CE passenger trains brakevans
CE 5 at Spencer St, 1978. (CE 5 is now preserved at Bright)
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These guards vans were introduced at the same time as the AE and BE passenger cars and were a mainstay on VR passenger trains for the whole of their long lives. In later years most had sheetmetal covering the wooden sides below the bottom yellow band to prevent damage from parcels/luggage trollys
1 - 16 were built as DVE class and recoded to CE in 1910 CE's 33 - 37 were built to a newer design with plain arched roofs and 2 axle bogies in 1924. In a 1930 a replacement was built for CE 15 (destroyed in a collision at Seymour) which followed the construction style of CE's 33 - 37. |
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CE 6. photographed July 1979
Photo courtesy Rob O'Regan
The 2nd CE 15 at Traralgon, Oct 1976 shows the plain roof and 2 axle bogies
Photo courtesy Rob O'Regan
CE 24 at Spencer Street 1978.
CE 30 at Spencer Street, 1979
CE 31 photographed 1978.
A badly damaged CE 14 about to meet the scrappers torch, Newport mid 1980's
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