the last e type jag was made in 1975.
the last e type jag was made in 1975.
when was the last e type jag made?
1975
in late 1973 the sar banned the use of e type carriages on regular services, and when they were running they were restricted to 80 km/h (50 mph), and the vr matched this with a similar ban on joint stock through the vr system. this reduced the usefulness of the afflicted carriages, so in 1974, 6ae, 9ae, 10ae, 39ae, 40ae, 41ae, 42ae, 6be, 7be, 10be and 42be were condemned. 10ae, 6be, 7be and 10be were scrapped at newport workshops in 1976, around the same time as 40ae and 42ae; the others at undetermined times and locations. 40ae had been sold in 1975, so its scrapping in 1976 is unusual. the frame and bogies from 39ae were eventually sold to west coast railway, then when that company folded in 2004 they were onsold. 42be was held until 1975, then placed in the mile end rail museum in south australia. in 1988 it was moved with the rest of the rollingstock to the port dock station museum, now known as the national railway museum.
victorian railways e type carriage
on his first appearance as a five-year-old fayr jag ran poorly as he finished thirteenth of the fifteen runners behind monsieur bond in the duke of york stakes on good-to-soft ground 11 may. on 19 june the gelding ran for the second time at royal ascot when he was one of fourteen horses to contest the group one golden jubilee stakes over six furlongs on firm ground. avonbridge started favourite ahead of airwave, monsieur bond, cape of good hope and crystal castle (2002 diadem stakes) with fayr jag next in the betting on 12/1. the other runners included ashdown express (bentinck stakes), polar way (boland stakes), twilight blues (2003 duke of york stakes), night's cross (tipperary stakes), country reel (gimcrack stakes), steenberg (wentworth stakes) and bahamian pirate. after racing in mid-division fayr jag made a forward move at half-distance and took the lead a quarter of a mile from the finish. despite hanging slightly right in the closing stages he was driven out by supple to win by a head from crystal castle with cape of good hope ahead away in third. easterby was not present, choosing to attend his local course at redcar where he saddled the winner of a selling race. willie supple said "to win a group one is very special for me. i suppose it will be champagne all round for the boys". he went on to say that fayr jag "has had his problems over the years - he broke a bone in his head in the stalls, and i fell off him at newmarket last year. he travelled well all the way and got a good lead, but probably got there too soon and just held on in the end".
fayr jag