South Australia Railway AD type Carriages

AD Class Steel Passenger cars

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Steel, air conditioned, first and composite class sitting cars built by the South Australian Railways for use on the Adelaide to Port Pirie service. They were fitted with under floor power generating equipment and coded as the "AD" class.

When converted to standard gauge by Australian National the under floor gernerators were removed and cars fitted with standard head end power sockets. The first car converted to standard gauge initially retained its original classification, but this was later changed to fit in with the Commonwealth coding system.

See also: BD type carriages and CD type vans.

AD 1 -- AG 376

First class air conditioned steel passenger car.

AD 2 -- AG 375

First class air conditioned steel passenger car.

ABD 1 -- AD 3 -- AG 374

Steel, air conditioned, composite sitting car built by the South Australian Railways as "ABD 1". In 1967 it was converted to all first class and recoded "AD 3".

ABD 2 -- AD 4 -- AG 373

Steel, air conditioned, composite sitting car built by the South Australian Railways as "ABD 2". In 1967 it was converted to all first class and recoded "AD 4".

ABD 3 -- AD 5 -- BG/AG 372

Steel, air conditioned, composite sitting car built by the South Australian Railways as "ABD 3". In 1967 it was converted to all first class and recoded "AD 5".