Passenger Carriages and Guards Vans

NUMBER
(Click on number to see photo)

BUILDER

TYPE

YEAR BUILT/EX
STATUS

NOTE

B2

Metropolitan Car & Wagon Co. UK

Compartment

1869 TGR

Don

ex L&WR broad gauge

AB2

Metropolitan Car & Wagon Co. UK

Compartment

1869 TGR

Restoration in progress at Inveresk

ex L&WR broad gauge

AB4

Metropolitan Car & Wagon Co. UK

Compartment

1869 TGR


ex L&WR broad gauge

D+1

UK   

Guards Van

1875 TGR

Don

ex TLMR body only

AB+5

Bristol Wagon Co. UK

End Platform

1879 TGR

Don

ex TLMR

AAL+1

Bristol Wagon Co. UK

End Platform

1879 TGR

Restoration in progress at Inveresk

Clerestory roof ex TLMR

DB5

Ashbury/EBR

Compartment/Van

1886 EBR


ex TGR BA modified

AD1

TGR workshops

End Platform saloon van

1890 TGR

Don

First class & Guard sections

C4

TGR workshops

Excursion

1890 TGR

Don

not restored

DB3

TGR workshops

Guards Van

1890 EBR

Don

Two passenger compartments

BA49

Metropolitan Car & Wagon Co.

End Platform

1899 TGR

Don

ex NMLR, clerestory roof

ABL9

TGR workshops

Compartment

1903 TGR

Don

Clerestory roof

Subcar1

TGR workshops

saloon

1908 TGR

Don

Clerestory roof

ABL12

Parson & Gilmour

Compartment

1922 TGR

Don

Semi elliptical roof

BBL1

Parson & Gilmour

Compartment

1922 TGR

Don

Semi elliptical roof

BBA4

Clyde Engineering Co

Compartment

1922 TGR

Don

Low roof

DB12

TGR workshops

Guards Van

1925 TGR

Don

Two passenger compartments

AAL11

TGR workshops

Saloon

1931 TGR

Don

High curved roof

AAR2

Clyde Engineering Co

Saloon

1936 TGR

Being restored at Don

Refreshment facilities

BBL11

Clyde Engineering Co

Saloon

1936 TGR

Don

Similar to AAR2 but no reffreshment facilities

SP7

Sentinel/Metropolitan Cammell

Saloon/van

1937 TGR

Don

Steam railcar until 1949

BBL12

TGR workshops

Saloon

1940 TGR

Don

Frame ex DBE4 of 1913

DZ2

TGR workshops

Guards van

           1954 TGR In use at
 Don

Converted from EEP 25

DA1

 TGR workshops

Guards van

1957 TGR


Stripped for restoration

Frame ex AB29 of 1888

SS7

 TGR workshops

Saloon

1963 TGR


Don

Frame ex ABL4 of 1903

SSD2

 TGR workshops

Saloon

1964 TGR


In use at
 Don

Frame ex AA5 of 1904








 Abbreviations: EBR= Emu Bay Railway, TGR= Tasmanian Government Railways, TMLR= Tasmanian Main Line Railway, L&WR= Launceston and Western Railway, NMLR= North Mount Lyell Railway

Information from the Don River Railway publication:
"The History of the Don River Railway's Locomotives, Railcars & Carriages" by Greg Cooper.