These two bulk mail vans were built in 1903, by Carriage Works Eveleigh, to handle the increased mail traffic with Victoria and Queensland. Built around the same time as the local Pullman carriages, they mirrored the same clerestory roof styling and had matchboard side panelling. The vans were numbered 1104 and 1105 respectively and lasted in service until the early 1960s.

We've revised our KB Mail Van program as further research uncovered some anomalies in our original posted production series. The current production is shown below and we've deleted the early versions with Navy Dressed roofing colour.

It's highly probable, when these vans were built, they used white lead material to provide weather proofing.

There is some supposition, that as these vans were delivered during the period of Crimson Lake Pullman carriages, they carried the same exterior finishes. In a period where mansard and elliptical roof cross sections had become simpler and cleaner in design and appearance the reversion to an earlier style must have been for an intended purpose. Therefore our KB01 model is an acknowledgment to the original Pullman finish.