#QGRrailmotors
A thread on some examples of rail motors (self propelled rail cars) that operated on the 3' 6" gauge network throughout Queensland.
The largest rail network by track mileage in Australia in the 1930s.
publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/83f180…
A thread on some examples of rail motors (self propelled rail cars) that operated on the 3' 6" gauge network throughout Queensland.
The largest rail network by track mileage in Australia in the 1930s.
publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/83f180…
1911 QR ordered 5 rail cars McKeen Motor Co
cost £4500/unit petrol engine
delivered 1913 numbers #1 > #5
#1 withdrawn 1920
#2-#5 modified for tour inspection cars
withdrawn 1929-31 scrapped at Ipswich
McKeen rail motor car c 1913 hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/20… - #slqdigital @slqld
cost £4500/unit petrol engine
delivered 1913 numbers #1 > #5
#1 withdrawn 1920
#2-#5 modified for tour inspection cars
withdrawn 1929-31 scrapped at Ipswich
McKeen rail motor car c 1913 hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/20… - #slqdigital @slqld
Original seating capacity was 75
later reduced to 69:
55 in the main section and 14 in the "smoker"
As tour inspection car capacity was 32
Interior of a McKeen railmotor car - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/20… - #slqdigital @slqld
later reduced to 69:
55 in the main section and 14 in the "smoker"
As tour inspection car capacity was 32
Interior of a McKeen railmotor car - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/20… - #slqdigital @slqld
Mechanical transmission proved to be unreliable and expensive to run costing almost twice as much per mile as a steam-hauled passenger train!
No.3 McKeen Rail Motor Car Qld, c. 1930
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/795796
out of service waiting the scrapper
No.3 McKeen Rail Motor Car Qld, c. 1930
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/795796
out of service waiting the scrapper
McKeen motor car of the Queensland Railways at Toowoomba Railway Station, c. 1923 Excursion train from Samford to Toowoomba.
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Number 5
Would have been a marvellous trip! Probably had luncheon at the railway refreshment rooms!
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Number 5
Would have been a marvellous trip! Probably had luncheon at the railway refreshment rooms!
The McKeen cars were based Woolloongabba for most of their lives, and handled services to the Brisbane suburbs of Corinda and Sunnybank as well as between Manly and Cleveland.
McKeen Car railmotor, ca. 1920-1930 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/20… - #slqdigital @slqld
Number 3
McKeen Car railmotor, ca. 1920-1930 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/20… - #slqdigital @slqld
Number 3
Qeensland Times (Ipswich, Qld) Fri 4 Jul 1913 Page 4
' M'Keen Auto-Car - Trial Run Yesterday '
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Full article at link
Interesting account of first test run of Rail motor-car No. 1 Ipswich to Corinda and return
' M'Keen Auto-Car - Trial Run Yesterday '
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
Full article at link
Interesting account of first test run of Rail motor-car No. 1 Ipswich to Corinda and return
Miscellaneous Queensland scenes and group portraits 1890-1920 image 30760-0001-0041
SLQ bishop.slq.qld.gov.au
Rail Motor Car number 4
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Rail Motor Car number 4
VR only other state to use McKeen rail cars
2 delivered in 1912
unreliable lasted ~ 3 years as self-propelled vehicles
de-engined 1919 > passenger cars 1 & 2 ABCL
for use on the Altona line
scrapped 1926
No. 2 ON TURNTABLE AT HAMILTON CIRCA 1913 wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
2 delivered in 1912
unreliable lasted ~ 3 years as self-propelled vehicles
de-engined 1919 > passenger cars 1 & 2 ABCL
for use on the Altona line
scrapped 1926
No. 2 ON TURNTABLE AT HAMILTON CIRCA 1913 wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
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