Re: nsw carriage codes

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

Hennessy, Mason (masda@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
: Re James Brook's posting - the "A" code did/does not refer only to sleeping
: carriages  - it is a code for special carriages of other sorts also. Recall
: the AB dining car for example.

: The M in the TAM etc sleeping car codes I think refers to Mann type berths?

Correct. The suffix N was given to roomettes (e.g. LAN), and L to
longitudinal berths (e.g. MAL).

The prefix X was originally given to cars taking 600V DC head end power
for the Cooma Mail and the short lived Kosciusko Express, e.g. XAM (TAM),
XCM (MCE), XFS (FS) and XBS (BS). It was later reused for XPTs, hence two
completely different types of sleeping car called XAM.

Cheers
David