ARA First Class Sleeping Cars

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ARA 72

ARA/NARA 71

First class side corridor sleeping car of wooden construction, sleeps 20. Built at the Port Augusta Workshop of the Commonwealth Railways.

4.8.1944	Entered service.
11.2.1953	Fitted with Stones Air conditioning and modernised.
14.4.1961	Converted to narrow gauge, recoded "NARA".
12.1980	On last Ghan.
22.5.1982	Written off.
23.4.1983	Delivered to Steamtown Peterborough. Used for members accomodation.

ARA/NARA 72

First class sleeping car of wooden construction. Sleeps 20 persons in ten twin berth compartments. Constructed by the Commonwealth Railways at their Port Augusta Workshop

15.9.1944	Entered service.
6.5.1953	Modernised and airconditioned.
11.5.1965	Overhauled, interior and exterior panels renewed. Transferred to the narrow gauge Ghan service as "NARA".
12.1980	On last Ghan.
22.5.1982	Written off.
-	Sold to Ghan Preservation Society, Alice Springs.