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Queensland Railways 2000 class rail motor
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Commonwealth Engineering· from 1956· Australian self-propelled railcar
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Dia 0222: Ellis678· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 2000 class RM Ipswich: Gold Coast Aviation· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 2000 class railcars are a class of self-propelled railcars built by Commonwealth Engineering, Rocklea for the Queensland Railways between 1956 and 1971.
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
- First built 70 years ago, in 1956.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 70 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1956
- in service from
- 1956
- status
- in service
- number built
- 42
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Commonwealth Engineering, North Ipswich Railway Workshops
- operators
- Queensland Rail, Aurizon
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- Up to four cars
- length
- 16.8 m
- weight
- 21.3 t
- capacity
- 54 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927415, Wikipedia: Queensland Railways 2000 class rail motor (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.