SAR Type O-15 Second class suburban coach

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SAR Type O-15 Second class suburban coach
 
Numbers:  5736, 5738, 5739, 5743-5744, 5747, 5749-5751, 5753, 5755-5757, 5769, 5771-5772, 5775, 5780, 5796, 5799, 5802, 5805, 5809, 5811, 5812, 5822-5826
 
Built at SAR Workshops, Pretoria, Salt River, Durban (except 5736-5739 and 5753-5780, which were imported)
Introduced 1917
Building continued until 1928
 

Seat 98 x 2nd class passengers.
No toilets

 
10 x 4.5 inch journals, (5736-5739 and 5753-5757 were 9 x 4.25 inch)

Tare varies between 30 tons 0 cwt and 33 tons 18 cwt

 
Note:
All information and data is based on the type as it was in 1966.
 
Other coaches became O-15-CT
 
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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