AEC railmotor

AEC railmotor

AEC railmotor near Fawkner

Type and origin Power type Petrol engine Designer Victorian Railways Builder Associated Equipment Company (Chassis & Engine) Victorian Railways (Body) Build date 1922 - 1925 Total produced 19

Specifications Gauge 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Fuel type Petrol &

Performance figures Power output 45 hp (34 kW)

Career Operators Victorian Railways Number in class 19 Numbers RM 1 - RM 19 First run 1922

10 RM At Mornington

The AEC railmotor was the Victorian Railways of Australia's first successful railmotor. They were introduced in 1922 and until 1925 a total of 19 AECs were built.

They came in 3 different forms; seating for 37 passengers in Second Class only, seating for 32 First Class passengers, Seating for 10 First Class passengers and 22 in Second Class and Seating for 11 First Class passengers and 21 in Second Class. They also had specially designed trailers built to increase capacity. The AEC's were withdrawn throughout the 1950s as the new Walker railmotors came into service.

Usage

• 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]

Railmotor layout

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

See also

• Victorian Railways
• Associated Equipment Company

References

1. Jack McLean (November 1995). "Reservoir - Whittlesea: Signalling and Safeworking". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)): 333–337.
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.
3. "Somerton" (PDF). Victorian Signalling Histories. Andrew Waugh. Retrieved 2008-01-22.

External links

• The Great Victorian Train Website Project - AEC