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The first passenger carriages of the Victorian Railways (VR) were fixed-wheel, with a mixture of first- and second-class bodies on either four- or six-wheeled underframes. They were built to the British side-loading, swing-door, cross bench compartment (non-corridor) style; later a saloon style was used to a limited extent, featuring fewer ...
V. V&SAR Intercolonial Express Carriages; V/Line H type carriage; VicRail N type carriage; Victorian Railways bogie guard's vans; Victorian Railways dining cars
In the closing years of the 19th century, the Victorian Railways found itself in need of more passenger carriages. In 1897, a design was settled upon, and carriage AV285 was constructed. The number 285 was a follow-on from the numbering of the AA class of carriages, the last of those having been 284.
The S type carriages are a corridor-type passenger carriage used on the railways of Victoria, Australia.The first carriages were constructed by the Victorian Railways in 1937 for use on the Spirit of Progress, with additional carriages built for other trains until the mid-1950s.
Following World War I patronage on the Victorian Railways increased significantly, and there were insufficient high capacity carriages for the busiest routes. To overcome the problem, the W design was adjusted, with a longer and wider body, to produce the Long W series. The vehicles entered service from 1926.
The carriages were constructed by the Victorian Railways from 1957 for use on interstate services. [ citation needed ] Two major types of carriage were constructed - thirteen AZ first class cars with closely spaced but smaller windows, and twelve BZ second class cars with wider spaced but larger windows (the thirteenth BZ entered service on ...
In the early 20th century, the Victorian Railways decided to convert the metropolitan part of the network to electric traction. As part of that project, a large number of "Swing Door" ("dog box") cars were converted to electric traction, which left a gaping hole in the carriage fleet. As a result, the 'W' series of passenger cars was built.
This article outlines the history and types of passenger rolling stock and guards vans on the narrow-gauge lines of the Victorian Railways in Australia. The types were constructed in parallel with very similar designs. All passenger carriages operating under the Victorian Railways were painted a deep red, with black underframes and white lettering. In the early preservation era, vehicles ...