4-wheel Passenger Brakevans
4-wheel Passenger Brakevans |
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| Vehicle type | 4-wheel passenger brakevan Accident van Employee sleeping van |
| First introduced | 1883 |
| To Port Lincoln | 1915 |
| Ex Port Lincoln | After 1970 |
| Load capacity | 1.5 tons |
| Number on Eyre Peninsula | 5 |
| Vehicle numbers | 51, 52 / 5062, 56 / 5063, 59 / 5066 and 5739 |
The SAR built fourteen of these vans between 1883 and 1888. Built for passenger trains, they were also known as luggage vans.
Four of these little vehicles (51, 52, 56 and 59) came to Port Lincoln as brakevans, and a fifth (originally 53, but renumbered 5739 when transferred) came as an accident van in 1922. The four original vehicles were converted for Departmental use between 1917 and 1934.
51. Built 1883 as passenger brakevan 51. To Port Lincoln 8 Jun 1917. In use as accident van by 1937, possibly earlier. Condemned 10 Sep 1964.
52 / 5062. Built 1883 as passenger brakevan 52. To Port Lincoln 13 Jul 1917. Converted to employee sleeping van 19 Jun 1931, renumbered 5062. Condemned 1 Aug 1960. To Koppio National Trust Museum in 1960s, then to Pichi Richi 7 Jan 1983.
56 / 5063. Built 1883 as passenger brakevan 56. To Port Lincoln 30 Oct 1915. Converted to employee sleeping van 19 Jun 1931, renumbered 5063. Condemned 7 Feb 1958.
59 / 5066. Built 1884 as passenger brakevan 59. To Port Lincoln 30 Oct 1915. Converted to employee sleeping van 17 May 1934, renumbered 5066. Condemned 7 Feb 1958.
5739. Built 1886 as passenger brakevan 53. Built as 4w passenger brake 53. Converted to accident van Mar 1922, renumbered 5739. To Port Lincoln 22 Apr 1922. Condemned 10 Sep 1964.
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One of the employee sleeping van conversions (probably 5062) at Port Lincoln in 1962/63. Photo: Graeme Westwood |
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Another sleeping van conversion at Port Lincoln in 1967. This vehicle was still present in 1970. Photo: Alex Grunbach |
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Two of these vans, presumably 51 and 5739, in the consist of the accident train at Port Lincoln in 1961. Photo: Bill Lewis |
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