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Victorian E Passenger Cars (AE,
BE, ABE & CE Classes) Available Late 2010 ‘Trust Auscision for precision’ – we pride ourselves on attention to detail – our variants are not just simple repaints, but contain the many subtle changes that have occurred in real life, as the following listing demonstrates.
VR Crimson Lake Livery (Darker Red) 1921 to 1954 era 4 Car Set
VPS-1 Set Includes the Following 4 Cars: $450.00 Available Soon
VR Carriage Red Livery (Bright Red) 1954 to 1963 era 4 Car Set
VPS-2 Set Includes the Following 4 Cars: $450.00 Available Soon
VR Carriage Red Livery (Bright Red) 1963 to 1971 era 4 Car Set
VPS-3 Set Includes the Following 4 Cars: $450.00 Available Soon
VR Carriage Red Livery (Bright Red) 1971 to 1985 era 4 Car Set
VPS-4 Set Includes the Following 4 Cars: $450.00 Available Soon
AE First Class Car, Crimson Lake Livery (Darker Red) 1921 to 1954 era
VPC-1 AE First Class Car, Crimson Lake (6 wheel bogie) 2-AE $125.00 Available Soon BE Second Class Car, Crimson Lake Livery (Darker Red) 1921 to 1954 era
VPC-2 BE Second Class Car, Crimson Lake (6 wheel bogie) 2-BE $125.00 Available Soon ABE First/Second Class Car, Crimson Lake Livery (Darker Red) 1921 to 1954 era
VPC-3 ABE First/Second Class Car, Crimson Lake (6 wheel bogie) 3-ABE $125.00 Available Soon CE Baggage/Guard Car, Crimson Lake Livery (Darker Red) 1921 to 1954 era
VPC-4 CE Baggage/Guard Car, Crimson Lake (6 wheel bogie) 5-CE $125.00 Available Soon AE First Class Car, Carriage Red Livery (Bright Red) 1954 to 1963 era
VPC-5 AE First Class Car, Carriage Red (6 wheel bogie) 17-AE $125.00 Available Soon AE First Class Car, Carriage Red Livery (Bright Red) 1963 to 1985 era
VPC-6 AE First Class Car, Carriage Red (4 wheel bogie) 24-AE $125.00 Available Soon BE Second Class Car, Carriage Red Livery (Bright Red) 1954 to 1971 era
VPC-7 BE Second Class Car, Carriage Red (6 wheel bogie) 18-BE $125.00 Available Soon BE Economy Class Car, Carriage Red Livery (Bright Red) 1971 to 1985 era
VPC-8 BE Economy Class Car, Carriage Red (6 wheel bogie) 24-BE $125.00 Available Soon ABE First/Second Class Car, Carriage Red Livery (Bright Red) 1954 to 1971 era
VPC-9 ABE First/Second Class Car, Carriage Red (6 wheel bogie) 7-ABE $125.00 Available Soon ABE First/Economy Class Car, Carriage Red Livery (Bright Red) 1971 to 1985 era
VPC-10 ABE First/Economy Class Car, Carriage Red (6 wheel bogie) 8-ABE $125.00 Available Soon CE Baggage/Guard Car, Blue & Gold Livery 1954 to 1985 era
VPC-11 CE Baggage/Guard Car, Blue & Gold (6 wheel bogie) 9-CE $125.00 Available Soon VPC-12 CE Baggage/Guard Car, Blue & Gold (6 wheel bogie) 11-CE $125.00 Available Soon V&SA AE First Class Car, Carriage Red (Bright Red)
VPC-13 AE First Class Car, Carriage Red (4 wheel bogie) no class designation on side 10-AE $125.00 Available Soon VPC-14 AE First Class Car, Carriage Red (4 wheel bogie) 'FIRST' on side 42-AE $125.00 Available Soon V&SA BE Second Class Car, Carriage Red (Bright Red)
VPC-15 BE Second Class Car, Carriage Red (6 wheel bogie) 'SECOND' on side 6-BE $125.00 Available Soon VPC-16 BE Second Class Car, Carriage Red (6 wheel bogie) 'SECOND' on side 7-BE $125.00 Available Soon Click Here to download Order Form & Information Sheet
AE, BE, ABE & CE PASSENGER CAR – PROTOTYPE OVERVIEW
The Victorian E Cars are arguably one of the most attractive series of passenger carriages operated by the Victorian Railways. The wooden bodied, non air-conditioned sitting car varieties were manufactured as early as 1906 by a number of workshops, and remained in revenue service from this period until 1985. In all, 143 E Cars were constructed between 1906 and 1911. The sitting cars were 71 feet long, compared with the shorter similarly styled W Cars which were 58 feet long. Auscision Models is producing the E Cars in two liveries. The first is a darker red/brown body colour to cover the steam era from the 1930’s through to the 1960’s, and the second a brighter red body colour to cover from the 1960’s to 1985. Codes to be produced include the AE First Class Wooden Compartment Passenger Cars, ABE First and Second/Economy Composite Class Wooden Compartment Passenger Cars, the BE Second/Economy Class Wooden Compartment Passenger Cars, and the CE Vans. The steam era CE Vans will be produced in the brown/red colour, whilst the more modern variant will be in the VR blue & gold livery. The Sleeper E Cars, the BCE combined Second/Economy & Guard’s Car, and the air conditioned E Car versions will not be produced at present due to the significant body, interior and underframe differences with these carriages when compared with the AE, ABE and BE Cars. The AE Cars were built with 6 wheel bogies. When the popular named train ‘Spirit Of Progress’ was converted from Broad Gauge to Standard Gauge in the early 1960's, the 4 wheel Broad Gauge bogies from the AS and BS Cars were fitted to most of the AE Cars. The steam era AE Cars will be fitted with 6 wheel bogies, while the more modern version of the AE Cars will be fitted with 4 wheel bogies. The E Cars have worked on the Albury, Bairnsdale, Ballarat, Bendigo, Cobram, Dimboola, Geelong, Seymour, Swan Hill, Traralgon, Warrnambool and Yarram corridors. VR & SAR jointly-owned E Car stock once operated between Melbourne and Adelaide. |
