what is it?
The Victorian Railways and successors used a variety of railway wagons for the transport motor cars.
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
- 17.7 m long: about 4 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
- 22
- kind
- multiple unit
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- length
- 17.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7927304, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways motor car transport (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.