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[[File: Railmotor_93_20130420.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Railmotor 93 and trailer car 92]]
The GWR steam railmotor was a self-propelled carriage powered by a vertical boiler steam engine incorporated into a bogie at one end of the carriage. They were operated between 1903 and 1935 and could be used singly or with a trailer car. Many railmotors were later converted for use as autocoaches; the internal steam engine being removed and the carriage used in conjunction with an auto-fitted locomotive such as [[GWR 1450]]. Steam Railmotor 93 was converted in this manner but has been returned to original condition as a steam rail motor by the Great Western Society at Didcot Railway Centre.
==Steam Railmotors on the Severn Valley Railway==
A steam railmotor was trialled between [[Kidderminster]], [[Bewdley]] and [[Stourport]] on 29 December 1904. A full service using two railmotors was introduced on the same section on 2 January 1905, also calling at [[Foley Park Halt]] which opened the same day. [[Rifle Range Halt]] opened in June of that year and was also served by the railmotors. In January 1911 a third railmotor was introduced between [[Hartlebury]] and Bewdley. Use of railmotors on the Severn Valley Railway ended in 1918.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]] p. 143.</ref>
==See also==
[[GWR 178 Autotrailer Third | Autocoach 178]]<br>
[[GWR 238 Autotrailer Third | Aotocoach 238]]
==References==
<references />
==Links==
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_steam_rail_motors GWR steam rail motors on Wikipedia]
The GWR steam railmotor was a self-propelled carriage powered by a vertical boiler steam engine incorporated into a bogie at one end of the carriage. They were operated between 1903 and 1935 and could be used singly or with a trailer car. Many railmotors were later converted for use as autocoaches; the internal steam engine being removed and the carriage used in conjunction with an auto-fitted locomotive such as [[GWR 1450]]. Steam Railmotor 93 was converted in this manner but has been returned to original condition as a steam rail motor by the Great Western Society at Didcot Railway Centre.
==Steam Railmotors on the Severn Valley Railway==
A steam railmotor was trialled between [[Kidderminster]], [[Bewdley]] and [[Stourport]] on 29 December 1904. A full service using two railmotors was introduced on the same section on 2 January 1905, also calling at [[Foley Park Halt]] which opened the same day. [[Rifle Range Halt]] opened in June of that year and was also served by the railmotors. In January 1911 a third railmotor was introduced between [[Hartlebury]] and Bewdley. Use of railmotors on the Severn Valley Railway ended in 1918.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]] p. 143.</ref>
==See also==
[[GWR 178 Autotrailer Third | Autocoach 178]]<br>
[[GWR 238 Autotrailer Third | Aotocoach 238]]
==References==
<references />
==Links==
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_steam_rail_motors GWR steam rail motors on Wikipedia]
