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Thursday 2nd May 2003 The Club Car Victoria at Warrnambool. This shot shows the detail of the letter writing on the Club Car Victoria (Paul Dalton)


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'pda_6085_23 - Saturday 21<sup>st</sup> October 2000 - Two <em>Overland</em> sleepers, A Former Victorian Railways BRS Snack Bar/Economy 48 seat compartment type sitting car: BRS 225 and another <em>Overland</em> sleeper, all now owned by West Coast Railway are shown here stored awaiting possible future restoration in the companies Ballarat East Workshops. <p>BRS 225 was later outshopped from the West Coast Railway Ballarat East Workshops in September 2001 after having undergone a major overhaul as part of a major upgrade of the West Coast Railway Carriage Fleet. This included: Repainting the exterior paint scheme from the <em>V/LINE</em> Tangerine orange and grey paint scheme to the West Coast Railway blue, white & grey Livery. (BRS 225 was last given a repaint in the <em>V/LINE</em> Tangerine & Grey Livery in 1992). This major overhaul also involved replacing the original <em>V/LINE</em> brown/orange cloth seat upholstery with the West Coast Railway blue/grey cloth seat upholstery, fitting of new West Coast Railway Blue/White curtains and the laying of new grey carpet & installing a new retention toilet in the place of the original drop-chute toilet.' 'pda_6085_24 - Saturday 21<sup>st</sup> October 2000 - A view of ex V&SAR Joint Stock twinette car <em>Nomuldi</em> (JTA 1) at the West Coast Railway Ballarat East Workshops whilst undergoing restoration and a repaint into the West Coast livery.' 'pda_ccl_victoria_rms2360_platform - Thursday 2<sup>nd</sup> May 2003 - The Club Car <em>Victoria</em> at Warrnambool. It is seen here as part of the West Coast Railway Warrnambool May Racing Carnival 2003 Warrnambool Cup Race special.' 'pda_club_car_victoria_lettering'

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'pda_club_car_victoria_view_3 - Thursday 2<sup>nd</sup> May 2003 - The Club Car <em>Victoria</em> at Warrnambool. It is seen here as part of the West Coast Railway Warrnambool May Racing Carnival 2003 Warrnambool Cup Race special.' 'pda_parlour_car_norman_lettering - Thursday 2nd May 2003 - The Parlour Car <em>Norman</em> at Warrnambool. This shot shows the detail of the letter writing on the Parlour Car Norman.' 'pda_parlour_car_norman_view_1 - Thursday 2<sup>nd</sup> May 2002 - The Parlour car <em>Norman</em> at Warrnambool. It is seen here as part of the West Coast Railway Warrnambool May Racing Carnival 2003 Warrnambool Cup Race special. This carriage was built exclusively for use on the Spirit Of Progress in 1937, it is now available for hire by the general public for use on Special trains on the broad gauge. <p>West Coast Railway is the only mainline operator in Victoria that still run race trains to racing carnivals, Race trains where once a common occurrence to grace the Victorian Railways tracks but now except for the Warrnambool line, the race train is now a thing of the past.'
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