| 词条 | Kerr Stuart steam railmotor |
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| name=Kerr Stuart steam motor car | powertype=Steam, vertical boiler | image=Kerr_Stuart_steam_railcar.jpg | caption = Kerr Stuart steam railmotor in 1913 | builder = Kerr, Stuart & Co. - power unit Victorian Railways - body | designer= | builddate = 1912 | totalproduction = 1 | gauge={{RailGauge|5ft3in}} | length = {{convert|60|ft|m|abbr=on}} | locoweight = {{convert|41.52|LT|t ST}} | fueltype = Coal | fuelcap = {{convert|1680|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | watercap = {{convert|430|impgal|l|abbr=on}} | firearea = {{convert|14.18|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} | totalsurface = {{convert|663.64|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} | boilerpressure ={{convert|160|psi|kPa|abbr=on}} | maxspeed= | poweroutput= | tractiveeffort = {{convert|6144|lbf|kN|abbr=on}} | cylindercount = 2 | cylindersize = {{convert|16|x|12|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} | driverdiameter = {{convert|48|in|mm|abbr=on}} | valvegear = Walschaerts | operator=Victorian Railways | numinclass = 1 | fleetnumbers = Motor Car 3 | firstrundate = 25 January 1913 | lastrundate = 1924 | disposition = Scrapped }} The Kerr Stuart steam railmotor, also known as Motor Car 3, was a steam railcar operated by the Victorian Railways from 1913 to 1924. ConstructionThe engine unit was ordered in April 1912 from Kerr, Stuart & Co..[1] It was of the same type used on steam railcars of the Great Western Railway.[2][3] The engine unit was delivered to Melbourne on 24 November 1912.[3] The body was constructed by the Victorian Railways at Newport Workshops. The body was supported on the power bogie by four vertical links in the same style as the Great Western Railway steam railcars. It was designated Motor Car 3 (following on from the Rowan steam railmotors which were Motors No.1 and No.2) and entered service in June 1913.[2] It could carry 27 first class and 27 second class passengers, using seats from the contemporary Tait trains.[1] ServiceMotor Car 3 made its first run on 25 January 1913 and commenced regular testing the following month.[4] It entered service on 5 March 1913 between Warrnambool and Hamilton.[5] It was unable to accommodate the number of passengers and a trailer car for 30 passengers was attached. The additional weight of the trailer car resulted in it running late on every trip and requiring water every 18 miles.[6] By late April 1913 the new steam car had failed and had to be returned to Newport for repairs.[7] From May 1913 it operated between Maryborough and St Arnaud, initially as a temporary measure to replace a McKeen railmotor and permanently from April 1914.[8][9] From January 1915 it operated local services between Ballan and Ballarat.[10] However it suffered frequent breakdowns and accommodation for passengers and luggage was often inadequate.[11] WithdrawalBy 1922 the cost of operating the one-carriage steam car proved to be more expensive than the new petrol cars.[12] Motor Car 3 was withdrawn in 1924[2] after travelling {{convert|50000|mi|km}} in service and was scrapped in 1927.[13] See also
References1. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11667300|title=RAILWAY MOTORS. Steam Car Ordered.|publisher=The Argus|date=13 April 1912}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite book|title=Railways in Australia|page=7|author=|publisher=Traction Publications|year=1949}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10493351|title=STEAM MOTOR-CAR|publisher=The Argus|date=26 November 1912}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10767062|title=NEW STEAM CAR|publisher=The Argus|date=19 February 1913}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10768770|title=STEAM CAR|publisher=The Argus|date=28 February 1913}} 6. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10771393|title=STEAM CAR|publisher=The Argus|date=12 March 1913}} 7. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10780474|title=NEW STEAM CAR|publisher=The Argus|date=29 April 1913}} 8. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10783664|title=STEAM CAR|publisher=The Argus|date=14 May 1913}} 9. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7234113|title=THE RAILWAYS|publisher=The Argus|date=3 April 1914}} 10. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1491133|title=BALLAN TO BALLARAT|publisher=The Argus|date=20 January 1915}} 11. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1496274|title=STEAM CAR.|publisher=The Argus|date=13 February 1915}} 12. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97639627|title=Railway Motor Cars|publisher=Northern Argus|date=21 July 1922}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pjv101.net/cd/pages/c208m.htm|title="Great Western" Steam Car}} External links
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