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Trevor Hodges - 29 Apr 2006 08:21 GMT

To All,

I'd appreciate some help identifying a wagon in a photo of the Train Hobby
Publications book, Country Branch Lines NSW Gundagai - Tumut - Batlow.
You'll need this book to help out.

On page 25 there's a photo of a train at Wereboldera. On the siding beyond
the main, between two other wagons, can be seen the middle of a filthy white
van with a back and white striped roof. Can anyone tell me what type of van
this is? An explanation of the zebra striped roof would be appreciated too,
if that's not asking too much.

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Trevor Hodges
Warren, NSW
Australia
Why settle for half when you can have the whole 0?

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Peter Prewett - 29 Apr 2006 11:50 GMT

> To All,
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> Australia
> Why settle for half when you can have the whole 0?

Have the book at an exhibition (first showing of our Tumut Station) and
will respond tomorrow.

Peter

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Peter Prewett, Tumut, New South Wales

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James McInerney - 29 Apr 2006 14:16 GMT

> To All,
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> of van this is? An explanation of the zebra striped roof would be
> appreciated too, if that's not asking too much.

Trevor, going on the date on the photo its probably an MBC, (converted from
MRC). It may be an MB, but without checking, I have a feeling that MBs
weren't converted from MBCs till the sixties... The dark 'tiger stripes' on
the roof are caused by dirt accumulating in the joints between the strips of
Malthoid, which has faded from silver to a dirty grey. They went like that
if the vehicle didn't move much, as the sun faded the silver Malthoid, and
due to getting washed by rain and the lack of movement the roof didn't get
recoated with soot from locos. As you can see from the sides the paint is
getting very worn and sunbleached. There wasn't much call for MBCs during
this period so they tended to get faded and worn fairly quickly as they sat
around getting rained on and sunburnt.

An MBC was an MRC with its refrigeration facilities out of use, painted
'Gunmetal' and used as general goods vans. MBs were MBCs with the
refrigeration facilities completely removed. I think the roofwalks were
removed from MBs, but I can't remember if they were removed from MBCs as
well...

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James McInerney

My G gauge garden homage to the now long gone railways of Tasmania's west
coast, the "Rurr Valley Railway" http://www.cia.com.au/bullack/rvrtitle.html

also http://www.cia.com.au/bullack/ , where the steam era NSWGR secondary
lines live on in HO at bucolic "Lambing Flat"

and http://members.optusnet.com.au/lambingflat/ for the family stuff!
(Updated for Xmas 2005)

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Trevor Hodges - 29 Apr 2006 15:17 GMT

James,

Thanks. My first thought was an MRC but I couldn't find any other reference
to them on the line. Besides the roof I think what else threw me was the
level of deterioration on the exterior of the body. To me it looked like the
sort of wear and tear you see on works cars that sit in yards for ages
without moving so, while I didn't get the code right, I got closer than I
thought with regard to the poor state of the wooden sheathing.

--
Trevor Hodges
Warren, NSW
Australia
Why settle for half when you can have the whole 0?

> To All,
>
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> Australia
> Why settle for half when you can have the whole 0?

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