LIGHT MOTOR-TRAINS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18458, 23 July 1923, Page 9

LIGHT MOTOR-TRAINS.

' :—«o» ■ •'.: N.S. WALES EXPERIMENTS. ADOPTION OF NEW TYPE. [from our own correspondent.) SYDNEY, July 12. Experiments in the running of motor trains for local services on country lines, which have been conducted over a period of years on the North Coast of New South Wates, have been so successful that they are being adopted for numerous other lines. " : , ' . ;= • :. • A new. and light type of motor tram based on the results of the experiments is being constructed at the railway • workshops at Eveleigh. Each Will accommodate about 54 passengers, and provision is being made for the carriage also of mails, luggage, and perishable goods. 'The Minister for Works, who had expressed such impatience with the apparent delay in completing the new motors, that he had signified his intention of instituting a public inquiry into the matter, completely "reversed his opinion after inspecting the work at Eveleigh. He announced that the progress during the last few months had been highly p.atisfactory. and that five of the new cars with enfines which wore being imported, would e, on the tracks -within three : : months, He expressed complete . satisfaction with the design and the provision for comfort that they contained.