| This first class coach has a closed vestibule at each end. Side A is the compartment side and judging from the window arrangement, its original interior layout was, from the left, a toilet, two four-bed compartments, two two-bed coupes, three four-bed compartments, a shower, and a toilet. It is an ex SAR coach that was restored and converted to a luxury coach with either two Royal suites, three DeLuxe suites or five Pullman suites by Rovos Rail, a private luxury passenger train operator with its headquarters at Capital Park in Pretoria.According to the official drawings coach 8158 is an SAR Type C-22, but the C-22 was a sheathed wood articulated coach with peaked roof ends. |