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2 unusual facts about Victorian Railways box vans


Victorian Railways box vans

From 1900 and for about half a century after, explosives were also transported from Deer Park to Laverton; at Laverton the contents of the explosives vans were transferred by a 2 ft-gauge tramway over to Trugannina Reserve for storage, then transportation to ships via smaller vessels.

In 1948, wagons 1, 2, 3, 4 and 20 were stored at Tottenham Yard, with the entire remaining fleet save P 5 scrapped/recycled in 1953-54.



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