These railcars were placed into service between 1948 and 1953. They were numbered RM 20 to RM 35. They were built by Martin & King under licence to Walkers Ltd, England.
The units featured an engine/power bogie cab unit to which a trailer cab unit was attached.
In 1954, a power unit only was built. This was RM 35. It seems to have been used a power unit replacement when other units required maintenance.
The railcars were out of service by the mid 1980's.
Photos for 'RM '
FileID Description................................................BD729 RM + MT - motor , Up MK spark waits, St Albans, 24/5/1985, [oPJV]BD206 RM + MT - Dn, Somerton, c10/1975, [oRXO]BD339 RM + MT - Up Bacchus Marsh motor, Melton, c1984, [oPJV]CN339 RM - 102/153hp, eXp, turntable road, Bacchus Marsh, 1970s, [oBAU]BD228 RM - 102hp type, Up motor, Broadford, 23/9/1976, [oRXO]DB579 RM - 10hp, diverges, with proceed flag, 1970s, [oPTC]CN338 RM - 153hp, Dn (Mansfield), Jacana, 1970s, [oBAU]BT350 RM - 280hp, Spencer Street, 1980s, [oMUH]BD227 RM - 280hp, Warrenheip, c1977, [oRXO]CG155 RM - 280hp crosses junction, North Melbourne, 26/4/1978, [oPJV]DK646 RM - 280hp on local service, Werribee, 11/1977, [oPJV]DL562 RM - 280hp power unit, loading onto truck, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]DJ338 RM - 280hp shuttle a/c duplication works, Footscray, 20/11/1976, [oPJV]BD229 RM - 280hp type, in RM depot, Spencer Street, 28/9/1976, [oRXO]AM204 RM - 280hp, Maffra motor in dock, Traralgon, 1/1971, [oPJV]AM199 RM - 280hp, Maffra motor, Traralgon, 1/1971, [oPJV]CV823 RM - 280hp, with DRC 41, RM 64, South Dynon, 31/12/1978, [oPJV]BD058 RM - AEC, Orbost, 1924, [oNRL]B5303 RM - AEC and trailer, passengers pose for camera, Coleraine, c1928, [oJAM]B5388 RM - as PERM, hauled by D3 678, Ultima, 4/1941, [oJAM]BA009 RM - blue / silver, Spencer Street, 1950s, [sRXO]DL196 RM - Down 280hp passes platform, Beveridge, 22/3/1980, [oPJV]DJ777 RM - Down 280hp Williamstown shuttle on crossover, Footscray, 20/11/1976, [oPJV]DL081 RM - Down motor, Sunshine, 2/12/1978, [oPJV]DO573 RM - Down motor arrives at plat in rain, Parwan, 12/12/1978, [oPJV]BD225 RM - Fan trip, Appleton Dock, 17/1/1976, [oRXO]BD230 RM - local service, Daylesford, 2/10/1976, [oRXO]AF330 RM - on Oaklands tour, 1977, [oPJV]B5334 RM - part view PMM / Inspection car, Heathcote Junction, 29/1/1940, [oJAM]BC293 RM - scrapped cab end, 102hp type, Williamstown Pier, 20/11/1976, [oRXO]AL862 RM - stored 280hp unit, Huon, 1995, [sPJV]CC218 RM - stored cars, Spotswood Rec Depot, 2/4/1979, [oPJV]BE262 RM - through dust storm, Oaklands, 11/2/1978, [oPJV]DL207 RM - Up 102hp blocks Up MK set, Sunshine, 29/3/1980, [oPJV]DK848 RM - Up 280hp, North Melbourne, 13/11/1978, [oPJV]DL058 RM - Up 280hp wrong line/trailing/track machines, Sunshine, 2/12/1978, [oPJV]DL057 RM - Up 280hp, running wrong line a/c track works, Sunshine, 2/12/1978, [oPJV]CS897 RM - Up departure/trailing, Diamond Creek, 1970s, [sPJV]DL205 RM - Up motor, Sunshine, 29/3/1980, [oPJV]DO533 RM - Up passes viaduct gantry, signals removed a/c works, Flinders Street, 9/12/1978, [oPJV]BD226 RM - Up railmotor, Ardeer, c1/1976, [oRXO]CK263 RM - with Tait 2 car shuttle, Dn B, Up Tait, Dn MK, Newport, 7/3/1979, [oPJV]BL374 RM - 102hp power bogies(?), scrap road, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]BK582 RM - 280hp power unit being scrapped, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]BL565 