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39 foot 10 inch Glenelg Carriage - "214" Type

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End platform saloon cars built in 1879 for the "Glenelg & South Coast Tramway" by "Bristol Wagon" on a underframe built by "Brown & Marshalls". They were sold to the "Holdfast Bay Railway". In November 1881 they were purchased by the "Glenelg Railway Company". The South Australian Railways purchased the Glenelg railway and all the rollingstock in 1899.



214 -- Glenelg & South Coast Tramway 1 -- Holdfast Bay Railway 7

Second class end platform carriage.

5.1879Entered service on "Glenelg & South Coast Tramway" as second class car No.1.
-Sold to "Holdfast Bay Railway" and renumbered as "7".
11.1881To the "Glenelg Railway Company".
16.12.1899Sold to the S.A.R. and renumbered "214".
5.8.1902New second class end loading body built at Islington, seating 48 passengers.
1933Condemned.

215 -- Glenelg & South Coast Tramway 2 -- Holdfast Bay Railway 8

Second class end platform carriage.

5.1879Entered service on "Glenelg & South Coast Tramway" as second class car No.2.
-Sold to "Holdfast Bay Railway" and renumbered as "8".
11.1881To the "Glenelg Railway Company".
16.12.1899Sold to the S.A.R. and renumbered "215".
30.7.1902New second class end loading body built at Islington, seating 48 passengers.
1933Condemned.

216 -- Glenelg & South Coast Tramway 3 -- Holdfast Bay Railway 9

Second class end platform carriage.

5.1879Entered service on "Glenelg & South Coast Tramway" as second class car No.3.
-Sold to "Holdfast Bay Railway" and renumbered as "9".
11.1881To the "Glenelg Railway Company".
16.12.1899Sold to the S.A.R. and renumbered "216".
1904Converted to composite, seating 20 first and 40 second class passengers.
9.9.1902New second class end loading body built at Islington, seating 48 passengers.
1933Condemned.

217 -- Glenelg & South Coast Tramway 4 -- Holdfast Bay Railway 10

Second class end platform carriage.

5.1879Entered service on "Glenelg & South Coast Tramway" as second class car No.4.
-Sold to "Holdfast Bay Railway" and renumbered as "10".
11.1881To the "Glenelg Railway Company".
16.12.1899Sold to the S.A.R. and renumbered "217".
1904Converted to composite, seating 20 first and 40 second class passengers.
13.9.1902New second class end loading body built at Islington, seating 48 passengers.
29.9.1933Condemned.