experimental double-decker power cars in 1968, each with electrical equipment from four different manufacturers:

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and

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, the latter being selected as the supplier for the S class double decker power cars. 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. RobertTullochMemorial090308

In the 1970s, the company built 10 New South Wales 1200 class railcars and 2 Victorian Railways DRC class railcars. In October 1974, Tullochs ceased trading. The Rhodes Corporate Park has been built on the former site. 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."Skitube" ''

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'' August 1988 pages 296-298

Products

Vehicles 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 railcar The South Maitland Railways railcar was a class of diesel railcar built by Tulloch Limited for the South Maitland Railway (SMR) in 1961. Having had all of carriages destroyed by a fire in March 1930, the SMR arranged for services to be operated ...

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{{reflist Engineering companies of Australia Defunct locomotive manufacturers of Australia Defunct rolling stock manufacturers of Australia Australian companies established in 1913 Australian companies disestablished in 1974 Manufacturing companies established in 1913 Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1974