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    The family of Walker railmotors were a type of diesel railcar operated by the Victorian Railways in Australia. After World War II, the Victorian Railways...
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  • Railmotor is a term used in the United Kingdom and elsewhere for a railway lightweight railcar, usually consisting of a railway carriage with a steam...
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    of 13 bridges on Black Saturday 2009. Railmotor operations have commenced with restored 153 hp walker railmotor RM22 receiving accreditation to run a...
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  • Under Restoration 102 hp Walker railmotor. Stored for future restoration. RM 32 24 March 1953 Operational 153 hp Walker railmotor. RM 53 15 February 1926...
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    operates on weekends, and school and public holidays, using a restored Walker railmotor, to the rear of the Tarrawarra Estate Winery, just through the tunnel...
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    December 1968. Monash Railway Club chartered the local 102 hp [75 kW] Walker railmotor to travel to State mine and to Kirrak mine that day. The last wagons...
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    Motors, initially with Walker railmotors but due to degrading track quality the Walkers were replaced by Diesel Electric Railmotors (DERMs) from 1978 onwards...
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    opens on weekends, Wednesdays of school holidays, and public holidays. Walker railmotor, RM22, runs approximately 4.5 km to near the TarraWarra Estate winery...
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    for the railmotor was installed at Fawkner and Somerton. The AECs were progressively withdrawn in the early 1950s as the new Walker railmotors came into...
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  • train a 153hp Walker railmotor. The Echuca to Kyabram service was withdrawn on 18 December 1975. The last train was also 153 hp Walker railmotor, the service...
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  • Victorian Railways Walker railmotor: 64 Peruvian Corporation, Peru: 12 Coras Iompair Eireann, Ireland: 4 Cyrenaica Railways, Libya: 1 Walker Articulated Railcars...
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    from Healesville through the tunnel near Tarrawarra and back, using Walker railmotor RM22. The Black Saturday bushfires on 7 February 2009 burnt a good...
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  • 1978, passenger services on the line were withdrawn when the 153hp Walker railmotor used to operate them fell into disrepair, and a replacement bus service...
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    by the Victorian Education Department and run by a 102 hp (76 kW) Walker railmotor, was withdrawn on 17 December 1976. The last passenger service from...
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    Railways 102hp Walker railmotors (1948) Victorian Railways 153hp Walker railmotors (1948) Victorian Railways 280hp Walker railmotors (1950) Melbourne's...
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    DRC railcar (category Victorian Railways railmotors)
    decided to order two railcars of the same design, to replace the 280hp Walker railmotors then in use. The first DRC entered service in May 1971, classified...
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    from Wodonga to Tallangatta ran on 30 September 1961 with a 102hp Walker railmotor. On 21 April 1978, the last regular goods train ran, with closure of...
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    Leyland railmotor (also known at the Double-Ended Railmotor) was introduced by the Victorian Railways in 1925. After the success of the AEC railmotor, the...
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    section of the line was operated as the "branch line" with a 102hp Walker railmotor connecting with the main line train. A bus service was then introduced...
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  • Strathmerton – Cobram section was operated as the 'branch line' with a 102hp Walker railmotor connecting with the main line train. A bus service was then introduced...
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    its later years, passenger services on the line were run by a 102hp Walker railmotor, paid for by the Victorian Education Department, to convey school children...
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    were withdrawn on 4 December 1977 with the last train being a 153hp Walker railmotor. By this time the general decline of Victorian branch line network...
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  • last passenger service from Traralgon to Maffra was run by a 153hp Walker railmotor on 7 July 1977. A replacement bus service started two days later. The...
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    section of the line was operated as the "branch line", with a 102hp Walker railmotor connecting with the main line train. A bus service was then introduced...
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  • [clarification needed] The diesel-electric railmotor used on the line was replaced with a Walker railmotor RM22 in November that year. On 10 December...
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  • Castlemaine Stations 6 Service Type Cross Country Rolling stock 153HP Walker Railmotor History Opened 7 July 1874 Completed 7 July 1874 Closed 17 December...
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  • type carriages were railmotor trailers, used on the Victorian Railways (VR) in Australia. When the VR built their AEC railmotors, it was realised that...
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    were approved for use. A similar test was later conducted with the Walker railmotors between Laverton and Werribee. In the 1960s, the fleet was fitted...
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    The Rowan steam railmotor was a steam railcar operated by the Victorian Railways. The type was designed by William Robert Rowan, Managing Director of...
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  • passenger service to Mansfield, on 28 May 1977, was operated by 280hp Walker railmotor 91 RM. It was replaced by a bus service via Yarra Glen, which was rerouted...
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