For use in areas with limited factilities, the railways provided some camp trains with shower cars. There were six vans coded WS 1 - 6.
The cars were converted between 1959 and 1960. Cars 3, 4, 5 were from the cut up bodies of 'off Register' _AB_ bogie passenger cars.
Not much info is available. The water tank was placed along the top of the roof. If the water was heated, it would have been by wood fire. It appears there were three shower cubicles per car ( cream painted windows )
The vans were scrapped by the 1980's.
Photos for 'WS '
FileID Description................................................AU158 WS 1 - s2, Korong Vale, 22/4/1979, [oPJV]AU155 WS 1 - with H 904, Korong Vale, 22/4/1979, [oPJV]CN341 WS 2 - e2p, Woodend, 1970s, [oBAU]CB237 WS 2 - s1, Allendale, 8/4/1979, [oPJV]CN340 WS 2 - uf obsured, s2e1, Woodend, 1970s, [oBAU]BK596 WS 3 - body, Warragul, 3/10/1982, [oPJV]BK597 WS 3 - lettering, 1st ex BL car, Warragul, 3/10/1982, [oPJV]AR851 WS 3 - s2e1c, Korumburra, 27/8/1978, [oPJV]BC759 WS 3 - s2p, Seymour, 23/9/1976, [oRXO]BK598 WS 3 - stripped interior, Warragul, 3/10/1982, [oPJV]BV206 WS 3 - underframe after scrapping, Warragul, 9/12/1984, [oPJV]CB247 WS 4, Ballarat Workshops, 8/4/1979, [oPJV]BC760 WS 4 - s1e2c, North Melbourne C&W Shops, 17/10/1976, [oRXO]CB545 WS 5 - inverted underframe, NL 10.61 EXT, Kingston, 8/4/1979, [oPJV]AR852 WS 6, c1976, [oPJV]BC761 WS 6 - s2, water connected, Morwell, 9/10/1976, [oRXO]
No diagrams found for WS
File c043m compiled by Peter J. Vincent, updated 23/3/2007
