Re: Queensland Rail Loco-Hauled Services

["JohnMcCandless" <johnmc@topend.com.au>]

 > Gulflander  -
> RM93 and ex NSW sitting car gauge converted. (Mr. Georgee, please
confirm)
 
Nope.  The carriages on the Normanton Railway are 1809, and 1811.  1809 is
an 1800class railmotor trailer, and 1811 was the former Commisioners
Inspection Car (thus it contains space for a driving compartment).   Both
have AFAIK never ventured anywhere near Cockroach County.....er NSW.
[Sorry, State of Origin's getting close :-) ]

I have heard say before that they are ex NSW, and the only explanation i
can think of is that RM93 is smaller in comparison to them, and very much
gives the impression of the carriage being wider than it should be.  Not
the case.

Also, DL4 (the last operating Diesel Mechanical loco on QR rails) is at
Normanton, and  when i last visited (1996) i was told that it was used for
the short tourist hauls, and RM93 was only taken out for the trip to
Croydon.


John McCandless
johnmc@topned.com.au
CLONCURRY  QLD AU