Victorian Railways wooden sleeping carriage, with a Clerestory roof, built to the same design as the cars used for The Overland. It was built in 1923 at Newport, by contractors Gaulton and party, for use on the Adelaide and Mildura lines. The provision of a tenth two berth cabin occupied the area used as the smoking saloon in the earlier cars. A weight of 41 tons 10 cwt, was recorded.All other dimensions, were identical with the Joint Stock Sleepers. A feature of the modified cars was the unequal length of the end vestibules. The one at the end where the tenth sleeping cabin, smoking saloon end of the "standard" cars, was 1 foot 9 inch longer than the other being 9 foot 5¼ inch long.
See also: Buchan.
14.9.1923 | Entered service. |
29.3.1939 | Recoded to sleeping car No.5. |
3.1953 | Fitted with auto couplers. |
26.4.1971 | Brake van facilities fitted. |
1984 | Original name returned when the "Train of Knowledge" vehicles were refurbished. |
1.1990 | Withdrawn from service. |
1990 | Allocate to AREA. |
1994 | Allocated to Seymour Loco Group. |
2017 | Reallocated to "707 Operations". |
17.6.2017 | Move from "Seymour to Newport". |