RM - 280hp power unit eXp, Newport Workshops, 25/7/1980, [oPJV]BL564 RM - 280hp power unit eXq, Newport Workshops, 25/7/1980, [oPJV]BL527 RM - 280hp scrap unit ldd onto semi, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]BL561 RM - bogies in scrap area, Newport Workshops, 25/7/1980, [oPJV]AL861 RM - cars stored, Huon, [oPJV]CA736 RM - Dn, Up trail run P 17, Kilmore East, [oREW]AX397 RM - line up MT/DRC/280hp/102hp, Spencer Street, 20/4/1979, [oPJV]BL376 RM - scrap bogies, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]CA919 RM - set: RM-BPL-CV, Echuca, 15/4/1979, [oPJV]CA820 RM - Up, wait line, Dn T 350 pass, Werribee, c1980, [oREW]AP721 RM 2, Spencer Street, c1975, [oPJV]AW679 RM 2 - 102hp, Piangil motor, Swan Hill, 9/1966, [oPJV]AL103 RM 2 - Mirboo North motor , Morwell, 8/1968, [oPJV]AP732 RM 3, [sPJV]BD223 RM 4, c1977, [oRXO]BD224 RM 4*- end on, c1977, [oRXO]BD681 RM 7 - Up 0745 Koondrook motor, Koondrook, 25/5/1976, [oPJV]BG298 RM 10, Spencer Street, c1975, [oPJV]CS494 RM 12 - AEC near gangers shed, 1950s, [sLYB]CS496 RM 12 - lettering enlarged, 1950s, [sLYB]CS495 RM 12 - side view, 1950s, [sLYB]AW709 RM 14 + MT - Motor Train , 1920s, [sMDN]AA077 RM 14 - Rail Train 14, [oPTC]AA884 RM 14 - train, [oMDN]DL528 RM 22 + MT - Up motor/tail disc up, Laverton, 16/7/1980, [oPJV]BK416 RM 22 + MT 64 - Up motor, Laverton, 16/7/1980, [oPJV]BK446 RM 22 + MT 64 - Up motor, trailing view, Laverton, 16/7/1980, [oPJV]DK447 RM 22 + MT56 + RM34 - Down motor set, Westall, 26/10/1977, [oPJV]BE191 RM 24, Newport Workshops, 5/8/1981, [oPJV]AP722 RM 26, Spencer Street, c1975, [oPJV]BG299 RM 26, Spencer Street, c1975, [oPJV]DJ199 RM 27 - Down (Mansfield) motor, Tallarook, 22/11/1975, [oPJV]BK815 RM 28 - in scrap road, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]BL377 RM 28 - in scrap road, RM 89/bulldozer scrap, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]DL550 RM 28 - on scrap row, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]DL548 RM 28 - on scrap row, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]BX997 RM 28 - part view, on scrap road, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]BK862 RM 28 - with RM 89 power unit, scrap road, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]BK802 RM 28 - with RMs, wheels on scrap road, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]BK816 RM 28*- e1p, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]CF664 RM 29, Ballarat Workshops, 17/4/1978, [oPJV]BA208 RM 29 - Daylesford motor, Woodend, 22/4/1979, [oPJV]DO497 RM 29 - Up motor, Jacana, 7/12/1978, [oPJV]CU007 RM 32, Sunshine, 15/1/1979, [oPJV]CU009 RM 32 - ID/power unit end/cab, Sunshine, 15/1/1979, [oPJV]AL544 RM 36 - sedan, museum, Williamstown, [oJXS]AU287 RM 51 - leyland, 1925, [oPTC]AU493 RM 54 + MT, Bairnsdale, 1920s, [sFXK]DB143 RM 54 - AEC D.E.R.M., restored body, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]AP723 RM 54 - Dn Orbost, Bairnsdale, 1927, [sPJV]DB150 RM 54 - drive train support/part underframe, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]DB154 RM 54 - interior from short compartment end, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]DB146 RM 54 - interior of stripped body, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]DB147 RM 54 - interior of stripped body/van end?, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]DB145 RM 