V&SAR Joint stock wooden sleeping car Tambo was built at the Victorian Railways Newport Workshops for use on The Overland.
See also V&SAR sleeping cars: Acheron, Angas, Baderloo, Barwon, Coliban, Dargo, Finniss, Glenelg, Inman, Loddon, Onkaparinga, Pekina, Torrens.
27.10.1919 | Entered service. |
6.1936 | Automatic couplers fitted. |
- | Victorian Railways equity brought by South Australian Railways. |
- | Allocated to the night train to Mount Gambier service. |
16.10.1974 | Condemned. |
- | Sold. |
- | Donated to Australian Railways Historical Society (SA Div). |
1993 | Australian Railways Historical Society approved disposal of carriage. Sold to West Coast Rail. |
23.11.1995 | Transported from Dry Creek to Ballarat. |
3.2004 | Offered for Sale by Tender along with a large number of vehicles owned by West Coast Railway. |
5.2004 | Move to Maldon. Owned by private individual who intends to restore the car, which an end platform. |
6.2005 | Returned to service on "Castlemain to Maldon railway". Fully restored with end deck. |