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NOS Narrow Gauge Hospital Car

3.1952,Darwin - Leper Van NOS8

NOS 8 circa 1944

NOS 8

Built at the South Australian Railways Adelaide locomotive workshops 7.1879 and issued as second class car No. "10". Rebuilt as Ambulance in 12.1890 with accomodation for 1 patient and 1 attendant and sent to North Australia Railway. Transferred to the Commonwealth in 1911 and renumbered "NOS 8".

It was referred to locally as the "leper van" as it was normally used for transporting lepers.

7.1879	Entered service on the S.A.R. as second class car "10".
12.1890	Rebuilt as ambulance car with accomodation for 1 patient and 1 attendant and sent to North Australia Railway.
1911	Taken over by the Commonwealth.
-	Recoded "NOS 8".
1938	Replaced by an alternative vehicle.

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