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51 NBH - Passenger Carriage - Excursion Car for wheelchairs, 1981

51 NBH - Excursion Car for wheelchairs

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Historical information

51 NBH - Excursion Car for wheelchairs - specially built for Wheelchair access allowing it to carry 24 passengers or 20 passengers and 3 wheelchairs, or 16 passengers & 6 wheelchairs

Puffing Billy Service History or Notes
Coupled Length 31 feet 4 inches (9550 mm)
Width 6 feet 3 inches (1905 mm)
Height 9 feet 2 inches (2794 mm)
Weight 8 tons
Capacity 24 passengers, or
20 passengers and 3 wheelchairs, or
16 passengers and 6 wheelchairs
Number Built 2
In use 2

In 1981 the first of two extended NBHs with provision for wheelchair passengers (double door access and fold-up seats) was built, the second following in 1983. These were numbered 51 & 52 - a separate number series because of their length made them different from the other NBHs.

May 2016 - In for repairs to the roof

Significance

Historic - Puffing Billy Railway Narrow Gauge - Passenger Rolling Stock: Excursion Car specially built for Wheelchairs access

Physical description

51 NBH - Excursion Car for wheelchairs - specially built for Wheelchair access allowing it to carry 24 passengers or 20 passengers and 3 wheelchairs, or 16 passengers & 6 wheelchairs
made of wrought iron and timber

Inscriptions & markings

51NBH

Identifier

000282

Date made

1981

Place made

Emerald, Victoria, Australia

Materials

wrought iron, Timber - Wood

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Victorian Collections

https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/58b657c0d0ce6c20ac8548ee

Accessed 24 December 2024

This record was last updated 5 years ago

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