Rail Motor No.1 Technical Information

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CLASS ROSTER
 

No.

In Service

Condemned

Fate

1

23.09.1919

    .11.1925

Converted to Signal Inspection Car. Scrapped 1930

219

       .1920

    .11.1925

Converted to fitter's repair van at The Rock


TECHNICAL DATA

VEHICLE DIMENSIONS

RAIL MOTOR No.1

Length over buffers

28' 4½"

8 649 mm

Length over body

22' 9"

6 934 mm

Width over body

8' 1"

2 464 mm

Height rail to roof

12' 4¾"

3 778 mm

Wheelbase

18' 2½"

5 550 mm

Driving Wheel Diameter

3' 6½"

1 080 mm

Bogie Wheelbase

4' 3"

1 295 mm

Bogie Wheel Diameter

2' 0½"

622 mm

Weight

7.8 tons

7.9 tons

Service Speed

30 mph

50 kmph

Brake System

Straight Air

Wheel Arrangement

2-A


TRAILER LC219

Length over body

14' 6"

4 420 mm

Width over body

7' 6"

2 286 mm

Width over lookouts

8' 6"

2 591 mm

Height rail to roof

10' 10½"

3 315 mm

Wheelbase (rigid)

8' 6"

2 591 mm

Wheel diameter

2' 1"

635 mm

Compartment length

14' 1"

4 293 mm

Compartment width

7' 1"

2 159 mm

Weight

3.4 tons

3.5 tonnes

Payload

3.0 tons

3.1 tonnes


ENGINE DATA

Date

1919

1923

Manufacturer

Waukesha

Thornycroft

Type

Petrol

Petrol

Cycle

4-stroke

4-stroke

Aspiration

Natural

Natural

Cylinders

4 in-line

4 in-line

Layout

Vertical

Vertical

Bore

4.75"
(120.7 mm)

Stroke

6.75"
(171.5 mm)

Capacity

152 cu in
(2.5 litres)

Power

42 hp
(31 kW)

40 hp
(30 kW)


BOGIE DATA

Bogie Type

Diamond Frame

Manufacturer

Eveleigh Workshops

Numbers

1

Frame

Fabricated

Primary Suspension

Coil

Secondary Suspension

Leaf

Equalised

No

Bearings

Plain

Wheelbase

 4' 3" (1 295 mm)

Wheel diameter

2' 1" (635 mm)

Gauge

4' 8½" (1 435 mm)

Brakes

None

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