Fleet
All of the fleet were built with four-wheel vertical-boiler power units and a four-wheel trailing bogie under the carriage. Driving wheels were from 3ft 5in to 4ft (1,041mm to 1,219mm); cylinders were from 9in × 15in to 12in × 16in (229mm × 381mm to 305mm × 406mm).
- 1–2 Flat-ended prototype rail motors introduced in 1903.
- 3–14 Match-boarded carriages
- 15–16 Kerr, Stuart design
- 17–28 Match-boarded carriages
- 29–99
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