31 foot 6 inch American Type Short Tom Carriages

4, 43 to 50, 65 to 75, 86 to 90, 94, 95, 115 to 188, 124, 125, 137, 138, 143

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These cars were the first narrow gauge car of the South Australian Railways to be built with a Mansard type roof. They were all 31 foot 6 inch in length. The cars with numbers below 117 were constructed at the Adelaide Workshops, with the remainder being built at Islington.

The first two cars, Nos 4 and 43, only had two compartments, both fitted with longitudinal seating, the remaining cars all had three compartments. They were all composite class cars seating 14 first and 25 second class passengers, though this figure seems to vary for plan to plan.

As originally built it appears that cars 4 thru 90 had no lavatory, with the remainder being built with lavatories. Most of the early cars were fitted with lavatories around 1892. Each car body was 31 feet 6 inch long and 6 feet 9 inch inside, divided into three compartments.

The first compartment was 10 feet 9 inch long with seats around three sides of it and a central sliding door in the fourth leading onto the end platform. The second class portion was divided into two compartments one 5 feet 1 inch long and the other 14 feet 10 inch long. The smallest of the two was located in the centre of the car, with a central door in the transverse partition dividing it from the larger compartment, either a ladies or smoking compartment. In the larger compartment the seats were longitudinal and entry was gained to the end platform through a central sliding door. When the cars were fitted with lavatories the central compartmentwas altered and roof mounted water tanks were fitted.

Around 1910, the oil lighting was replaced with electric. Changes were also made to allow the train porter to pass from one car to another. This involved alterations to end deck rails and the fitting of doors to internal partitions reducing capacity to 11 for first class and 16 for second. Westinghouse air brakes were fitted to all cars about this time.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

86 -- Vision Testing Car

Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at Adelaide Locomotive Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at the Islington Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at the Islington Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at the Islington Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at the Islington Workshops.

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Short Tom 31 foot 6 inch American Type Carriage built at the Islington Workshops.