Passenger Carriage Photo Gallery

18AE First Class compartment car with "Argentine" type bogies. Mildura 18-10-1980. Photo: Bruce McLean

38BE Economy Class compartment car. Mildura 21-10-1980. Photo: Bruce McLean

60BES Economy compartment car. This car was formerly an ABE First and Economy composite car, converted to economy and designated 60BE in 1981. In 1982 they were modified to BES to indicate that it had fewer seats than the standard BE carriage with 72 seats capacity. This arrangement only lasted a short time during the period 1981-1984 when most wooden bodied stock was withdrawn. Photo: Bruce McLean

23AW First Class compartment car. Mildura 10-1-1981. Photo: Bruce McLean

78BW Economy Class compartment car with semi-elliptical roof. Formerly 78AW. Mildura 13-3-1981. Photo: Bruce McLean

20BU Economy Class compartment car. This car was originally in service as an ABU Class. Mildura 10-1-1981. Photo: Bruce McLean

25ABU combined First and Second (Economy) Class Compartment Car. Mildura 19-9-1981. Photo: Bruce McLean

4BE air-conditioned Economy compartment car. Mildura 10-1-1981. Photo: Bruce McLean

1BG at Mildura 10.8.1981. 1BG was formerly a restaurant car "Kiewa". It was stripped and altered to a sitting car in 1961 and from 1975 was used regularly on the Yarram passenger service. IBG was in Mildura due to industrial action resulting in the Yarram train being through-routed to Mildura. Photo: Bruce McLean

Former passenger car 1BG was used by the Alternate Safeworking project team as a test carriage for proving the new system. 1BG was photographed in its new role at Yelta on 25-2-1992. Photo: Bruce McLean

1AS First Class Air-conditioned Compartment Car. Originally built for the "Spirit of Progress" service in 1940. Mildura 22-8-1981. Photo: Bruce McLean

7BS Second (Economy) Class air-conditioned compartment car. Originally built for the "Spirit of Progress" service in 1940. Mildura 22-8-1981. Photo: Bruce McLean

7BS Economy Class in a new color scheme and V/Line corporate image logo. This was the first appearance in Mildura of this car in the new colors. Photo: Bruce McLean

Economy compartment carriage 1BS was the first of its class to be rostered on
"The Vinelander" in the new tangerine and silver color scheme. Mildura 2-9-1982. Photo: Bruce McLean

1AZ First Class Air-conditioned Saloon Car. Mildura 15-8-1981. Photo: Bruce McLean

5AZ First class air-conditioned saloon car in VicRail tangerine and silver colors. Mildura 22-2-1983. Photo: Bruce McLean

7AZ First class air-conditioned car making its first appearance in Mildura with the new V/Line corporate image. 22-8-1983. Photo: Bruce McLean

3BZ Second (Economy) Class Air-conditioned Saloon Car. Mildura 15-8-1981. Photo: Bruce McLean

1MRS Mini Buffet. Mildura 22-8-1981. 1MRS was formerly 4BS, built in 1939 for the "Spirit of Progress" and was one of two cars converted to MRS Class Mini-Buffet cars in 1977. Photo: Bruce McLean

10BRS Catering car making its first run to Mildura with the new V/Line image. 22-8-1983. Photo: Bruce McLean

Dining Car "Murray" at Mildura 31-12-1981. Built for the "Spirit of Progress" in 1937, it was named "Murray" in 1965. "Murray" was in Mildura on "The Vinelander" as replacement for a Mini Buffet car. Photo: Bruce McLean

Dining car "Avoca" - a rare visitor to Mildura - on 22-2-1983. "Avoca" was built in 1927. Photo: Bruce McLean

Sleeper No.1 "Werribee" at Mildura on 14-3-1992. (Preserved by Steamrail Victoria). Photo: Bruce McLean

Sleeper No.2 "Indi" at Mildura on 21-3-1992. (Preserved by Steamrail Victoria). Photo: Bruce McLean

Sleeper No.3 Mildura 13-3-1981. Photo: Bruce McLean

Non air-conditioned Sleeping Car No. 5. Mildura 1975. Photo: Bruce McLean

Non air-conditioned Sleeping Car No.9 at Mildura. 16-4-1981. Photo: Bruce McLean

Roomette Sleeper No. 11 - formerly named "Allambi" ex "The Overland". Mildura 26-8-1981. Photo: Bruce McLean

Sleeper No.11 freshly outshopped from Newport Workshops with the new V/Line corporate colors. Mildura. 15-9-1984. Photo: Bruce McLean

Sleeper SJ284 (formerly Sleeper No.14) on its first run to Mildura after repainting into the V/Line color scheme. 1-11-1984. Photo: Bruce McLean

Sleeping Car No.16. Mildura 22-8-1981. Originally built as a BS Economy car for the "Spirit of Progress", it was converted to a combined sleeping/compartment car VAC1 in 1962 and converted to a full sleeping car in 1977 for "The Vinelander". Photo: Bruce McLean

Sleeping car SZ528, formerly 1VAM, with the new V/line colors and signage. 1VAM was built in 1983 as a 20 berth sleeping and sitting car for standard gauge services between Melbourne to Sydney, but has been used in broad gauge traffic since 1982. It was recoded to SZ 287 in 1983. It was regularly used as an additional sleeping car on "The Vinelander". Mildura 5-11-1983. Photo: Bruce McLean

State Car No.5 at Mildura. 25-6-1980. Photo: Bruce McLean

"Carey" shower car used on excursion trains to Mildura. Oaklands line.31-12-1980. Photo: Bruce McLean

Special carriage "Goulburn" was painted into a grey and white color scheme with red and green bands in 1988 for the Queen's visit to Geelong. "Goulburn" was photographed at Mildura on 30-12-1991 for a special train working. Photo: Bruce McLean

"Purpawi" roomette sleeping car from "The Overland" attached to "The Vinelander" in place of a sleeping car undergoing overhaul at Newport Workshops. Mildura 6-2-1981. Photo: Bruce McLean

"Juki" roomette sleeping car from "The Overland" attached to "The Vinelander". Mildura 27-7-1981. Photo: Bruce McLean

"Mururi" roomette sleeping car from "The Overland" attached to "The Vinelander". Mildura 4-9-1981. Photo: Bruce McLean

"Yanni" roomette sleeping car from "The Overland" attached to "The Vinelander". Mildura 2-11-1981. Photo: Bruce McLean

"Malkari" roomette sleeping car from "The Overland" attached to "The Vinelander". Mildura 30-11-1981. Photo: Bruce McLean

"The Overland" Club Car No. 1 making an unusual visit to Mildura on 20-4-1984. Photo: John Page

Power van 1PCO off "The Overland" at Mildura on 27-7-1981. PCO power vans were used to provide power to sleeping cars off "The Overland" when they were used to supplement or replace sleeping cars on "The Vinelander". Rolling stock used by "The Overland" was jointly owned by the Victorian Railways and Australian National Railways (formerly South Australian Railways).Photo: Bruce McLean

V/Line introduced a new color scheme, removing the silver at window level and placing a white and green stripe along the length of each carriage and painting the roof grey. 222BRS has just been out-shopped from the Workshops when captured at Mildura on 8-11-1986. Photo: Bruce McLean

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