BMC 1 / JTA 4 / Paiti / Sir Hans Heyson / Tandeni
Twinette sleeper
Owner
SAR & VR: 1950-1975ANR & VR: 1975-1983ANR & V/Line: 1983-1994ANR: 1994-1995IDS 1995-?
BlueBird Rail Operations: ?-1998
Grand Corporate Rail: 1998-?
GSR: ?-?
  • The Ghan (SG): ?-?

Vehicle Information
Name origin
Paiti: Named after Aboriginal word for twilight
Sir Hans Heyson: Australian artist
Class type
1950 Twinette Cars
1987 JTA Twinette A
In Service
10 November 1956
Condition
Renamed Paiti - March 1957. Recoded JTA 4 - 1987. Scrapped - 26 July 1995. Sold to IDS - December 1995. Sold to BlueBird Rail. To Grand Corporate Rail and converted to BMC 1 - 20 August 1998. To GSR. Renamed Sir Hans Heyson - 2003. Use on first Ghan to Darwin - 1 February 2004. To CFCLA and converted to President's Car CDAY 1 - 5 November 2007

Builder Information
Builder
SAR - Islington Workshops
Build date
10 November 1956

Wheel Information
Gauge
Broad: 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Configuration
Bogie

Dimensions
Car length
78 ft 3 in (23.851 m)

Capacity Information
Capacity
Tandeni, Paiti, JTA 4:
  • 30 Passengers (Sitting)
  • 20 Passengers (Sleeping) - Twin berths
Photos
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