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Col André Kritzinger's Collection
 
3/28/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: South African Railways
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
SAS Class:   U-27
User Notes:   Baggage-Van Combine

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SAR Sheathed Combine (Side A)
Title:  SAR Sheathed Combine (Side A)
Description:  These sheathed wooden commuter coaches disappeared from South African rails during the 1960s and 1970's, gradually getting replaced by all metal coaches with driver controlled sliding doors. This is a first and second class composite baggage-van, one of two built in 1930. Its interior layout is, from left, a first class compartment, toilets on both sides of a short passage with an interconnecting door to a second class compartment, a baggage compartment with two double doors on each side, and the conductor's cabin.

SAR Type U-27, Built 1930, Number range 7106 and 7107, Length over headstocks 60' 0 1/2", Height 12' 0 13/16", Width 9' 1 3/4", To seat 14 1st Class and 25 2nd Class passengers.
Photo Date:  10/5/2009  Upload Date: 11/18/2009 4:41:07 PM
Location:  Capital Park, Pretoria, GP, ZA
Author:  Andre Kritzinger
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  704   Comments: 0
SAR Sheathed Combine (Side B)
Title:  SAR Sheathed Combine (Side B)
Description:  These sheathed wooden commuter coaches disappeared from South African rails during the 1960s and 1970's, gradually getting replaced by all metal coaches with driver controlled sliding doors. This is a first and second class composite baggage-van, one of two built in 1930. Its interior layout is, from right, a first class compartment, toilets on both sides of a short passage with an interconnecting door to a second class compartment, a baggage compartment with two double doors on each side, and the conductor's cabin.

SAR Type U-27, Built 1930, Number range 7106 and 7107, Length over headstocks 60' 0 1/2", Height 12' 0 13/16", Width 9' 1 3/4", To seat 14 1st Class and 25 2nd Class passengers.
Photo Date:  10/5/2009  Upload Date: 11/18/2009 4:44:51 PM
Location:  Capital Park, Pretoria, GP, ZA
Author:  Andre Kritzinger
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  519   Comments: 0


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