I believe, although I stand to be corrected here, that the decision to use
the Budd carriages as loco-hauled cars was taken due to increasing
mechanical unreliability - they were being used as loco-hauled cars even
before they had the engines removed.
>They then became loco hauled on the South Coast Daylight for a few
>years. After that two of them used to run a service from Griffith to Junee
>to connect with the main line trains. I remember seeing a third one at this
>time in Junee roundhouse but it was damaged and out of service. I know some
>were cut up at Redfern, I don't know if they were all brought to Sydney to
>be scrapped.
>BTW there was only one set of Budds, but the Tullochs were later used in
>Wollongong as well after they were a failure on the Riverina Express.
The 1200-class (Tulloch carriages) were actually the best cars on the system
(from a passenger viewpoint!) The ride was better than anything else going
around, and the seats, particularly in first class, were superb.
Regards
David "The Doctor" Proctor
daproc@bigfoot.com