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The SX carriages were a type of passenger carriages constructed by Commonwealth Engineering for the Queensland Railways in 1961/62. ==History== The SX carriage stainless steel bodyshells were constructed by Commonwealth Engineering, Granville with the fitout undertaken at Rocklea in 1961/62. They were built to operate suburban services on the Brisbane rail network. They shared many components with the New South Wales U set carriages.〔"Great Survivors" ''Railway Digest'' September 1998 page 21〕 Initially hauled by steam and later diesel locomotives, provision was made for their conversion to electric multiple units once the network was electrified. Sixteen seven-carriage sets were completed. The conversion never occurred and they were gradually replaced from the 1980s as EMUs and SMUs entered service.〔 The last was withdrawn on 2 December 1999.〔"Brisbane Surburban Loco-Hauled Train Finale" ''Railway Digest'' January 2000 page 8〕 To allow extra services to be operated during the 1987 America's Cup yacht regatta in Fremantle, 14 were leased to Transperth in October 1986. Initially intended as a short term deal, they would remain in Perth until returned to Queensland in 1991. Others were exported to the Auckland Regional Council,〔(Queensland Rail SX Carriages ) Zig Zag Railway〕 Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia and State Railway of Thailand.〔〔(Three QR SX sets for State Rail Thailand ) Queensland Rail Heritage〕 One set has been retained by Queensland Rail's Heritage Division〔(Stainless steel (SX) Carriages ) Queensland's Great Trains〕 while others have been preserved.〔(SX Carriages ) DownsSteam Tourist Railway & Museum〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SX carriages」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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