Victorian Railways fixed wheel passenger carriages

what is it?

The first passenger carriages of the Victorian Railways (VR) were fixed-wheel, with a mixture of first- and second-class bodies on either four- or six-wheeled underframes. They were built to the British side-loading, swing-door, cross bench compartment (non-corridor) style; later a saloon style was used to a limited extent, featuring fewer doors per side and perimeter seating - which increased total capacity by allowing more standing passengers. Initial designs had some common themes: A and B type carriages were for first- and second-class travellers; C indicated third-class initially, though later was re-allocated for flat wagons to transport horse-drawn carriages, and later still for hearse vans (the first three of which had been modified from E class mail vans); D was used for guards' vans, E for mail vans, and F for horse boxes.

who runs it

Victorian Railways

base stats

• built 2,000made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 168 years ago, in 1858.

carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1858

in service from

1858

number built

2,000

kind

carriage / wagon

origin

🇦🇺 Australia

builders

Victorian Railways

operators

Victorian Railways

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,600 mm Irish broad gauge

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.