Re: Chairman's Car

[CL Burton <"clburton@camtech.com.au"@camtech.net.au>]

Hunslet wrote:
> 
> On 17 Mar 1999 12:41:40 GMT, "Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>
> wrote:
> 
> >This question is very vague.  However, I have now found Arthur Marsh's
> >report of the Overland display in Adelaide.  What is described as the
> >Chairman's Car seems to be Bluebird Rail's BMC (former Overland sleeping
> >car Paiti).
> >
> 
> This would explain (in part), the entry in the NSW Weekly Notice No.
> 10 of 1999 that "Private passenger car" BMC-1, which weighs 49 tonnes,
> is permitted to operate over the NSW system at a maximum speed of 115
> km/h.
> 
> Hunslet.
As I explained a couple of days ago, but the message seems to have been
archived, the Chairman's Car is ex AN Commissioner's Car, stainless
steel like the IP cars, whereas BMC-1 is an ex-SAR sleeper, but
available for hire from Bluebird Rail.
Bill