Historical information

Van 1 NBC - 1 compartment and van (7 & 4 ton capacity) - awaiting Restoration

Vehicle Length 25 feet 2 inches ( 7671 mm)
Coupled Length 27 feet 4 inches (8330 mm)
Width 6 feet 3 inches (1905 mm)
Weight 10 tons
Capacity 7 passengers, 4 tons of goods
Built 1898 - 1910
Number Built 7
In use NBC 2
To be restored NBC 1 & 6

VR Service History
NBDBD 1.VA - 4/ 2/1899 NWS Built new -
circa 1910 - To NBC 1.VA -
*NBC 1.VA - / 4/1926 - Modified AC Malco
5/ 7/1937 NWS Into Workshops -
16/ 7/1937 NWS Out of Workshops (12 days)
13/ 3/1941 NWS Into Workshops -
5/ 4/1941 NWS Out of Workshops 24 days
/ 1/1954 - Sold (to) -
circa 1955 CAC Body (v)
/ /1995 EME Note in Workshops

Significance

Historic - Victorian Railways Narrow Gauge - Passenger Rolling Stock: Passenger and Guard's Van carriage. Used on first official train between Wangaratta and Whitfield in 1899.

Physical description

1NBC - Combined Second-Class Passenger Car And Guard's Van. - Made of Timber on a Wrought iron frame
1NBC - 1 compartment and van (7 & 4 ton capacity)
- awaiting Restoration

Inscriptions & markings

1 NBC