54 - lettering on underframe, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]DB153 RM 54 - part view/end/stripped body, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]DB144 RM 54 - restored body, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]DB151 RM 54 - restored/stripped body, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]CK526 RM 54 - s2e2c, Daylesford, [sPJV]DB148 RM 54 - underframe, drive train supports, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]DB149 RM 54 - underframe, drive train supports, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]AP724 RM 55, [sPJV]AU362 RM 55 - as Motor No.55, 1930s, [sFXK]BL431 RM 55 - e1p, Frankston, 18/3/1980, [oPJV]BL430 RM 55 - e1q, Frankston, 18/3/1980, [oPJV]BG836 RM 55 - e2q, Spencer Street, 12/11/1975, [oPJV]CK432 RM 55 - pacing dn Werribee, Laverton, 12/3/1979, [oPJV]CC249 RM 55 - rebuilt s1e2c, Newport, 2/4/1979, [oPJV]BG837 RM 55 - s1@e1, driver in cab, Spencer Street, 12/11/1975, [oPJV]BG834 RM 55 - s1@e2, Spencer Street, 12/11/1975, [oPJV]BG835 RM 55 - s1e2, Spencer Street, 12/11/1975, [oPJV]BL429 RM 55 - s2e1c, rebuilt, Frankston, 18/3/1980, [oPJV]DL275 RM 55 - Stony Point motor/rebuilt, Frankston, 18/3/1980, [oPJV]BD058 RM 55 - with Brill, Orbost, 1924, [oNRL]AD604 RM 55*- end on front, 1928, [oPTC]DK525 RM 56 + BPL 4 - arrive into yard/station, Oaklands, NSW, 11/2/1978, [oPJV]DK521 RM 56 + BPL 4 - at platform, Yarrawonga, 11/2/1978, [oPJV]DK522 RM 56 + BPL 4 - crosses weir bridge on down, Yarrawonga, 11/2/1978, [oPJV]DK520 RM 56 + BPL 4 - Down fantrip/railfans, Yarrawonga, 11/2/1978, [oPJV]DK524 RM 56 + BPL 4 - down, arrives at yard, sandstorm at rear, Oaklands, NSW, 11/2/1978, [oPJV]DK523 RM 56 + BPL 4 - photo stop on flat ground, Mile 172, Mile 172, 11/2/1978, [oPJV]DL336 RM 56 + BPL4 + C36 - weekend shutdown, Echuca, 13/4/1980, [oPJV]AD581 RM 56 + MT 29 - as new, 1930s, [sPJV]DK531 RM 56 - across paddocks 1, Myrtleford, 12/2/1978, [oPJV]DK532 RM 56 - across paddocks 2, Myrtleford, 12/2/1978, [oPJV]DK533 RM 56 - across paddocks 3, Myrtleford, 12/2/1978, [oPJV]DK526 RM 56 - arrives on fantrip, Oaklands, NSW, 11/2/1978, [oPJV]DK530 RM 56 - arrives platform, Up view, Everton, 12/2/1978, [oPJV]DK536 RM 56 - climb bank, curves at rear, down view/cutting, Gapstead, 12/2/1978, [oPJV]DK535 RM 56 - climbs bank, Gapstead, 12/2/1978, [oPJV]BD202 RM 56 - e1, fan trip, Telford, 18/9/1976, [oRXO]DJ464 RM 56 - e2p, Yarrawonga, 11/2/1978, [oPJV]BD201 RM 56 - fan trip, Yarrawonga, 18/9/1976, [oRXO]DK528 RM 56 - runs around BPL 4, Oaklands, NSW, 11/2/1978, [oPJV]BL762 RM 56 - s2e2, Echuca, 13/4/1980, [oPJV]DL403 RM 56 - s2e2c, Echuca, 11/5/1980, [oPJV]BL761 RM 56 - s2p, Echuca, 13/4/1980, [oPJV]CA923 RM 56 - s2p, Echuca, 15/4/1979, [oPJV]CA922 RM 56 - s2q, Echuca, 15/4/1979, [oPJV]DJ760 RM 56 - Up morning motor departs, St James, 24/8/1976, [oPJV]DK534 RM 56 - Up view, yard, arriving at station, Myrtleford, 12/2/1978, [oPJV]DL145 RM 56 - weekend shutdown, Echuca, 29/7/1979, [oPJV]DK527 RM 56 - with BPL 4, Oaklands, NSW, 11/2/1978, [oPJV]AP725 RM 57, [sPJV]CT689 RM 57, Laverton, 20/2/1979, [oPJV]CT687 RM 57 - Dn, Laverton, 20/2/1979, [oPJV]DL118 RM 57 - Down Werribee motor, Laverton, 20/2/1979, [oPJV]AE548 RM 57 - e2 profile, South Dynon, 23/4/1979, [oPJV]CT675 RM 57 - ldd passengers, Up, Laverton, 20/2/1979, [oPJV]AD332 RM 57 - PERM, [sFXK]CT692 RM 57 - roofline, Laverton, 