Six-Wheel Ambulance Carriage No. 2375

Track Gauge: Standard (143.5cm)

Wheel Arrangement: 6-Wheel

Maker: Boulac Workshops, Egypt

Year Built: 1891-1904

Overall Length: 10.74m

Tare Weight: 15t

Built originally as a 3rd-class carriage for the Egyptian State Railway. Dozens of these carriages were used by the British Army for evacuating its wounded during the Sinai and Palestine campaigns of World War I. This carriage was captured by Israel during the 1956 Sinai Campaign and used here by a breakdown gang when dealing with derailments etc.