SAR Type M-23-C Composite suburban coach
(1st, 2nd Class)

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SAR Type M-23-C Composite suburban coach (1st, 2nd Class)
 
Numbers:  5205 - 5207
 
All imported
Introduced 1921
Building continued until 1921
 

Seat 28 x 1st class passengers, 58 x 2nd class passengers.
No toilets.

 
9 x 4.25 inch journals

Tare 28 tons 15 cwt

 
Note:
All information and data is based on the type as it was in 1966.
 
By 1966, coach 5205 was stenciled 3rd class.
 
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.
 

Copyright © Susan Lawrence 2004

 
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