Departmental Vehicles ex-Blue Brakes
Departmental Vehicles ex-Blue Brakes |
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| Vehicle type | 4-wheel departmental vehicles (see text) |
| First introduced | 1941-42 |
| To Port Lincoln | 1941-42 |
| Ex Port Lincoln | c.1964 |
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| Number on Eyre Peninsula | 5 |
| Vehicle numbers | 914, 1008, 1301, 1302 and 3054 |
These vehicles were all adaptions of the standard 4-wheel goods brakes (blue brakes).
914. Built 1886 as 4w goods brake. To Port Lincoln c.1915. Not shown in 1937 and 1939 stocktakes, but reappeared when converted to weighbridge fitter’s van c.1946. Condemned 10 Sep 1964. To Koppio Museum, then to Pichi Richi 7 Jan 1983.
1008. Built 1881 as 4w goods brake. To Port Lincoln 12 Feb 1926. Converted to sleeping van for pump fitter Jan 1942. Condemned 1 Aug 1960, but noted still present at Port Lincoln Apr 1961.
1301. Built 1882 as 4w goods brake. To Port Lincoln Nov 1926. Converted to pump fitter’s workshop van Jan 1942. Condemned 1957.
1302. Built 1879 as 4w goods brake. To Port Lincoln 12 Jan 1924. Converted to employee camp van Jan 1942 (officially), but it is likely that this vehicle and 3054 were converted a few months earlier and used for the AWB wheat stack cleaning gang which was operating in late 1941. Condemned 25 Sep 1961.
3054. Built 1894 as 4w goods brake. To Port Lincoln 2 Feb 1928. Converted to employee kitchen car Jan 1942 (officially), but see remarks for 1302 above. Condemned 25 Sep 1961.
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914 in its final form at Port Lincoln, prior to going to the Koppio National Trust Museum. Photo: Peter Fehlberg collection |