what is it?
The 1800 class railmotors were a class of self-propelled diesel railmotors built by Commonwealth Engineering, Granville for the Queensland Railways.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 24
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Commonwealth Engineering
- operators
- Queensland Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- 114 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- length
- 14.6 m
- weight
- 23.2 t
- capacity
- 55 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927413, Wikipedia: Queensland Railways 1800 class rail motor (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.