Thread by @ozbob13

#NSWGRrailmotors
Considerable expansion of the NSW rail network from 1890s realised that light vehicles could operate frequently off main lines & support steam passenger & freight services.
Enter the rail motor!

NSW Railways 1913
UON
flickr.com/photos/uon/598…
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Rail motor number 1
1919 42 hp 4-cylinder Waukesha petrol
1921 40 hp 4-cylinder Thornycroft petrol
Rail Motor No.1 and Trailer LC 219
railmotorsociety.org.au/rm/rm_0001_fra…
2 crew, 33 passengers

RM1 was based on a five-ton Moreland truck.
Used initially Grafton - Lismore line.

'THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE RAIL-MOTOR SERVICE
Initial success'
The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express (WA) Fri 12 Aug 1921 Page 2
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…

Model (HO) of NSW railways rail motor No.1, 1919
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
ma.as/460524
smoking compartment 10 passengers
forward compartment 23 passengers
a collapsible rail tricycle (trike) carried on rear of the motor in case of breakdown!
superb model

Comprehensive information on Rail Motor No.1
> railmotorsociety.org.au/rm/rm_0001_fra…
No.1 withdrawn 1930 body was sold used for a house in the Coffs Harbour region, chassis was scrapped.
There are some slides in the Buckland collection of No 1 but not on line.

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