Commonwealth Railways
Standard Gauge
Class operators: Commonwealth Railways
Condition: Excellent
Entered service: 1941
Entered the museum: 1980
Ownership: Port Dock Station Railway Trust
Withdrawn: 1978
Basically a 1941 Maple Leaf Chevrolet, MIC 4 was used as a Commonwealth Railways standard gauge inspection and pay car.
Fitted with steel railway wheels it ran initially on the lines from Port Augusta to Woomera and Cook and was equipped with a hydraulic turntable for reversing.
Originally donated to Steamtown Peterborough in 1978, it was in turn donated to the museum in 1980.