PASSENGER CARRIAGES
Queensland Carriages
| Evans Carriages - 15
acquired from Queensland Railways in 1986. Codes are either BU or BUV. 55'5" over buffers, body 52'6", width 8'9", tare: 24 tons 15cwt. BU 1414, BU 1415, (both built 1952) BU 1425, BU 1428 (both built 1953) - carriages have full width, low back seats, capacity 90 passengers. BUV 1370, BUV 1412, BUV 1417 - these have a guards compartment at one end, and a smaller seating capacity of 70 passengers. BUV 1370, built 1949 by Waddington P/L (set 32) BUV 1412 built 1952. FC 1274 is an Evans car. Built 1937 in Ipswich Workshops (set27). Earlier at ZZR it had no fixed seating and was used as a training car and named the Fowler Car. It has since been fitted with seats and tables with a corridor down one side. It can be included either in a running set or in the Blue Train. Length over buffers: 53'5", length over body: 50'0", width 8'7". tare: 23tons 1 cwt. These are ex Brisbane Suburban service cars. Nos. 1412, 1413, 1414, 1415, 1416 & 1417 were built in 1952 by Commonwealth Engineering. They were known as set 33 when in service. All Evans cars are painted maroon. Nos 1071, 1413,1416 & 1345 were sold to Beaudesert Rail in Queensland in 2000. 2 had been sold earlier. BUV 1345, now BPV 1345, was converted by Beaudesert Rail to central corridor with twin seats on either side. It was fitted with a 240V diesel generator to power a whole train. ZZR repurchased the carriage in June 2005. |
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| AAS 1231 - Countess of
Belmore. Built 1935. Queensland Railways 1st class corridor
sleeper with 7 compartments sleeping 14, 2 toilets, seats 28. Built
Ipswich Workshops, 1935 for Sunshine Express service, cost 5,598
Australian pounds, of cedar and pine on a steel underframe, on 4
wheel Timken roller bearing bogies. Bought ZZR 1985. Refurbished
2003 for Blue Train. Length over buffers: 55'5", length over body: 52'6", width: 9'0", tare: 28 tons 5cwt. 16.020m, width 2.750m. |
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| AL 540 - Emerald. Built
1909 - 1910 at Ipswich Workshops as 1st class sitting car for the
Sydney Mail service. End platform carriage bought by ZZR 2002, 5
compartments each seating 6-8 people. Formerly sleeper for 20.
Refurbished 2003 for Blue Train. Length over platforms: 51'0", length over body: 45'", width: 8'9", tare: 24tons, 10 cwt. |
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| CAS 123 - Pullman car -
Sapphire. Built 1913 at Ipswich Workshops for Queensland
Railways as a 1st class sleeping car for 20 passengers, or seating
for 40. End platform carriage bought ZZR 2002; to be refurbished
for Blue Train. Length over buffers: 52'11", length over platforms: 51'0", length over body 45'1", width: 8'9", capacity 40 passengers, tare: 25 tons. |
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| CLV 518 Built 1909 - 1910
at the Ipswich workshops as end platform composite carriage. Known
as Davidson Vans. Includes a central guard's van, 1st & 2nd
class compartments together with 2 lavatories & 2 dog boxes.
Bought ZZR 2003. ZZR removed lavatories and dog boxes, extended
seating, capacity: 27 passengers. Currently brown and cream, part
of Blue Train. Length: 52'11" over buffers, 50'6" over platforms, length over body: 45'0", width 9'4" over lookouts, 8'0" over body, tare: 21tons 15cwt. CLV 580 is preserved at ARHSQ's Rosewood Museum. |
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| JCS 1053 - "Hughenden"
Carriage. Formerly CSV 1053. Built 1924 at Ipswich Workshops
for the North Coast Mail Train service. Converted to a CSV class brake van, 1979, for the Hughenden - Winton service by removal of 2nd class sleeping compartments and converting this area into separate goods and guards compartments. Bought from Beaudesert Rail in June 2005. Formerly owned by Flinders Shire Council, and located in a park at Hughenden. In the past this was a fist class luxury sleeper/day car with 5 compartments. Beaudesert Rail converted it to 5 compartments with fold down tables, each seating 3, cooling fans. The guard's van and luggage compartment is now a lounge area for 10. There is also a lavatory. |
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| SEK 490 - Commissioner's
Car. Built in 1909 at Ipswich Railway Workshops as a 2nd class
suburban car seating 72 on wooden slate seats. Originally with gas
lighting. It was converted many times, including use as a bath car,
a medical car of an RAAF recruiting train, a ward car for a
military hospital train, and then converted to a special car for
use by the minister of transport. Refurbished by Beaudesert Rail, with 4 luxurious recliner chairs beside large observation windows. Rest of seating is twin seats either side of a central corridor, giving a total seating capacity of 38. Ceiling fans are also fitted. Purchased from Beaudesert Rail June 2005. |
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BL 568, Built 1911 at Ipswich Workshops as end platform
composite carriage. |
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| BV 270, Built 1882 by G
& E Negus of Maryborough as composite lavatory brake van with
central guard's compartment. Rebuilt 1920 as 2nd class brake van. Central guard's compartment removed and one end platform enclosed to create new guard's compartment. Seating along the sides facing inwards, currently brown and cream. Bought from Queensland Railways, May 2004, restored. Oldest operating carriage in Australia. Its sister carriage, 269 is still owned by Queensland Railways. Length over buffers: 14.760m, length over platform: 13.740m, width: 2.440m. Capacity 34 passengers. Tare: 14.7 tons. |
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| CW 432, built 1909 - 1910
at Ipswich Workshops as 1st class sitting car (AL 538) for Sydney
Mail service. Converted 1980 into material wagon for diving gang, Camp/Divers Wagon. Bought from Queensland Railways, May 2004, under restoration, to become a museum carriage. Currently marroon. Thanks to ZZR Member Mark Langdon for his help with this page. |
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Updated 26 November 2011