V&SAR Joint stock wooden sleeping car Finniss was built at the Victorian Railways Newport Workshops for use on "The Overland". It was originally called Wolseley, but its name was changed to Finniss in 1910.
See also V&SAR sleeping cars: Acheron, Angas, Baderloo, Barwon, Coliban, Dargo, Glenelg, Inman, Loddon, Onkaparinga, Pekina, Tambo, Torrens.
17.10.1907 | Entered service named Wolseley. |
30.9.1910 | Name changed to Finniss. |
6.1923 | Electric lighting fitted. |
6.1936 | Automatic couplers fitted. |
4.1950 | Victorian Railways equity brought by the South Australian Railways. |
1953 | Exterior rebuilt for use on the night train to Mount Gambier. |
8.1976 | Withdrawn from service after the fire in "Angas". |
9.9.1977 | Officially withdrawn from service and condemned. [sar CME1244/76] |
14.12.1977 | Purchased by Australian Railway Historical Society (SA Div) for $1500. [sar CME1244/76] |