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NBHR 96 | NBHR 97 | AVJY 399 | AVJY 400 |
Stainless steel brake vans, built by Commonwealth Engineering.
Stainless steel brake van, built by Commonwealth Engineering.
13.6.1973 | Entered service as "NBHR 96" on the North Australia Railway. |
1977 | Transferred from North Australia Railway to Central Australia Railway. |
1981 | Following closure of Central Australia Railway sent to Gladstone SA and fitted with chopper couplings. |
1989 | Transferred from Gladstone to Port Augusta to be converted to standard gauge and recoded "AVJY 399". |
1996 | In Spencer Junction yard, accident damaged, still coded "NBHR 96", on transfer bogies and still fitted with chopper couplings. |
- | Transferred from Port Augusta to Altona by rail.[rpf] |
Stainless steel brake van, built by Commonwealth Engineering.
1.6.1973 | Entered service as "NBHR 97" on the North Australia Railway. |
4.1977 | Transferred from North Australia Railway to Central Australia Railway. |
15.3.1983 | Transferred to standard gauge and recoded "AVJY 400". |
5.1987 | Converted to "AZTP" Technical Service Research car, which contains electronic equipment that records vibrations caused by track and bogie interaction. |
1.7.1998 | To Australian Rail Track Corporation. |
6.4.1999 | Used on the Australian Rail Track Corporation corrugation test train. |
6.2011 | Expression of Interest called for disposal of vehicle. |
2013 | Converted to a crew car for the ARTC Shoulder Ballast Cleaner train. Painted all over yellow and given the code "SBC 34C". |