76 Lipson Street
Port Adelaide
South Australia 5015

Open Daily 10am – 4.30pm

ANZAC Day from 12pm. Christmas Day Closed

76 Lipson Street
Port Adelaide
South Australia 5015

Open Daily 10am – 4.30pm

ANZAC Day from 12pm
Christmas Day Closed

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Motorised Inspection Car 4

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Withdrawn: 1978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.

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