Re: "Day of the Roses" carriages

[petan@ion.com.au (petan@ion.com.au)]

The carriages must have been purchased off the railways. Perhaps they
were purchased at one of the great auctions? If so, the details would
be in back issues of Railway Digest or similar.  As there were several
carriages involved, it should make the search easier if you elimate
the single carriage purchase people.

Any details on the under gear?

Any carriage specialists out there?

Just a thought..

Cheers
Peter Cokley


On Mon, 14 Dec 1998 21:18:49 +1100, <glillic@msn.com.au> wrote:

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>>One of my brothers-in-law has purchased one of the carriages that was
>>used in the recent TEN program "Day of the Roses" and now has it
>>installed in his backyard in suburban Brisbane. The carriage is virtually
>>gutted inside, but with some "studio additions" and a few spare seats. He
>>would like to restore part of the carriage, but to do that needs to know
>>the model and how to go about getting the details. Nothing of the
>>original makers plates, etc. remain, and the outside markings on the
>>carriage are those that the film crew applied (they are different on each
>>side!).
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>>Thanks,
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>The details in your posting do not allow for anyone to determine which of
>the carriages was purchased.
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>The producers of Day of The Roses matched their cars (as close as they
>could) to the 3801 Limited carriages used in the pre-crash sequences. I
>would think that the sides of the "studio" cars not facing the cameras were
>unaltered and therefore might show the true class and number of the car you
>have.
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>To answer your question some detail of the shell will need to be posted.
>Such detail might include number and positioning of windows and doors.
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>Regards,
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>Geoff Lillico
>3801 Limited
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