AEC railmotor

A.E.C. railmotor
A.E.C. railmotor
	AEC railmotor near Fawkner
Manufacturer	Associated Equipment Company (Chassis & Engine); Victorian Railways (Body)
Designer	Victorian Railways
Assembly	Victorian Railways
Built at	Newport Workshops
Constructed	1922-1925
Entered service	1922-1954
Number built	4
Number in service	0
Number preserved	1
Number scrapped	3
Design code	RM
Fleet numbers	1-19
Capacity	32 to 37 passengers
Specifications
Prime mover(s)	Petrol
Engine type	Petrol engine
Power output	45 hp (34 kW)
Track gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)

10 RM At Mornington

The AEC railmotor was the first generally successful railmotor built for the Victorian Railways in south-eastern Australia. 19 vehicles were built from 1922 through 1925, along with 24 trailer vehicles built to a similar design.

Design

Four different internal layout were used, providing for different traffics.

Railmotor	First Class	Second Class	Railmotor	First Class	Second Class
AEC 1	0	37	AEC 10	32	0
AEC 2	0	37	AEC 11	32	0
AEC 3	0	37	AEC 12	0	37
AEC 4	0	37	AEC 13	0	37
AEC 5	0	37	AEC 14	10	22
AEC 6	0	37	AEC 15	32	0
AEC 7	10	22	AEC 16	32	0
AEC 8	32	0	AEC 17	32	0
AEC 9	11	21	AEC 18	10	22
			AEC 19	32	0

Details

AEC railmotors were used on the Reservoir – Whittlesea shuttle service from 1924 until 1931.^[1]
On the Outer Circle line a pair of AEC railmotors coupled back to back operated the Deepdene Dasher service from Riversdale to Deepdene from 15 August 1926 until 10 October 1927 when the service was replaced by buses.^[2]

On the Upfield line an AEC railmotor operated a shuttle service between Fawkner and Somerton (on the site of today's Roxburgh Park station) from the reopening of the section in 1928, until 1956 when the line north from Fawkner was closed.^[3]

Withdrawal & preservation

The AEC's were withdrawn throughout the 1950s as the new Walker railmotors came into service.

Model railways

HO Scale

Steam Era models

References

↑ Jack McLean (November 1995). "Reservoir - Whittlesea: Signalling and Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division): 333–337.
↑ David Beardsell and Bruce Herbert (1979). The Outer Circle: A history of the Oakleigh to Fairfield Park Railway. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). p. 63. ISBN 0-85849-024-2.
↑ "Somerton" (PDF). Victorian Signalling Histories. Andrew Waugh. Retrieved 2008-01-22.

External links

1922 AEC

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[jml-1] Jack McLean (November 1995). "Reservoir - Whittlesea: Signalling and Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division): 333–337.

[oc63-2] David Beardsell and Bruce Herbert (1979). The Outer Circle: A history of the Oakleigh to Fairfield Park Railway. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). p. 63. ISBN 0-85849-024-2.

[aw-3] "Somerton" (PDF). Victorian Signalling Histories. Andrew Waugh. Retrieved 2008-01-22.