Walker railcars 153 h.p.
ABOVE: RM 21 and MT 50 on a publicity run at Woodend. The units were brand new. 1948. (official VR photo)
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. An interesting change was made to the bottom edge of the windscreen during production, early deliveries had a curved bottom edge, later ones had a straight bottom edge
There were 15 in the 153 hp group, numbered RM 20 - RM 34. There was a spare power unit, RM 35, that would be swapped out to be worked on while the railmotor continued in service.
| In service | ||
| RM 20 | July 16 1948 | scrapped 1979 |
| RM 21 | Sep 19 1948 | |
| RM 22 | Nov 5 1948 | to Healsville |
| RM 23 | Jan 14 1948 | scrapped |
| RM 24 | Mar 23 1949 | to Tallangatta |
| RM 25 | May 9 1949 | scrapped 1972 |
| RM 26 | May 26 1952 | |
| RM 27 | July 31 1952 | |
| RM 28 | Sep 10 1952 | scrapped 1980 |
| RM 29 | Oct 6 1952 | |
| RM 30 | Nov 20 1952 | |
| RM 31 | Feb 9 1953 | |
| RM 32 | Mar 24 1953 | to Daylesford |
| RM 33 | July 8 1953 | |
| RM 34 | Sep 23 1953 | |
| "RM35" | Sept 3 1954 | spare power unit |
ABOVE: RM 21 and MT 50 have just arrived at Woodend on a publicity run. 1948.
ABOVE: RM 24 in the as delivered colour scheme. (photo courtesy Noel Reed)
ABOVE: RM 20 about to be scrapped at Spotswood reclamation depot. June 1979 Photo courtesy Rob O'Regan
ABOVE: RM 22 at Spencer Street next to a 280 Walker, late 1970's (photo courtesy Geoff Winkler)
BELOW: RM 32 at Sth Dynon, April 1981. (photo courtesy Rob O'Regan)
ABOVE: RM 32 at Sth Dynon. June 22 1981. (photo courtesy Chris Wurr)
ABOVE: RM 34 Photo courtesy Kent Smiley
ABOVE: Sometime in 1976 RM23 was sidewiped by a T class loco at Sth Dynon, it was not repaired. Photo date June 17 1976, (photo courtesy Stuart Lodington)
ABOVE: The spare power unit RM 35 at Echuca in the 1960s. (photo courtesy Neville Gee)
