Similar to section cars and maintenance of way equipment, rail motors often played second cousin to the attention locomotives receive when photographing railway rolling stock.
Queensland Government Railways began using a wonderful variety of rail motors and commissioners cars on their network commencing shortly after the birth of the railway in 1865.
Some railmotors were light and only carried a few people where others weighed several tonnes and could haul a number of rail motor trailers, passengers and goods successfully in all parts of the state, including the famous isolated railway between Normaton and Croydon in Far North Queensland. A rail motor's versatility is high and its imporantance to passengers and local communities was even higher thoughout Queensland.
While Queensland Government Railways utilised a range of classes of rail motors and commissioners cars on the rail network, this area focuses primarilly on the following three categories:
2000 Class Rail motors photograph of each member where one is available.
Other Rail Motor class members - the survivors (includes three ex commissioners cars)
Other Rail Motor class members - lost ones