The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 6 (October 1, 1930)
Motor Carriages in Australia
Motor Carriages in Australia.
These are in general use in the three States visited. I had the opportunity of a ride in one on a New South Wales line.
At Melbourne, a double-engined carriage, having room at the ends for first and second class passengers, with space in the middle for goods, struck me as a serviceable type. It was a six cylinder Leyland of 90 h.p., smooth running and easily controlled. These can carry some fifty passengers, and I understand can be run for about 2/- per mile. The utility of such vehicles largely depends on the gradients, so that these motor-carriages are likely to be of greter service in Australia than in our Dominion.