Class :                SE

Item Type :             Bogie Explosives Wagon

Parent System :          SAR

Gauge :                            Narrow/Broad

Description :                    Bogie Explosives Van

Year of Manufacture :      1965

Manufactured By :            Islington workshops

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Current Classification :      ALXY   

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Number Range :               1 to 3

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History in Service :       One of the few broad gauge vehicles that was regularly bogie exchanged between the broad and narrow gauge systems. Ran between Melbourne and Broken Hill, initially being bogie exchanged onto the narrow gauge. Later the bogie exchange was from broad to standard.

See Also :                    EE, ALXY

Colour Schemes :         SAR Wagon Brown

Modelling Hints :          BGB or RTR Models SA have kits of the SE.

Further Information:      Article in AMRM Jul/Aug 1979 page 21 & 22 by Rob Burford & Peter Ziegler.

Modelling the railways of SA Convention 2-48

Plans :                           AMRM Jul/Aug 1979 page 21       

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