Standard Passenger Brakevans
Standard Passenger Brakevans |
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| Vehicle type | Bogie passenger brakevan |
| First introduced | 1890 |
| To Port Lincoln | 1915 |
| Ex Port Lincoln | 1983 |
| Load capacity | 6 tons |
| Number on Eyre Peninsula | 4 |
| Vehicle numbers | 103 / 225, 108, 123 and 150 |
103 / 225. Built 1890 as standard passenger brakevan. To Port Lincoln 30 Oct 1915. One end rebuilt with insulated compartment c.1936. Strengthened bogies 9 Jun 1937, load increased to 12 tons. Renumbered 225 in 1946. Condemned 3 Jun 1959. Underframe to FF1 1966.
108. Built 1891. To Port Lincoln Jun 1953. Rebuilt at Port Lincoln Jan 1969. Reclassified as goods brake 12 Feb 1973. Condemned 19 Aug 1982.
123. Built 1891. To Port Lincoln 29 Nov 1961. Rebuilt at Port Lincoln Aug 1965. Reclassified as goods brake 12 Feb 1973. Condemned 19 Aug 1982. To Pichi Richi 10 Jan 1983.
150. Built 1902. To Port Lincoln 18 Apr 1964. Condemned 22 Nov 1968.
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Pass brakes 108 and 123 at Port Lincoln in 1974. Note that 108 had lost one set of doors in its 1969 rebuild. Photo: Alex Grunbach |
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Pass brake 123 at Port Lincoln in 1970. Photo: Peter Knife |
The diagrams below show these vans 'as built', and van 103/225 as rebuilt with one insulated compartment.
