Re: Old Ghan Cars

["Chris Drymalik" <drymalik@arcom.com.au>]

< Tell > <telljb@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> davec@ozemail.com.au (David Cowans) wrote:
> >
> >Some of them are at the railway musuem just south of Alic Springs.
>
>
> Also at:
> Steamtown Peterborough
> Pichi Richi
> Port Dock Museum
Western Australian ARHS have a couple of the old wooden cars including D20 -
dining car;  the other cars (XE1 - sleeper and AF26 - lounge) were not used
on narrow gauge
And of course SS44 (prince of wales car)  and AF27 (governor generals car -
now a lounge) are still in possession of Great Southern Railway.
>
> All of these were either original narrow gauge cars or
> converted wooden body standard gauge cars.
>
> A real pity most of the famous Wegmann standard gauge
> cars which the Commonwealth Railways converted for the
> narrow gauge Ghan never made it.
Port Dock has Wegmann lounge car AFA93 - one of the castle interior cars
Western Australian ARHS has an Wegmann ARE107 roomette sleeper.
West coast also own some Wegmann cars, two BRB second class sleepers and an
ARE roomette.
Steve Moritz of tailem Bend owns BRF90 a second class sleeper lounge car he
hopes to return it to service.
>
> ----Terry Burton
> Alice Springs NT