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“Tin hares”: Aussie-made rail motors that opened up our big, brown land

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Time Warp... Often affectionately known as “tin hares” by rail enthusiasts, they were the beloved little run-abouts on country railway lines that provided speed, comfort and security for generations of travellers in the Australian bush.

Rail motors, or “motor-rails” as they were sometimes called, were an intermediate train technology that fell between the age of steam and the modern dies...


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