The Redhen railcars was the nickname given to the 300 and 400 classes of diesel-hydraulic railcars designed by the South Australian Railways and built at its Islington Railway Workshops between 1955 a
A typical 3-car Red Hen consist in original livery at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide: 400 class double-ended power car no. 400, 860 class trailer no. 875, and a 300 class single-ended power car no. 321
SAR 400 class railcar interior
Two double-ended 400 class Red Hens working a Belair line service in 1990
Cab of 402 at the South Gippsland Railway
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South Australian Railways was the organisation through which the Government of South Australia built and operated railways in South Australia from 1854 until March 1978, when its non-urban railways we
South Australian Railways Redhen railcar
…The Redhen railcars (originally, Red Hen) was the nickname given to the 300 and 400 classes of diesel-hydraulic railcars designed by the South Australian Railways and built at its Islington Railway Workshops between 1955 and 1971. The railcars, which operated in Adelaide suburban service until 1996, remain a…
Y71 steam locomotive on display at the Western Australian Rail Transport Museum
The horsedrawn Goolwa to Port Elliot railway, in 1860
William Webb, who transformed South Australian Railways in the 1920s
A 500 class locomotive introduced by Webb to haul heavy trains over the Adelaide Hills