Vehicle............ # Date...... Loc History........... Notes AE 34 - 12/12/1910 NWS Built new - 3/ 2/1912 LIN Destroyed Burnt to u/f on 0752 Dn Pass 28/ 7/1914 NWS Built new Rebuilt 8/ 6/1934 NWS Into Workshops - / 7/1934 - Modified Trans hook 27/ 7/1934 NWS Out of Workshops (50 days) 21/ 6/1935 NWS Into Workshops - 10/ 3/1937 - To Buffet Car (629 days) Buffet Car - / /1939 - To Taggerty - *Taggerty - 2/11/1983 - Sold (to) - Code SV Date Sys Description Type - VR 1937 - VR Buffet Car Passenger AE VA 1907 - VR Bogie First Class Express Passenger Code Location / Builder - - LIN Lindenow NWS Newport Workshops
The 1st _AE_ 34 caught fire on a train in 1912. The body was destroyed but the underframe was re-used and a new body built.
As the history shows, the car was in the workshops for nearly two years before being re-issued as a "Buffet Car". Two years later in 1939, the car was named "Taggerty".