20/2/1979, [oPJV]DJ465 RM 57 - s2e2, stripped, Newport Workshops, 16/9/1981, [oPJV]AE627 RM 57 - s2e2c, South Dynon, 23/4/1979, [oPJV]BE115 RM 57 - stripped shell, barframe bogies, s2e1, Newport Workshops, 17/8/1981, [oPJV]BE114 RM 57 - stripped shell, barframe bogies, s2e2, Newport Workshops, 17/8/1981, [oPJV]BE118 RM 57 - stripped shell, engine room/cab area, Newport Workshops, 17/8/1981, [oPJV]BE117 RM 57 - stripped shell, interior (2), Newport Workshops, 17/8/1981, [oPJV]BE116 RM 57 - stripped shell, interior, DRC s outside, Newport Workshops, 17/8/1981, [oPJV]BQ412 RM 57 - stripped, shops bogies, Newport Workshops, 2/3/1981, [oPJV]CT685 RM 57 - Up, Laverton, 20/2/1979, [oPJV]DL122 RM 57 - Up motor, Laverton, 20/2/1979, [oPJV]CT690 RM 57 - Up view/yard, Laverton, 20/2/1979, [oPJV]BD871 RM 58 + 26MT - shunt the yard, Frankston, 7/12/1978, [oPJV]DO687 RM 58 + MT - Down motor, east view, North Melbourne, 29/1/1979, [oPJV]DO516 RM 58 + MT 26 - spot some goods wagons, Frankston, 7/12/1978, [oPJV]BD634 RM 58 - Dn Cranbourne motor, Dandenong, Comeng, 30/7/1981, [oPJV]BD203 RM 58 - s2e2, Spencer Street, c1977, [oRXO]AU314 RM 59 - as PERM, c1930, [oPTC]DL249 RM 59 - e1p, Frankston, 5/3/1980, [oPJV]BX841 RM 59 - part view, Spencer Street, 29/4/1979, [oPJV]DJ466 RM 59 - s2e2c, Echuca, 19/3/1977, [oPJV]DL248 RM 59 - Stony Point motor, Frankston, 5/3/1980, [oPJV]DJ468 RM 60 - e1p, Frankston, 14/1/1978, [oPJV]BD205 RM 60 - s1e2, Spencer Street, c1977, [oRXO]BD204 RM 60 - s2e1, gene shows/open door, Spencer Street, c1977, [oRXO]DJ467 RM 60 - s2e1c, Stoney Point motor, Frankston, 14/1/1978, [oPJV]CF549 RM 60 - Up/dark, North Melbourne, 27/4/1978, [oPJV]AP726 RM 61, [sPJV]CK537 RM 61, Taradale, 3/7/1993, [oDAB]BR287 RM 61 + MT, Spencer Street, 22/11/1984, [oPJV]AL629 RM 62 - part view, Spencer St, 9/1968, [oPJV]DL183 RM 62 - Up Healesville through yard, Lilydale, 3/3/1980, [oPJV]DL184 RM 62 - Up Healesville works down platform, Lilydale, 3/3/1980, [oPJV]AP728 RM 63, [sPJV]AP727 RM 63, [sPJV]AV714 RM 63 - e2p, Spencer Street, 18/2/1977, [oPJV]AV715 RM 63 - e2q, Spencer Street, 18/2/1977, [oPJV]DB103 RM 63 - restored, s1e1c, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]DL563 RM 63 - Up Werribee, Newport, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]B9972 RM 64 + C 42, Marong, 15/3/1978, [oPJV]B9970 RM 64 + C pass stored rake of M vans, Marong, 15/3/1978, [oPJV]CT703 RM 64 - Dn/Up line view, Laverton, 20/2/1979, [oPJV]CV826 RM 64 - e2p, South Dynon, 31/12/1978, [oPJV]CV825 RM 64 - e2q, South Dynon, 31/12/1978, [oPJV]CT678 RM 64 - Up, Laverton, 20/2/1979, [oPJV]CT698 RM 64 - Up, Laverton, 20/2/1979, [oPJV]DJ497 RM 64 - Up motor, over brick bridge/culvert, Rochester, 25/5/1976, [oPJV]CT695 RM 64 - Up, Dn view yard, Laverton, 20/2/1979, [oPJV]CT699 RM 64 - Up/part view/driver, Laverton, 20/2/1979, [oPJV]CV823 RM 64 - with DRC 41 and 280hp RM, South Dynon, 31/12/1978, [oPJV]BI231 RM 64 - with MT34, Spencer Street, 11/12/1981, [oPJV]AU487 RM 72, 1950's, [sFXK]CS492 RM 72 - number closeup, Heathcote, 1950s, [sPJV]AP729 RM 74 - car, [sGXS]BU403 RM 82, South Dynon, c1980, [oMUH]AK509 RM 82 + MT, South Dynon, 11/2/1979, [oPJV]BK414 RM 82 - Dn Werribee motor, Laverton, 16/7/1980, [oPJV]DS938 RM 82 - Down, North Melbourne, 1/5/1979, [oPJV]DK452 RM 82 - Down motor, Somerton, 28/10/1977, [oPJV]AK383 RM 82 - First/PU side, South Dynon, 11/2/1979, [oPJV]BX752 