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1900 class "The Budd Cars"
2 built 1956 Commonwealth Engineering Granville using Budd construction techniques
RM1900 and RM1901

RM 1900 in Kilcoy 1960
flickr.com/photos/tramway…
RM 1901 at Bell Station ~1991
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Bran…
Railmotor 1901 at Pialba Station circa 1989
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hervey_Ba…
The two Budd cars had a lot of gear box issues so QR went for 2000 class rail motors.

RM1900 was stripped down for an overhaul in the mid 1980s but the work didn't proceed and it was scrapped in August 1988.

RM1900
flickr.com/photos/tramway…
RM1901 is retained by Queensland Rail as part of its Heritage Fleet. It was used for driver training and inspections for many years.

RM1901 UP sub Darra
28 October 2010
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RM1901 passing through Darra UP sub
28 October 2010
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Rail Motor 1901 at Gin Gin Station ~1989
wikiwand.com/en/Mount_Perry…
RM 1901 crosses a swollen Condamine River on the Glenmorgan line south of Dalby ~1991
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenmorga…
Video:
ARHS Qld charters RM 1901 to travel Brisbane to Wallangarra 2014
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150HP Winton rail motors 2 in service from 1930
Winton petrol engine - radiator front roof
RM48 and RM49

'150hp Winton rail motor for Manly - Cleveland line, Cleveland, Redland, December 1930'
archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Image/DigitalI… Image
Account of trial run with a 150HP Winton rail motor, presumably RM48

The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld) Thu 4 Dec 1930 Page 43
'New Rail Motor'
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti… ImageImage
150hp Winton rail motor for Manly - Cleveland line, Cleveland, Redland, December 1930
archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Image/DigitalI… Image
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Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigades (QATB) were throughout the state. Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) 1 July 1991 amalgamation of 96 QATBs
Many had rail ambulances.

Rail ambulance at Roma, c. 1921
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The rail ambulances were used because roads poor & often impassable. Railway employees would volunteer to operate to ensure safe working. Most converted road vehicles or rail trolleys.

Rail ambulance near Charters Towers, c. 1920 hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/14… - #slqdigital @slqld Image
Baralaba rail ambulance c. 1923
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So all the main classes and rail motors now complete.
There were a few lesser known ' motors '.
One in particular. It was a random find when ' fishing ' in the digital collection at SLQ.

Sir Matthew Nathan visiting a Brisbane suburban railway station 1922 Image
In 1922 all suburban stations had low level platforms.
Sir Matthew was Governor of Qld at the time and travelled widely in the state.
So the search began. Found this.

Governor Sir Matthew Nathan visiting the Cunungra Pine Creek Tramway, 1922
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Located this
The Beaudesert Times (Qld. : 1908 - 1954) Fri 30 Jun 1922 Page 2 Governor Visits Beaudesert

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…

" ... The journey was made from Beenleigh by rail motor ... " Image
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