AE 1st class wooden compartment passenger cars <style type="text/css" media="all"></style> </HEAD> <BODY onload="preloadImages();" BGCOLOR=#000066 text="#ffcc00" link="#ffcc00" vlink="#ffcc00" LEFTMARGIN=0 TOPMARGIN=0 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0> <div align="center"> <p><b><font size="7" color="#ffcc00">AE </font><font size="4" color="#ffcc00">1st class wooden compartment pass. cars</font></b></p> <p><img src="ae02.jpg" alt="" height="364" width="900" border="2"></p> <table width="773" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" cool="cool" gridx="16" gridy="16" height="264" showgridx="showgridx" showgridy="showgridy" usegridx="usegridx" usegridy="usegridy"> <tr height="16"> <td width="772" height="16" colspan="2"></td> <td width="1" height="16"><spacer type="block" width="1" height="16"></td> </tr> <tr height="247"> <td width="352" height="247" valign="top" align="left" xpos="0"> <table class="dsR4" width="300" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000066"> <tr> <td><font color="#ffcc00"><b>Number in Class</b></font></td> <td><font color="#ffcc00">42</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#ffcc00"><b>Number group</b></font></td> <td><font color="#ffcc00">1 - 42</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#ffcc00"><b>Construction period</b></font></td> <td><font color="#ffcc00">1906 - 1923</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#ffcc00"><b>In service</b></font></td> <td><font color="#ffcc00">1910 - mid 80's</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#ffcc00"><b>Where built</b></font></td> <td><font color="#ffcc00">Newport</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#ffcc00"><b><a href="aedia.gif" target="_blank">Diagram</a></b></font></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#ffcc00">More photos</font></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#ffcc00">Model info.</font></td> <td><a href="http://home.waterfront.net.au/~sem/kits.htm" target="_blank">SEM</a> make a HO kit that requires kitbashing.<br> Auscision make a HO RTR model.</td> </tr> </table> </td> <td class="dsR2" content="content" csheight="247" width="420" height="247" valign="top" xpos="352"><font color="#ffcc00">Found mainly on longer distance intrastate passes, the AE's had beautifully crafted interiors featuring nicely upholstered seats (6 per compartment) and fine woodwork, they rode supurbly at high speed.</font> <p><font color="#ffcc00">The AE's were built with 6 wheel bogies, when the "Spirit Of Progress" was converted from Broad Gauge to Standard Gauge in the early 1960's the Broad Gauge bogies from the AS and BS cars were fitted to most of the AE cars (1962 - 1964)</font></p> <p><font color="#ffcc00">The following AE's were air conditioned in 1935/39: 1, 3, 12, 36 in 1962 these cars were recoded to BE's 50, 51, 52, 49 respectively,in 1983 at least two (51 & 52) air conditioned BE's were recoded back to AE class but kept their BE numbers.</font></p> </td> <td width="1" height="247"><spacer type="block" width="1" height="247"></td> </tr> <tr height="1" cntrlrow="cntrlrow"> <td width="352" height="1"><spacer type="block" width="352" height="1"></td> <td width="420" height="1"><spacer type="block" width="420" height="1"></td> <td width="1" height="1"></td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="ave05.jpg" alt="" height="537" width="2164" border="2" /><br </p> <p></p> <table class="dsR7" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td> </td> able> <p></p> <p><br> AE 2 at Ballarat workshops, June 26 1978<br> <span class="ds1">Photo courtesy Geof Winkler</span></p> <hr /> <p><br> AE 4, photo date: April 1984<br> <span class="ds1">Photo courtesy Rob O'Regan</span></p> <p><br> </p> <hr /> <p><br> </p> <hr /> <p><br> </p> <hr /> <p><br> </p> <hr /> <p><br> </p> <hr /> <p><br> </p> <p><br> </p> <p><br> A</p> <hr /> <p><br> A</p> <hr> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <hr /> <p><br> A</p> <hr> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <hr> <p></p> <table width="700" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <hr> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <table width=600 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td colspan=2><a href="../../../index.html" onmouseover="changeImages('homepage', '../../passnav/images/homepage-over.gif'); 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