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The cars were numbered as sleeping cars numbers 11 to 14, previously Allambi, Tantini, Weroni and Dorai. The New Deal in 1983 resulted in the four Victorian Railways sleeping cars renumbered to SJ 281 to 284, and the carriages were repainted again, this time with orange replacing the blue, with V/Line logos on plates fitted to the left ends.
The cars were numbered as sleeping cars numbers 11 to 14, previously Allambi, Tantini, Weroni and Dorai. The New Deal in 1983 resulted in the four Victorian Railways sleeping cars renumbered to SJ 281 to 284, and the carriages were repainted again, this time with orange replacing the blue, with V/Line logos on plates fitted to the left ends.
Three sleeping cars were constructed by the Victorian Railways in 1928 to supplement those used on the Mildura and other overnight services. They used a similar internal arrangement to the last two E type sleepers, Buchan and Wando, but were wider with steel panels used in lieu of timber slats for the sides, and a curved roof matching the Long ...
A number of conversions were carried out in later years, with the addition of beds to some to create sleeping cars, and buffet modules fitted to others to provide on-board catering facilities. The BRS buffet cars were the most recent conversion, made as part of the New Deal reforms on Victorian regional railways in the early 1980s.
The Geelong Flier was an Australian named passenger train operated by the Victorian Railways and successors, running from Melbourne to Geelong from 1926. As the first officially-named flagship service of the Victorian Railways, the train took pride of place on the timetable, and operated with some of the best available locomotives and rolling ...
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Purple/Yellow 'PTV' Stored Southern Cross Rail Yards N456 City of Colac: 85-1224 D77/78 115 29 January 1986 V/Line Passenger V/Line Passenger 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge Purple/Yellow 'PTV' N457 City of Mildura: 85-1225 D77/78 130 27 February 1986 V/Line Passenger V/Line Passenger 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) standard gauge Purple/Yellow 'PTV'
The train was later called the Adelaide Express (westbound), or the Melbourne Express (eastbound) [7] [failed verification] and ran a daily overnight service in each direction, with opulent Mann Boudoir sleeping cars. [8]: 78 From 1907, new E type side corridor sitting and sleeping cars of Victorian Railways design were introduced.