Re: Strange Car in Eveleigh Sydney

David Proctor (daproc@bigfoot.com)
Sat, 11 Apr 1998 10:17:35 +1000

Albert Alcoceba wrote in message <6gm7uc$buv$1@the-fly.zip.com.au>...
>I've noticed an interesting carriage sitting just inside the old ACDEP site
>in Eveleigh, Sydney.
>
>The carriage in question is just inside the shed, and is coupled to a 3801
>Limited brake van which is just outside the shed.
>
>This carriage is painted in XPT colours and has "XPT Sleepers" labelled on
>the side, near the top of the doors. The carriage is interesting in that
>it has a very square cross section - no rounding of corners at all...
>nothing like the normal XPT cars. It hasn't moved from that spot in many
months.
>
>Anyone know what it is?

This is actually a mock-up of the XPT sleepers, and comprises the guards
compartment and two sleeping compartments - it was built to take to places
like the Easter Show, etc, before the delivery of the XAM's.

Regards

David "The Doctor" Proctor
daproc@bigfoot.com