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#VRrailmotors
Singled ended rail motor car and trailer
AEC rail motors, in service from 1922-25. Eventually displaced by Walker rail motors.

RAIL MOTOR NUMBER 1 END VIEW - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Numbered 1 to 19.

RAIL MOTOR NUMBER 1 WITH TRAILER - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

ORBOST STATION YARD SHOWING AEC RAIL MOTOR - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
c. 1930s ?

AEC RAIL MOTOR No. 4 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

Frankston, Victoria, approximately 1920
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-152810…
RM 10 probably c. 1925

RM 10 at Mornington.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AEC_…

BEETLE RAIL MOTOR AT CAMPBELLFIELD
Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
? 1940s

BEETLE RAIL MOTOR AT FAWKNER 1954
Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
RM 3

LAST RUN FOR BEETLE RAIL MOTOR 1955
Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

East Camberwell c. 1927
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On the occasion of Victorian Railways Centenary 1954, display at Spencer St.
RM15 PG Dow

I vaguely recall travelling on the ' Beetle ' prior to closure.
Tickets for the day, I would have travelled free.

AEC Rail motor at Mernda, c 1924.
merndarail.com.au/historical_pho…

Oh no!
Two adults and a child inspect the derailment of an AEC Railmotor at the Whittlesea turntable in 1926
merndarail.com.au/historical_pho…

More information A.E.C. railmotors
victorianrailways.net/motive%0power/…
Interior view of an AEC railmotor
Photos courtesy VMRS collection.

And AEC railmotor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEC_railm…
AEC Railmotor 9 Near Fawkner

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