The cars were built by Tulloch Limited in New South Wales, and featured aluminium and steel construction, air-conditioning, and twin diesel engines with hydraulic transmissions.

[1] The Victorian Railways decided to order two railcars of the same design, to replace the 280hp Walker railmotors then in use.

[2] Eight of them were converted to loco-hauled carriages in 1982, and used on the South Coast Daylight Express until January 1991, and on Moss Vale and Goulburn services until November 1993.

[8] Through 1974 the Victorian Railways planned to run package tours on one Sunday each month using a DRC, advertising the air conditioning and provision of hot lunches, evening meals and buses connecting with assorted destinations.

[12] The reliability problem was later solved, but the fleet was withdrawn on 2 July 1994,[13] as a result of the introduction of the Goninan-built Sprinter railcars.