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Kerr Stuart steam railmotor
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Kerr, Stuart and Company· from 1912· Steam railcar
what is it?
The Kerr Stuart steam railmotor, also known as Motor Car 3, was a steam railcar operated by the Victorian Railways from 1913 to 1924.
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 114 years ago, in 1912.
- 18.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 11 years (1913–1924).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912
- in service from
- 1913
- retired
- 1924
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam, vertical boiler
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Kerr, Stuart and Company, Victorian Railways
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0+4
- length
- 18.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6394329, Wikipedia: Kerr Stuart steam railmotor (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.