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'''<big>NZR's EARLY CAR-VANS</big>'''

'''Part 2''' The 44ft and 46ft 7in

Class 'A' low Roofed Bogie Cars

Author '''John Agnew'''      

The full article can be found in '''New Zealand Railfan''', [[Railfan58|Issue 58]], March 2009, pages 23 - 27. John has given permission for the whole article to be available to readers, it will eventually be accessible at this [[link]]

This article-summary aims to list the key facts, reference specific items of rolling stock mentioned, and describe the drawings and photographs that are presented in the full article.

'''The Developments'''
*Car_A300(W) was the New Zealand's first Bogie Carriage, a conversion of Car_C140 with American bogies. The work was done at [[Petone Workshops]] in 1877. 
*mid 1878, Addington Workshops was working on converting British 6-wheel cars to bogie cars to improve the ride.
*mid 1878, Clemenson's patent Radiating Axles were fitted to some cars at Addington and Hillside
*30 Clemenson's 6-wheeled carriages imported in 1879 were the last British carriage imports
*13 Gilbert Bush & Co clerestory-roofed carriages and one Baggage Car imported from USA in 1879 (3 cars and the van ordered for Rakaia and Ashburton Forks Railway, 10 cars allocated to Hurunui - Bluff Railway)
*From 1882, Addington Workshops started building 43ft and 44ft versions 
*From 1882, C class cars were being converted to bogie cars using (Blueprint) BP_919.
*During the 1884 -1885 period 14 longer (46'-7") cars were constructed to drawing PWD_9133
*The only two C class rebuilds that were 44ft long and converted to car-vans (one in 1895 the other in 1897) were allocated 1 to each island.
**Car_A311 had been allocated to Wellington and was converted to a car-van  at Petone Workshops in 1895 to a variation of BP_919
**Car_A241 had been allocated to Dunedin and converted to a car-van in 1897 at Hillside
*Eleven of the twelve S.I. 46'-7" carriages constructed to drawing PWD_9133 (not car_A147), were converted at either Addington or Hillside during 1897-99, becoming 3 compartment composite car-vans.
*The variation of window arrangements are due to earlier conversions of window spaces to accommodate additional wall bracing to strengthen the walls.


{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
|+<big>'''the 44ft and 46ft-7in Low roofed bogie cars and car-vans of class 'A''''</big>
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! Car No !! District!! Length !!Origins!! Built !! BP !! to car-van !! Last use
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| car_A39 ||Dun || 46'-7" ||car_C39 + ½car_C35 || 12/09/1885 Add ||9133||9/11/1897||car_E1173
|-
| car_A44 ||Dun || 46'-7" ||car_C44 + ½car_C78 || 24/07/1885 Add ||9133||15/12/1897||Car_E195
|-
| car_A56 ||Dun || 46'-7" ||car_C56 + ½car_C88 || 7/11/1885 Hsd ||9133||2/02/1899||w/o 27/02/1937
|-
| car_A59 ||Inv || 46'-7" ||car_C59 + ½car_C40 || 31/03/1885 Add ||9133||18/11/1899||car_E1539
|-
| car_A86 ||? || 46'-7" ||car_C86 + ½car_C88 || 7/11/1885 Add? ||9133||22/02/1899||w/o 31/03/1935
|-
| car_A101 ||HBay || 46'-7" ||car_C101 + ½car_C35 || 8/10/1885 Hsd ||9133||24/02/1899||w/o 19/08/1933
|-
| car_A106 ||Inv || 46'-7" ||car_C106 + ½car_C40 || 31/03/1885 Add ||9133||18/11/1899||w/o 1914 after accident, new car_A104 1914
|-
| car_A120 ||Dun || 46'-7" ||car_C120 + ½car_C230 || 7/11/1885 Hsd ||9133||22/02/1899||w/o 27/01/1937
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| car_A122 ||HBay || 46'-0" ||car_C122 + ½car_C149 || 23/05/1885 Add ||9133||23/07/1897||w/o 11/11/1933
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| car_A145 ||HBay || 46'-7" ||car_C145 + ½car_C78 || 24/07/1885 Hsd ||9133||21/09/1897||w/o 21/07/1934 at Addington
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| car_A150 ||HBay || 46'-7" ||car_C150 + ½car_C230 || 7/11/1885 Hsd ||9133||22/02/1899||w/o 28/02/1931
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| car_A241 ||Dun || 44'-0" ||car_C241 || 6/06/1887 Hsd ||216||31/07/1897||w/o 7/11/1936
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| car_A311 ||Wel || 44'-0" ||car_C5(W) (later car_A12(W)) || 1885 Pet ||919/201||16/09/1895||w/o 4/03/1939
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| car_A147 ||Chch || 46'-7" ||car_C147 + ½car_C149 || 23/05/1885 Add ||9133/8444||-||w/o 29/02/1936, at Addington
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| car_A334 ||Wel || 46'-7" ||car_C42(Na),car_A26,car_A334 || 04/1884 Pet ||9133/8444||-||w/o 1/02/1930
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| car_A335 ||Wel || 46'-7" ||car_C32/39,car_A27,car_A335 || 05/1884 Pet ||9133/8444||-||w/o 1904 new car_A335 04/1904
|}

Images accompanying this Article

# Drawing NZR_919A showing arrangement of car_A311 as converted at Petone Workshops P.E. 16/09/1895
# Photograph by I. T. Johnstone of car_A311 at Lambton Station, 1933.
# Drawing based on PWD_9133 and dated 21/01/1882 showing a 46ft 7in car conversion
# Photograph from the Joe McNamara Collection showing ether car_A44 or car_A120 at Waimahaka, behind Loco_F159 probably on line opening day 18/06/1899
# Photograph from NZR Publicity, of one of the 11 46'-7" car-vans allocated to the Dunedin/Invercargill section showing no platform gates. taken at Dunedin 1905.
# Photograph taken by the Otago Witness at Invercargill March 1905 showing a 46'-7" car-van, possibly car_A145, outside the Invercargill South Signal Box 
# Photograph from the J. A. T. Terry Collection of a derailed train at Mussel Bay on the Port Chalmers Branch on 26/04/1909, showing what is thought to be car-van_A120
# Photo from the Southland Museum collection swing a 46'-7" car-van at possibly Nightcaps, clearly showing the platform gates with 2nd stage of finalising their height.
# Photograph from the J. A. T. Terry Collection taken in 1911 showing a train approaching the old Sawyers Bay tunnel with 6 cars and a 46'-7" car-van immediately behind Loco_Q341
# Photograph from the John Agnew Collection showing the Kurow School Train which included Car_A44 and Car_A56 both former 46'-7" car-vans, but now two-compartment 2nd class cars.
# Photograph from the S. A. Rockliff collection showing Car_A59, formerly car-van_A59 at Invercargill in February 1037. It became car_Ea1539 in November 1940. Also shown ia a long rake of passenger cars including car_A258 a Gilbert Bush car. 
# Photograph by John Herbert taken on 19/09/1959 at Sawyers Bay Quarry and showing Car_A44 awaiting demolition. After being written off in September 1936, it became car_Ea195 and scrapped in 1960