#QGRrailmotors
Rail motors using Associated Equipment Company (AEC) 506 bus & truck chassis
38 of the chassis were imported into Qld 1927-31 fitted out with seats & bodies & converted for rail use. Initially 45 HP petrol
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Rail motors using Associated Equipment Company (AEC) 506 bus & truck chassis
38 of the chassis were imported into Qld 1927-31 fitted out with seats & bodies & converted for rail use. Initially 45 HP petrol
From Refurbishing Aunt Emma RM28 barcaldinerc.qld.gov.au/downloads/file…
Rail Motor used around Mareeba fuelled by petrol at the Mareeba railway station, 1942
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Protection from rain and sun was by pull down
canvas blinds. Running boards were also provided so that passengers could step up into the rail motor from ground level.
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Protection from rain and sun was by pull down
canvas blinds. Running boards were also provided so that passengers could step up into the rail motor from ground level.
Passengers riding in a rail car at Glenmorgan, Queensland, ca.1929 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/89… - #slqdigital @slqld
After 1932, a number of the rail motors were converted to have full sides and glass windows.
RM55 ' Red Fred '
rosewoodrailway.org.au/rm55-red-fred/
In 1938 the body was enclosed and the AEC petrol motor replaced with a 38 kW (50hp) 4 cylinder Gardner diesel engine.
RM55 ' Red Fred '
rosewoodrailway.org.au/rm55-red-fred/
In 1938 the body was enclosed and the AEC petrol motor replaced with a 38 kW (50hp) 4 cylinder Gardner diesel engine.
RM60 at Normanton ' Gulflander '
45 horsepower AEC, built Ipswich Railway Workshops 1931, in service Normanton-Croydon railway, 1960-1964
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45 horsepower AEC, built Ipswich Railway Workshops 1931, in service Normanton-Croydon railway, 1960-1964
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' Gulflander ' c. 1957 RM32
This was the same Qld journey that he travelled from Laura.
P G Dow
This was the same Qld journey that he travelled from Laura.
P G Dow
Mackay - Eton rail motor c. 1954
P G Dow
Quite a train, goods wagon plus trailer.
P G Dow
Quite a train, goods wagon plus trailer.
The daily railway delivery for U.S. troops at Rollingstone
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RM44 ? (blew it up, hard to read but probably RM44)
During WW2 c. 1940s
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RM44 ? (blew it up, hard to read but probably RM44)
During WW2 c. 1940s
The 45 hp motors in service until the early 1960s.
Reliable and rugged machines easy to repair.
RM28 and trailers crossing Aramac Creek.
Tram driver checks tram, Aramac
In 1940 it was converted to run with a Buzzacott Gas Producer unit rear ' bunker' housed the gas producer.
Reliable and rugged machines easy to repair.
RM28 and trailers crossing Aramac Creek.
Tram driver checks tram, Aramac
In 1940 it was converted to run with a Buzzacott Gas Producer unit rear ' bunker' housed the gas producer.
Above Aramac photographs from queenslandplaces.com.au/category/genre…
as this one.
Tramway, waiting at the station, Aramac
1974
as this one.
Tramway, waiting at the station, Aramac
1974
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