The AEC railmotor was the first generally successful railmotor built for the Victorian Railways. 19 vehicles were constructed from 1922 to 1925, along with 24 trailer vehicles built to a similar design.
Design
Four different internal layouts were used, providing for different traffic.
Railmotor
First Class
Second Class
Railmotor
First Class
Second Class
AEC 1
0
37
AEC 10
32
0
AEC 2
0
37
AEC 11
32
0
AEC 3
0
37
AEC 12
0
37
AEC 4
0
37
AEC 13
0
37
AEC 5
0
37
AEC 14
10
22
AEC 6
0
37
AEC 15
32
0
AEC 7
10
22
AEC 16
32
0
AEC 8
32
0
AEC 17
32
0
AEC 9
11
21
AEC 18
10
22
AEC 19
32
0
Construction
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On the Outer Circle line, a pair of AEC railmotors coupled back to back operated the Deepdene Dasher service from Riversdale to Deepdene from 15 August 1926 until 10 October 1927, after which the service was replaced by buses.[2]
A single AEC railmotor operated a shuttle service on the Upfield line, between Fawkner and Somerton (just south of the site of the current Roxburgh Park station), from 1928 until 1956. A turntable for the railmotor was installed at Fawkner and Somerton.[3]
Withdrawal & preservation
The AECs were progressively withdrawn in the early 1950s as the new Walker railmotors came into service.
^Jack McLean (November 1995). "Reservoir – Whittlesea: Signalling and Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division): 333–337.
^David Beardsell and Bruce Herbert (1979). The Outer Circle: A history of the Oakleigh to Fairfield Park Railway. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). p. 63. ISBN0-85849-024-2.
^"Somerton"(PDF). Victorian Signalling Histories. Andrew Waugh. Retrieved 22 January 2008.
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