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Col André Kritzinger's Collection
 
4/24/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: South African Railways
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
SAS Class:   C-4
User Notes:   Blue Train

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SAR Blue Train B Carriage, Side B
Title:  SAR Blue Train B Carriage, Side B
Description:  This B Carriage was originally built as a Type C-4 carriage for the Blue Train with an interior layout of, from the right, the attendant's toilet and coupe, two compartments to sleep two each, two coupes to sleep one each, two compartments to sleep two each, one coupe to sleep one, and a passengers toilet. After a collision at Deelfontein on 26 October 2005 it was rebuilt into a Deluxe carriage with, from the right, a butler’s cabin, three twin bed suites with en-suite showers and toilets, and one double bed suite with with an en-suite bath and toilet. Side B is the passage side. In the 2005 Set 751 it was no. 8 in the train.
SAR Type C-4. Number range 8011 to 8020. Length over headstocks 20.320m. Height 3.912m. Width 2.896m.
Photo Date:  4/7/2005  Upload Date: 6/7/2010 3:25:44 PM
Location:  Esplanade, Cape Town, WC, ZA
Author:  Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:  Passenger
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Blue Train Car 6 Deluxe Carriage, Side A
Title:  Blue Train Car 6 Deluxe Carriage, Side A
Description:  This Deluxe Carriage was originally built as a Type C-4 carriage for the Blue Train with an interior layout of, from the left, the attendant's toilet and coupe, two compartments to sleep two each, two coupes to sleep one each, two compartments to sleep two each, one coupe to sleep one, and a passengers’ toilet. After a collision at Deelfontein on 26 October 2005 it was rebuilt into a Deluxe carriage with, from the left, a butler’s cabin, three twin bed suites with en-suite showers and toilets, and one double bed suite with an en-suite bath and toilet. Side A is the compartment side. In the 2017 Set 751 it was no. 6 in the train.
SAR Type C-4. Number range 8011 to 8020. Built in 1972. Length over headstocks 20.320m. Height 3.912m. Width 2.896m.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 11:56:16 AM
Location:  Bellville, Cape Town, WC, ZA
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Passenger
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