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It is often claimed that the E type carriages were derived from a CPR design, but I have never seen any evidence to that effect. The design is evidence of a continuing evolution in the Victorian Railways design office, starting with the "Pioneer" carriages of 1893 (which had side corridors and rode on six wheel bogies) and the big Mann sleeping cars Perseverance and Enterprise, introduced at the same time, and which were local developments of the magnificent Mann Boudoir cars imported for the Adelaide Express in 1886 (4) and 1889 (2). From there, the "V" stock was designed and introduced on the Sydney Express in 1899 (I think), and these cars included vestibule connections for the first time. 23 and 32 AV had sumptuous lounge compartments. Clerestory roofs were first introduced on the VR in the American saloons of 1874, and were nothing new. The "E" cars therefore combined design features which had all been locally tested. Tait was not an engineer, but clearly a good operator, much as was W.A.Webb (Commissioner of the SAR from 1922). We should be wary about crediting him with thse designs. He had a competent staff, and encouraged them to think big, and they did. Mav62 ( talk) 13:32, 11 July 2008 (UTC)mav62
I could hardly believe that they used wooden cars for passenger service in 1990s. How did Australians bypass the fire safety concerns? NVO ( talk) 06:43, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
Largely Grandfather Clause. Anothersignalman ( talk) 03:37, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
I've added a section to better give the history of Taggerty, Kiewa, Moyne, 1BG and 2BG. Any comments? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anothersignalman ( talk • contribs) 19:06, 7 September 2016 (UTC)