Early Railcars Wairarapa Railcars Standard Railcars Vulcan Railcars Articulated Twinset Railcars

These railcars entered service in 1938/1939. Two units (R.M.30 & R.M.31) operated a fast Wellington-New Plymouth return service. Three other units were based in Wairoa, operating initially between there and Napier and from 1943, to Gisborne. On Sundays only a Napier-Wellington return service operated which enabled the fourth unit retained in Wellington as a spare to be rotated in service and to facilitate service and overhauls.