Re: "Express" Cars -- British / Australian usage?

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From: jeffreybounds
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 08:38

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mark_newton wrote:
> Andrew Clarke wrote:
>
>  > Has anyone at uk.railway ever come across non-corridor stock being
>  > referred to as "Express" stock? Can anyone in aus.rail confirm that
>  > this was indeed the case in NSW?
>
> Yes, they were referred to as express lavatories in NSW.
>
>  > My own wild guess is the term "Express cars" in NSW might have been
>  > limited to those "dogboxes" which had been ingeniously fitted out
>  > with basic lavatory facilities...
>
> Why "ingeniously"? Provision of a lavatory was a simple enough matter.
> The passenger compartments were separated by the toilet compartments,
> access to which was via a lift-up seat in the corner of the passenger
> compartment. I don't have a reference to hand, but my recollection is
> that the majority of dogboxes in NSW had toilets. No doubt there's
> someone here with a copy of the recent coaching stock book to hand who
> can clarify this.

  I remember riding fron Sydney to Goulburn in a Dog Box Carriage<LFX
Car>in Jan 1968.The train was the 1-10am mixed train ex Sydney hauled
by 4019.
  Jeff

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