102hp Walker Railmotor

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**102hp Walker Railmotor**
Power type	Diesel
Image:102hp walker railmotor.jpg 102hp Walker railmotor
Designer	Walker Bros.
Builder	Walker Bros. (Power Unit), Martin and King (Body), Victorian Railways (Assemble).
Build date	1948-55
Total production	13
Length	16.60m
Total weight	18.00t
Top speed	70km/h
Power output	102 hp

After the Second World War, the Victorian Railways undertook a major rebuilding program known as "Operation Phoenix". One of the first tasks of Operation Phoenix was the modernisation of country branch lines with Diesel Railcars to replace Steam locomotive hauled Mixed trains and the replacement of 23 wooden bodied railmotors built in the 1920s with an intial order of 12 102hp railcars, six 153hp railcars and tweleve 280hp railcars from Walker Bros. in Wigan England, this was extended to include a furter 102hp railmotor, being the delivered into revenue service on Wednesday, 26 January 1955.

The power units and controls were shipped out from England and the car bodies built locally by Martin and King in Malvern, with the finished units assembled at Newport Workshops.

[edit] Status

Railmotor	Entered service	Withdrawn	Scraped	Current Status
1RM	Thursday, 4 March 1948		Sunday, 19 November 1972	Scrapped
2RM	Sunday, 14 March 1948
3RM	Friday, 6 August 1948
4RM	Tuesday, 15 February 1949
5RM	Wednesday, 1 June 1949		Sunday, 24 February 1974	Scrapped
6RM	Thursday, 23 June 1949
7RM	Friday, 22 July 1949	Monday, 3 April 1978	N/A	Stored at Victorian Goldfields Railway
8RM	Monday, 26 September 1949
9RM	Monday, 10 October 1949		Tuesday, 1 June 1976	Scrapped
10RM	Friday, 4 November 1949
11RM	Tuesday, 20 December 1949
12RM	Friday, 10 February 1950		1980	Scrapped
13RM	Wednesday, 26 January 1955