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AE first class cars numbers 1 - 38 and BE second class cars numbers 1 - 39 were used on the Sydney and Adelaide expresses and, together with the 'W' cars, provided the backbone of the V.R. passenger stock for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis kit consists of injection moulded 'W' class passenger car components and supplementary details. Because of differences in compartment sizes between AE and AW cars and between BE and BW cars, there are some compromises, but each coach is within 2% of the correct length so the difference is not too apparent. Because the sides, roof and floor need to be cut and spliced, some experience in \"kit bashing\" would be helpful. AE numbers 1,3,12 and 36, as well as BE numbers 4, 19, 31 and 34 were airconditioned in 1935\/36 which altered their appearance considerably. Furthermore, AE cars 21, 26 and 34 were rebuilt into buffet cars Kiewa, Moyne and Taggerty respectively. Kiewa and Moyne were subsequently further modified to become 1 and 2 BG. 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Auto' coupled steel underframes were fitted during the early 1930's but by the 1950's the bodies, which had always required a high level of maintenance, were deteriorating. 1953\/54 saw 25 supply their underframes for use under P explosives vans, then being constructed. Further P vans were built on the underframes of wooden U vans, whose bodies had been condemned, during 1958\/59. Forty two of the remaining \"Robinson Pattern\" U vans were recoded HD during 1957\/58, for use as Way and Works Plant Trucks. 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The following six years saw the construction of a further 639 wagons, together with 166 to a similar design, rebuilt from older wooden I wagons. These wagons originally had a capacity of 15 tons but during the early 1930's, at about the time they were fitted with auto' couplers, they were recoded IA and given a dual load rating of 16 tons. 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These new vans were designed to replace the existing fleet of explosives wagons, which dated from the previous century. A second batch, numbered 26-45 were built in 1958\/59, but differed in some details such as the diagonal side bracing and the bracing of the ends. A further six vans, P46 to 51, were constructed in the early 1960's and were generally similar to the second batch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur kit represents one of the first series vans and includes the roof ventilators with which these vans were originally equipped. These ventilators were removed about 1968. The P vans continued in traffic up to the mid 1980's when they were withdrawn, along with most other four wheel wagons. 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