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Tin Hare


Informal name for a type of rail motor (CPH class) used extensively throughout NSW between the 1940s? and the 1980s. The name derived from a similarity to the electric hare introduced to greyhound racing at about the same time: The train to Cowra today will be a Tin Hare.