Hospital Car
After the collision at Sunshine in 1908, in which more than 440 people were killed or injured, the Victorian Railways decided to construct two hospital cars, to look after patients injured in a possible repeat of the incident.
The two cars were converted from second class passenger cars, B328 and B343 which had previously been A138 and A153. Both cars dated from 1883. The Hospital cars entered service on 24 December 1909, fitted with water, stretchers, rest beds and medical supplies.
The first car was scrapped in 1940, and the body sold to a property in Somerton. In 1949 it was sold again and moved to Bulla. The second car was scrapped in 1939.
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