RM 82 - ID / power unit, North Melbourne, 1/5/1979, [oPJV]DB116 RM 82 - opp side/windows blanked, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]DB113 RM 82 - power unit, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]BK415 RM 82 - power unit/ID, Laverton, 16/7/1980, [oPJV]DL201 RM 82 - Up 280hp motor, Beveridge, 22/3/1980, [oPJV]DK456 RM 82 - Up motor approaches distant signal, Donnybrook, 28/10/1977, [oPJV]DB109 RM 82 - windows covered over, ex Huon, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]BK856 RM 84 - in scrap road, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]BK861 RM 84 - power unit/ID, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]DL047 RM 85 - Down railcar, Bendigo line, Sunshine, 25/11/1978, [oPJV]CU013 RM 85 - Up, Sunshine, 15/1/1979, [oPJV]DO468 RM 85 - Up, guard hangs out door, Sunshine, 2/12/1978, [oPJV]DO685 RM 85*- Up motor, North Melbourne, 29/1/1979, [oPJV]AP730 RM 86, [sPJV]BL377 RM 89 - bulldozer scrap, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]DL553 RM 89 - bulldozer scrapping power unit, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]DL556 RM 89 - bulldozer scrapping power unit, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]DL554 RM 89 - bulldozer scrapping power unit 2, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]DL557 RM 89 - bulldozer scrapping power unit/flattened sides, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]DL549 RM 89 - bulldozer/scrapping, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]BK669 RM 89 - end of power unit, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]BK665 RM 89 - in scrap road, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]DL546 RM 89 - motor/trailer units, scrapping, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]DL550 RM 89 - partly scrapped, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]BX997 RM 89 - power unit being scrapped, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]BL381 RM 89 - power unit/bulldozer scrap, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]BL382 RM 89 - scrapped unit, Newport Workshops, 22/7/1980, [oPJV]DJ762 RM 89 - Up Stony Point-FKN motor, Langwarrin, 6/9/1976, [oPJV]DL004 RM 90 - Down, Broadford, 21/11/1978, [oPJV]DL007 RM 90 - Up, Broadford, 21/11/1978, [oPJV]DL053 RM 90 - Up on Bendigo line, Sunshine, 25/11/1978, [oPJV]CU403 RM 91 - 280hp, power unit, end comms, South Dynon, 13/1/1979, [oPJV]CU402 RM 91 - 280hp, trailer 2 s1p, South Dynon, 13/1/1979, [oPJV]CU401 RM 91 - 280hp, trailer 2 s1q, South Dynon, 13/1/1979, [oPJV]DL211 RM 91 - Down motor, Sunshine, 29/3/1980, [oPJV]DB164 RM 91 - power van/restored, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]DB163 RM 91 - restored, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]DB165 RM 91 - restored, opposite end view, Daylesford, 9/1/2003, [oPJV]DL527 RM 92 - Down Werribee, Laverton, 16/7/1980, [oPJV]CS493 RM 72*-- Down run, on Up track, Wallan, 1950s, [sLYB]
Diagrams for 'RM '
FileID Description................................................AB761 RM - 280hp, [sD26]AT873 RM - 1-6, 12, 13, [oPTC]AB756 RM - 153hp, small van #20, [sD26]AT911 RM - 51-53, [oPTC]AS873 RM - 56 - 64, diagram D-4, as DERMs, 1976, [oPTC]AT911 RM - 7, 9, 14, 18, [oPTC]AT910 RM - 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 19, [oPTC]
File c462m compiled by Peter J. Vincent, updated 22/11/2007
