Tulloch Limited

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.^[1] It primarily built freight wagons for the New South Wales Government Railways^[2] but also built single deck electric carriages for the Sydney suburban network from 1926 until the 1957.^[3] 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.^[4][5]

In the 1950s, it commenced building locomotives with 27 Victorian Railways W class diesel hydraulic shunters^[6][7] and 13 Commonwealth Railways NT class diesel locomotives delivered.^[8][9]

In 1964, Tulloch delivered the first double-decker trailer cars for use in Sydney.^[10] 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.^[11] 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.^[12]

In the 1970s, the company built 10 New South Wales 1200 class railcars^[13] and 2 Victorian Railways DRC class railcars.^[14] In October 1974, Tullochs ceased trading.^[15][16] The Rhodes Corporate Park has been built on the former site.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[17]

Vehicles manufactured by Tulloch Limited include:

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Type	Image	Number	Entered service	Withdrawn	Notes
Single Deck Carriages		203	1940	1992
HUB type carriage stock		27	1948	2000
Victorian Railways W class		27	1959	?
71 class locomotive		1	1960	1961	Converted to W266
Lake Margaret Tram		1	?	?
WAGR T class		15	1970	N/A
NT class		13	?	c1980
Double Deck Carriages		120 trailers 4 motors	1964 (trailers) 1969 (motors)	2004 (trailers) 1976 (motors)	Cars in red sets withdrawn by 1993 Motor cars fitted with equipment from different companies.[18]
1200 class railcars		10	1971	1993
DRC class railcars		4	1971	?	Converted from 1200 railcars
South Maitland Railway railcars		3	1961	?	All scrapped

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