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Z/YS Standard Gauge Freight Brake Van

Z/YS 1 to 8

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Z 1 Z 2 Z 3 Z 4 Z 5 Z 6 Z 7 Z 8

Built by "Collins and Co", as "Z" class 4 wheel brake vans. They were reclassified to "YS" class in 1917.

The Z Class Brake vans were initially inteded to be sixteen vehicles of a design similar to the Victorian Railways Z class brake vans with minor alternations, the most obvious being the fitting of slidding doors in lieu of the Victorian Railways hinged type. They were initialy all fitted with three wheel axles, but this proved unsatisfactory and the centre axle was removed from all sixteen Z class brakevans, resulting in them being reclassified as "YS". The vans where delivered in two orders. The first eight (Z1 to 8) being constructed by Collins and Company and shipped to Kalgoorlie, with the remaining eight (Z9 to 16) being constructed by Meadowbank Manufacturing Company and delivered to Port Augusta

See also: Z 9 to 16.



Z/YS 1

standard gauge freight brake van built by "Collins and Co".

13.8.1914Entered service as brake van "Z 1".
30.9.1917Converted to "YS" class brake van.
1.3.1961Sold as scrap - frame only
4.1971,Port Augusta - breakdown van XSA2 Z 2, circa 1915

Z/YS 2 -- XSA 2

standard gauge freight brake van built by "Collins and Co".

6.8.1914Entered service as brake van "Z 2".
21.9.1918Converted to "YS" class brake van.
26.1.1945Converted to "XSA" breakdown train vehicle.
27.2.1964Written off[blc]

Z/YS/YSB 3

standard gauge freight brake van built by "Collins and Co".

22.9.1914Entered service as brake van "Z 3".
30.4.1917Converted to "YS" class brake van.
15.5.1937Converted to "YSB".
7.11.1962Scrapped.

Z/YS/YSB 4

standard gauge freight brake van built by "Collins and Co".

4.8.1914Entered service as brake van "Z 4".
4.10.1919Converted to "YS" class brake van.
19.6.1937Converted to "YSB".
5.8.1955Altered for construction branch as accident van for rail welding gang.
23.5.1962Louvres installed.
6.4.1964Scrapped.

Z/YS/YSB 5 -- EDS 5

standard gauge freight brake van built by "Collins and Co".

10.8.1914Entered service as brake van "Z 5".
30.7.1917Converted to "YS" class brake van.
19.6.1937Converted to "YSB".
20.9.1949Converted to "EDS" class employees kitchen and dining van for use on Trans-Australian Railway.
14.12.1962Written off.

Z/YS/YSB 6

standard gauge freight brake van built by "Collins and Co".

17.9.1914Entered service as brake van "Z 6".
30.11.1917Converted to "YS" class brake van.
19.6.1937Converted to "YSB".
25.8.1954General overhaul.
14.12.1962Written off.

Z/YS/YSB 7 -- RS 7

standard gauge freight brake van built by "Collins and Co".

1.10.1914Entered service as brake van "Z 7".
30.11.1917Converted to "YS" class brake van.
13.5.1937Converted to "YSB".
24.10.1960Body condemned, underframe converted to "RS 7" flat.
1971Written off.

Z/YS 8

standard gauge freight brake van built by "Collins and Co".

18.9.1914Entered service as brake van "Z 8".
30.4.1917Converted to "YS" class brake van.
8.8.1942Destroyed by fire and underframe lying beside line at Tarcoola quarry.
12.7.1957Scrapped.