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#QGRrailmotors
RM 6 ' Captain Cook ' converted Napier road vehicle completed at Ipswich railway workshops in 1916. It was used on the Cooktown to Laura railway.

Rail motor at Laura station, ca. 1918 (RM 6)
hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/20… - #slqdigital @slqld

Rail motor no. 6 with its two trailers on the Cooktown to Laura Railway, ca. 1922 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/21… - #slqdigital @slqld

RM 6 when built. Presumably at Ipswich 1916
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RM 6 and RM 32 'Endeavour' a 45 horse power petrol rail motor, in 1929 shortly after its arrival.
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RM 6 was withdrawn. RM 32 replaced by RM 23 in 1944. RM 23 replaced by RM 25 in 1950. RM 58 parts sent from Cairns 1958 and built using some RM 23 parts.

Rail motor leaving Laura for Cooktown with mails for Coen and Batavia - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/20… - #slqdigital @slqld c. 1930s RM 32

RM58 on the Cooktown Laura line in North Queensland 1960. Jim Powe photo.
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The Cairns railway workshops painted two nameboards for "Endeavour" but these were never fitted. The Cooktown Railway closed 31 December 1961.

Nameboard - "Endeavour"
Queensland Museum Network
collections.qm.qld.gov.au/objects/318694…

Extract: Qld Heritage V2 no 2 1970 p23-30

The Endeavour River and Cooktown - UQ eSpace
espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_246239…

Map of Cooktown to Laura Railway
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A ticket from my Grandfather's collection.
He travelled from Laura to Cooktown in 1957.

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