Two types of steel bodied air-conditioned carriage stock have been used on long distance Queensland Rail services. M series In January 1950, Queensland Railways awarded a contract for 99 steel bodied carriages to Commonwealth Engineering, Rocklea. These were purchased to operate the Lander series of trains, The Inlander, The Midlander, The Sunlander and The Westlander entering service between 1953 and 1955. The original order of 99 cars was for: 8 x MPC class power generation vans 8 x MMV class mail vans 14 x MBC class luggage vans 6 x MDC class dining cars 10 x MAL class first class sitting cars (36 seats) 14 x MBL class second class sitting cars (52 seats) 3 x MCL class composite sitting cars (18 first-class, 24 second-class seats) 15 x MAS class first class sleeping cars (14 berths) 15 x MBS class second class sleeping cars (24 berths) 6 x MCS class composite sleeping cars (8 first-class, 9 second-class berths) In 2007 as well as 2010, Queensland Rail decided that the 80 remaining M-series carriages would have to be removed from service by December 2013. With the replacement of The Sunlander by the Spirit of Queensland, the M-series carriages were retired in December 2014. The known ownership/location of the remaining M series lander cars is as follows: Stored at Ipswich Workshops Rail Museum First class sleeper MAS 1492 Second Class Sitting Car MBL 1513 Dining Car “The Canecutters Bar” MCDL 1518 DownsSteam Tourist Railway & Museum. purchased five cars. First Class Sleeper MAS 1501 (No longer on site) Baggage Car MBC 1449 (Ex Sunlander). Economy Class Sleeper MBS 1483. (Recently for sale on Facebook marketplace) Economy Class Sitter MBL 1506. MBLM 1526 *Piano Bar*. Four other carriages were donated by Queensland Rail in October 2015 . First Class Sleeper MAS 1496. (Recently for sale on Facebook marketplace) First Class Sleeper MAS 1500 (No longer on site) Club Car MCC 1503. Kitchen Car MCD 1516. Also At DownsSteam Tourist Railway & Museum. Staff Car MBSC 1486. (From Facebook post; With thanks to the generous ongoing support of Queensland Rail we can proudly announce the latest addition to our fleet! MBS/C 1486 "Staff Car" was delivered to our Drayton Site this morning by Queensland Rail (Heritage). - 24/02/2020) MCS 1466 MAS 1494 Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway at Swanbank were gifted six coaches upon the retirement of M class from Queensland Rail. The coaches gifted