NABP 13 Passenger Carriage

The carriage is in fair-good condition and kept in the Ghan Carriage Washing and Maintenance Shed along with an 1877 Beyer Peacock NF class steam locomotive and a small Western Australian Government Railways TA class diesel-electric shunting engine. The NABP13 Passenger Carriage, built in Port Augusta in 1925, is a well preserved example of an early 20th century composite railway passenger carriage catering for both first and second class passengers. The carriage operated on both the Central and North Australia Railway. Both of these railways are considered to be significant to the history of the Territory as major infrastructure initiatives that played an important role in the development of the Territory...