2 NBD, Combined Second-Class Saloon Passenger Car And Guard's Van, 28/10/1899

Historical information

2 NBD (1st Series) - Saloon and van (16)
NBD - COMBINED NB PASSENGER CAR AND GUARD'S VAN.
A saloon or end platform NB which has had a guard's compartment temporarily added in one end. Due to the temporary nature of this conversion, this vehicle also retains its number in the NB numbering sequence but is classed NBD to differentiate it from the standard NBC and the NAC.
The use of the D is recognising the code for guard's vans prior to 1910.

NB Class - Number Built (1st Series) 6
- Number Built (2nd Series) 17
- Number Built (3rd Series) 4

Significance

Historic - Victorian Railways Narrow Gauge - Passenger Rolling Stock: Passenger and Guard's Van carriage
Second full passenger carriage built for the Victorian Railways narrow gauge.

Physical description

Made of Timber and steel

Inscriptions & markings

2NBD

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