SAR Type A-37 Air-conditioned Dining Car Drawing

SAR Type A-37 Air-conditioned dining car

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Numbers:

101 - Matigul	102 - Matlabas
103 - Ifafa	104 - Ngulana
105 - Sezela	106 - Marikana
107 - Usutu	108 - Mdloti
109 - Umhlanga

Built by Wegmann Company, Germany
Introduced 1958
Building continued until 1959

Seat 38 diners

Roller bearings

Tare 51 tons 0 cwt

Note:
All information and data is based on the type as it was in 1966.

Coaches 101 and 102 were originally painted for use on the Blue Train, 103 - 105 for use on the Orange Express.
However, 102 was repainted red and grey in March 1965.
103 was repainted red and grey by 1966.
Matched with cars 331-339 in numerical sequence (e.g. 101 matched with 331, 102 with 332 etc).

Note also that apartheid was being enforced at that time and coaches designated with a -C suffix had the relevant markings as shown in these drawings.

A-37 Dining car	AA-38 Kitchen car	C-22 1st Class	C-25 1st Class	C-30 1st Class
C-33 1st Class	C-34 1st Class	D-31-C Composite	D-32 Composite	D-32-C Composite
D-37 Composite	D-39 Composite	E-12 2nd Class	E-12-C 2nd Class	E-13 2nd Class
E-13-C 2nd Class	E-16 2nd Class	F-12-C Composite	H-9 3rd Class	H-21 3rd Class
H-24 3rd Class	K-36 Baggage/Guard	K-42 Baggage/Guard	K-45 Baggage/Guard	K-51 Baggage/Guard
Private' Officers Coach