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Silver City Comet
The Silver City Comet was a train service that operated from September 1937 until November 1989 between Parkes and Broken Hill in western New South Wales.〔(Railway Service Provision ) New South Wales Government Archives〕 It was the first air-conditioned train in the British Empire.
==Design==
The original engines were built in Belfast by Harland & Wolff under licence from Burmeister & Wain known as the "Harlandic" type. An eight cylinder in line uniflow two-stroke engines with blower scavenging which developed at 1200 rpm. The transmission was a Voith torque converter design with two gear ratios, geared for and . Two "National" diesel generator sets producing DC power for train lighting and air conditioning.
In 1953 spare parts supply difficulties and engine age prompted the NSWGR to re-engine the fleet with four 6-110 GM diesel engines rated at at 1800 rpm coupled in pairs driving Allison torque converters to the inner axle of each bogie. These are coupled in pairs through a GM Model TCLA 965 torque converter to gear boxes connected to each of the bogies. A Standard Waygood GM 120 volt, , generator set for power requirements including train lighting, cooking and air conditioning. The power van was re-classed 'DP', tare weight was .
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