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2000 class rail motor
2 prototypes 1956 Ipswich workshops RM2000 & RM2001
others Commonwealth Engineering Rocklea 1959 1963 1971
42 total
numbers 2000-2034, 2036, 2038, 2040, 2051, 2053, 2055, 2057

RM2000
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The last four 2051, 2053, 2055, 2057 were completed as Passenger Luggage Driving Trailers with access doors at both ends instead of a streamlined front allowing the formation of 3-car (and occasionally 4-car) trains.

RM2051
lyons-ryan.org/The_Great_Zig_…
2000-Class Railcar, Dalby, Qld, 5 July 1989
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/105…
RM2031 lead unit
The 2000 class rail motors operated services around Brisbane and SEQ as well as being allocated to Mackay, Townsville and Cairns.
The last regular 2000 service was the Corinda <> Yeerongpilly shuttle.

Corinda c. 1993
R Dow
RM2031 Yeerongpilly on the Corinda shuttle.
c. 1995
R Dow
RM2024 (the other end) Corinda
Elder daughter in striped pant suit and red cap. She used to love going for rides on the motors, so being a good Dad I had to take her ...😉
c. 1995 R Dow
RM2000s coming off at Tennyson line at Corinda
c. 1995 R Dow
NSW 621/721 Railmotor & QR RM 2034,57,36
May 2011 Roma St
sites.google.com/site/queenslan…

Roma St platform 3 (RM2034) is dual gauge 3' 6"/4' 8.5"
Platform 2 (621) is dual gauge 3' 6"/4' 8.5" gauntlet track
QR 2034,57,36 coming into Roma Street
May 2011
sites.google.com/site/qgtstrain…
A number of 2000s are preserved and operational with preservation groups along the east coast of Australia
Full details > QRIG qrig.org/motive-power/s…

Video slide show:
QR 2000 class Railmotor Tribute
Video:
Riding the Savannahlander 2017
2026, 2028 and 2053
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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'
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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'
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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
hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/13… - #slqdigital @slqld Image
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
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
bonzle.com/pictures-over-…
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 ... "
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