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 Rhodes. It primarily built freight wagons for the New South Wales Government RailwaysTullochs Limited Rhodes NSW Heritage Rail Resources but also built single deck electric carriages for the Sydney suburban network from 1926 until the 1957.T4554- Tulloch 1940 Suburban Trailer Car NSW Department of Environment & Heritage 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.Rdh 2233 - Buffet/Daynighter Saloon Car NSW Department of Environment & Heritage
In the 1950s, it commenced building locomotives with 27 Victorian Railways W class diesel hydraulic shuntersW Class RailpageW Class Vicsig and 13 Commonwealth Railways NT class diesel locomotives delivered.Narrow Gauge NT Chris' Commonwealth Railways PagesNT Railpage
In 1964, Tulloch delivered the first double-decker trailer cars for use in Sydney.T4814 - Tulloch Suburban Trailer Car NSW Department of Environment & Heritage 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.C3804 - Tulloch Suburban Motor Car NSW Department of Environment & Heritage 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.Notes on Double Deckers Sydney Electric Train Society
In the 1970s, the company built 10 New South Wales 1200 class railcars and 2 Victorian Railways DRC class railcars.DRC Railpage In October 1974, Tullochs ceased trading."Tulloch's Shutdown" Aeroplane Press 18 September 1974 page 1"Suppliers" Railway Gazette International December 1974 page 461 The Rhodes Corporate Park has been built on the former site.
In 1988, Skitube 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" Railway Digest August 1988 pages 296-298
Products Vehicles manufactured by Tulloch Limited include: TypeImageNumberEntered serviceWithdrawnNotesSingle Deck Carriages 20319401993HUB type carriage stock2719482000Victorian Railways W class271959?71 class locomotive119601961Converted to W266Lake Margaret Tram1??WAGR T class151970N/ANT class13?c1980Double Deck Carriages120 trailers 4 motors1964 (trailers) 1969 (motors)2004 (trailers) 1976 (motors) Cars in red sets withdrawn by 1993 Motor cars fitted with equipment from different companies. 1200 class railcars1019711993DRC class railcars41971?Converted from 1200 railcarsSouth Maitland Railway railcars31961?All scrapped
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