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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 Railways〔(Tullochs 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 shunters〔(W Class ) Railpage〕〔(W Class ) Vicsig〕 and 13 Commonwealth Railways NT class diesel locomotives delivered.〔(Narrow Gauge NT ) Chris' Commonwealth Railways Pages〕〔(NT ) 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 it 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〕 The Rhodes Corporate Park has been built on the former site.〔(Tulloch’s Phoenix Iron Works/Rhodes Corporate Park - Rhodes, NSW ) Past Lives of the Near Future 12 April 2012〕 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" Railway Digest, August 1988, pages 296-298.〕 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「Tulloch Limited」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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