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| service = Australia:
| manufacturer = ADK: [[Commonwealth Engineering]]<br>ADB: [[Western Australian Government Railways]]
| factory = ADK: [[Granville, New South Wales|Granville]]<br>ADB: [[Midland Railway Workshops]]
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| replaced = Australia: [[WAGR Dd class]] & carriages<br>New Zealand: [[NZR 56-foot carriage|56-foot carriages]]
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| yearservice = Australia: 1968<br>New Zealand: 1993
| refurbishment = 2007
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==History==
In 1967 and 1968, ten two-carriage stainless steel sets were manufactured for the [[Western Australian Government Railways]]. Each set consisted of an ADK power car manufactured by [[Commonwealth Engineering]], and an ADB trailer built by the WAGR's [[Midland Railway Workshops]]. The ADK cars were manufactured in [[Granville, New South Wales|Granville]] and railed via [[Melbourne]] and [[Adelaide]] requiring a change of bogies at each of these locations and again at [[Kalgoorlie]].<ref name=GrayMay>{{MayGray-WAGRPassCar |pages=298–303}}</ref><ref name=JDunn>{{cite book|last=Dunn|first=John|title=Comeng: A History of Commonwealth Engineering Volume 3:
Following the electrification of the [[Perth]] rail network, they were rendered surplus and in 1992, all except ADK 689 were sold, along with the newer [[ADL/ADC class diesel multiple unit|ADL/ADC class]], to [[Tranz Rail|New Zealand Rail]] to replace [[NZR 56-foot carriage|56-foot carriages]] on suburban trains in [[Auckland]].<ref name=GrayMay/><ref name=JDunn/>{{sfn|Churchman|Hurst|2001|page=64}}<ref name="nzro1992">{{cite journal|journal=New Zealand Railway Observer|publisher=[[New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society]]|date=1992|last=Kemp|first=Michael|title=Locomotive notes|page=168|number=212|issn=0028-8624}}</ref>
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