Queensland Railways 1800 class railmotor | |
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Manufacturer | Commonwealth Engineering |
Built at | Granville |
Constructed | 1952–1954 |
Number built | 24 (12 railmotors and 12 trailer passenger) |
Number in service | 2 (one railmotor, converted to a trailer passenger and one trailer passenger) |
Number preserved | 5 (one complete railmotor, three privately owned railmotor bodies without bogies and one privately owned trailer passenger without bogies) |
Number scrapped | 17 (7 railmotors and 10 trailer passenger) |
Diagram | M1800 P47 Queensland Railways Mechanical Engineers Branch Ipswich Qld. drawn 26/11/1952 |
Fleet numbers | Rail motors 1800 1803 1804 1807 1808 1811 1812 1815 1816 1819 1820 1823 Trailer passenger 1801 1802 1805 1806 1809 1810 1813 1814 1817 1818 1821 1822 |
Capacity | 55 passengers |
Operators | Queensland Railways |
Specifications | |
Car length | 14.885 mtrs (48 ft 10 1/4 inches) |
Width | 2.83 mtrs (9 ft 3 3/8 inches) |
Height | 3.763 mtrs (12 ft 4 1/16 inches) |
Floor height | 1.041 mtrs (3 ft 5 inches) |
Doors | Railmotor, 4 side doors plus 1 rear end door. Trailer passenger. 4 side doors plus 2 end doors, one at each end. |
Wheel diameter | Front power bogie 762 mm (2 ft 6 inches). Rear bogie 838 mm (2 ft 9 inches) |
Weight | 23.217 tonnes (22 tons 17 cwt) |
Prime mover(s) | Single Gardner 6L3 diesel |
Power output | 114 kW (153 hp) |
Transmission | Hydraulic Coupling Wilson Epicyclic Type 5.8. 4 speed electro pnematic self selecting 4 speed gearbox. |
Bogies | Front: Drewry Power Bogie. Rear: Ride Control A.3. bogie. |
Coupling system | Double buffer and chain link. |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
The 1800 class railmotors were a class of self-propelled diesel railmotors built by Commonwealth Engineering, Granville for the Queensland Railways.