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| 102 Walker railmotors | |||
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ABOVE: RM 4 at Spencer St, 1978.
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| Number in Class | 12 |
| Number group | 1 - 12 |
| Construction period | 1948 - 1949 |
| In service | 1948 - 1981 |
| Where built | Newport |
| DIAGRAM |
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These units were a combination of power units built by the Walker Railcar company, Wigan England and bodies built Martin & King in Victoria, the whole contraption was assembled at Newport workshops. There were actually 13 power units "RM 13" being a spare. No's 1 & 5 were different to the rest of the class, they had a smaller van area and 6 side windows between the van and the door instead of the usual 5, this increased economy passenger capacity by 5.
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| In service | ||
| RM 1 | March 15 1948 | Scrapped Nov 1971 |
| RM 2 | April 21 1948 | |
| RM 3 | April 24 1948 | |
| RM 4 | Feb 15 1949 | |
| RM 5 | June 6 1949 | Scrapped Feb. 1974 |
| RM 6 | July 7 1949 | |
| RM 7 | July 23 1949 | Preserved at Daylesford |
| RM 8 | Oct 1 1949 | |
| RM 9 | Oct 14 1949 | Caught fire/Scrapped 1976 |
| RM 10 | Nov 22 1949 | |
| RM 11 | Jan 14 1950 | |
| RM 12 | Feb 10 1950 | Scrapped 1980 |
| "RM 13" | Jan 26 1955 | spare power unit only |
ABOVE (photo courtesy Neville Gee)
ABOVE: RM 2 at Gerang Gerung, Aug 18 1971. (photo courtesy Neville Gee)
ABOVE: RM 3 at Maryborough, Jan 22 1977. (photo courtesy Neville Gee)
ABOVE: RM 4 at Beveridge whilst running the 7.10am down Seymour service. Sep 22 1976. (photo courtesy Neville Gee)
ABOVE: RM 6 collided with a truck on the Western Highway at Horsham whilst running the Goroke to Horsham service on Nov. 26 1957.
The photo was taken from N 419 which assisted in re-railing.
Photo courtesy Des Jowett
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RM 5 at Cobram.
Photo courtesy Neville Gee |
ABOVE: RM 7 at Woodleigh, Oct 7 1969. (photo courtesy Neville Gee)
RM 7 at Newport workshops, 1979
ABOVE photo courtesy Neville Gee
ABOVE & BELOW: RM 8 at Bendigo, 1970.
(photos courtesy David Langley.)
ABOVE: RM 9 at Bendigo, 1970
Photo courtesy David Langley
ABOVE: RM 4 at Nyora Aug. 1976
Photo courtesy Rob O'Regan
ABOVE: RM 10 running a Fawkner - Somerton service whilst the regular railmotor had a rest due to the turntable being overhauled. The Walker ran the service from Dec 12 - 17 1955. (photo courtesy Des Jowett)
ABOVE: RM 10 near Kilmore East, Apr 8 1977 (photo courtesy Neville Gee)
RM 10 being scrapped at Spotswood reclamation depot, June 1979
Photo courtesy Rob O'Regan
ABOVE: RM 11 at Serviceton, 1971. (photo courtesy Neville Gee)
ABOVE: RM 12 at Wallan in Ways & Works service, (photo courtesy Neville Gee)
ABOVE: RM 13 at Waaia, June 1975. (photo courtesy Neville Gee)
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