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#WAGRrailcars
AI class petrol coach one only
Built Midlands Railway Workshops 1935
#432
based on a Dodge K 32 truck chassis 6 cylinder petrol
for Port Hedland–Marble Bar railway in the Pilbara

AI class 432 petrol coach PM line, c1935
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
AI class 432 rail motor coach, station building, Marble Bar, PM line
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
WAGR AI class petrol railcar no. 432, on the Marble Bar Railway
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AI43…
It looks reasonable new so probably late c. 1930s
AI 432 had a 4 speed gear box and could reach 50 mph.
Maximum payload was 8 passengers and 1.5 long tons (1.5 t) of freight

AI class 432 rail motor coach at loco depot Port Hedland PM line
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
Known locally as the ' Red Terror '
Sold to the State Saw Mills in 1949.

Ex Port Hedland to Marble Bar rail motor AI class 432 at Pemberton c. 1950s
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…

It is uncertain as to the ultimate fate of this unique rail car.
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