Saloon Carriage No. 98

Track Gauge: Standard (143.5cm)

Wheel Arrangement: Bogies

Maker: Birmingham RC&W, UK.

Year Built: 1922

Passenger Capacity: 6 beds, 8 seats

Overall Length: 20.85m

Tare Weight: 48.5t

Built for Palestine Railways as a day saloon, rebuilt 1929 as a night saloon with 6 sleeping berths. The saloon carriages operated until the 1960s. They conveyed visiting dignitaries, wealthy passenger and railway officials. Among those who used them were Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, the King and Queen of Belgium and David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime-minister.