Railway Herald
The XPT Class Power Cars, introduced in 1982, were based on the UK HST design and use traction equipment made at Brush, Loughborough, with 2000HP Paxman VP185 engines (from 2000), with speed limited to 100 mph. NSW TrainLink Class XP No.XP2011 Kimbo, originally named City of Sydney, one of the second batch built by Comeng Melbourne from 1983, has arrived at Melbourne with the overnight service from Sydney where it will shortly return on 17th April 2023, with Classmate No. XP2017.
John Neave
