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Preserved 100 class Bluebird Trailers 100 - Mopoke Entered Service: 5th September 1955 To Standard Gauge: June 1984 Conversion to Loco hauled car: November 1986 and subsequent re-numbering firstly to 107 for Australian Nationals computer re-coding and secondly BR107 following conversion. Withdrawal from Australian National: Sometime in December 1995 Forwarded to Victoria: 28th November 1998 on V/Line freight 7AD1, the car had been re-numbered 811 Subsequent return to Adelaide: Sometime in June 1999. Re-paint into original livery: May 2001 On Freight Bogies at Islington Works: 2003
102 - Plover Entered Service: 21st November 1955 Withdrawal from Australian National: mid December 1995 Restored: October 1997 Re-entered service: May 1998 Placed into Storage at Islington Works: April 2003 Notes: This car was noticed to have been renamed in August 2001 to Shiraz. 102 coupled to 251 at Gawler Station on the inaugural Barossa Wine Train.
106 - Brittern Entered Service: 27th August 1958 Buffet: Yes, Fitted during mid 1972, when the car was in for overhaul at Islington Wk's. Withdrawn from Australian National: December 1995 Forwarded to Victoria: 30th December 1998, numbered 812 Subsequent return to Adelaide: 13th June 1998 Re-painted into original livery: May 2001 Listed for sale as part of end of year asset sale for CFCLA: November 2002. Sent to Melbourne: March 2003 Returned to Adelaide: November 2003 on train 7MA5 covered in Graffiti. Placed back into storage: November 2003 |