CP guards vans

Number in Class	40
Number group	1 - 40
Construction period	1956 - 1958
In service	1956 - end
1979 recode	VVCP
Where built	A.E. Goodwin N.S.W.
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Modeling

CP's were a common sight all over the state on high speed goods trains, they also were seen on interstate goods (they never ran on the standard gauge) they were also occasionally pressed into passenger service as they could travel at passenger train speeds. Nine CP's were recoded to JCP for dedicated use on Melbourne - Adelaide interstate goods trains between 1965 and 1985.
In 1987 4 CP's (by then recoded to VVCP) were recoded back to CP and renumbered 291 - 294 and painted in V/Line orange for passenger work.
For most of their lives they were painted in passenger red, but towards the end of their lives some were painted in freight red/brown.