| House | $234,500  |
| Land | $80,800  |
Surrounding suburbs
| House | $235 |
| Unit | $160 |
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| Registered as Victorian heritage |
| What is significant? The air-conditioned, timber, composite buffet/sitting car named Taggerty which was used on the trains running between Melbourne and Bendigo from 1937 to 1981, and on other lines to 1987. It is currently located at the Donald Railway Heritage Park. History Summary The Taggerty Buffet Car was originally built for the Victorian Railways (VR) in 1910 at the Newport Railway Workshops as the timber first class sitting car 34 AE. Passenger carriages were given numbers not names unlike special carriages such as buffet cars. Car 34 AE (now The Taggerty Buffet Car) was destroyed by fire in 1912 and rebuilt in 1914. In 1937 it was converted to a composite Buffet/Sitting Car with three compartments of first class seating and a long buffet counter. 'Composite' refers to a carriage that has both passenger seating and dining facilities. The converted carriage was named Taggerty, after the Victorian river in 1939. During its conversion to a buffet car in early 1937, the Taggerty Buffet Car had air-conditioning equipment installed and was only the third carriage on the VR with this technology. The installation of Stone's air-conditioning equipment into three carriages between 1935 and 1937 was used to test and improve air-conditioning installations for the new Spirit of Progress carriages, construction of which began later in 1937. The Taggerty Buffet Car was attached to the midday Bendigo - Melbourne and the evening Melbourne - Bendigo services. It operated on this line from 1937 to 1981, except for 1942 to 1949 when all buffet and dining cars including the Taggerty Buffet Car were removed from Victorian trains in order to save fuel during World War 2 and through postwar coal shortages. The inclusion of a buffet service on the Bendigo train permitted the elimination of refreshment stops reducing the trip time from over three to two and a half hours. The Taggerty Buffet Car was never converted to standard gauge. The passenger section was designated first class also until 1981. From 1981 Taggerty was used on other lines besides Bendigo, and the first class seating for 18 passengers was changed to economy seating for 24 passengers. The Taggerty Buffet Car was withdrawn from service on 21 December 1987 and given to Steamrail Victoria Inc. who then sold it to the Donald Lions Club for display at the Donald Rail Heritage Centre in 2004. Taggerty is the earliest surviving air-conditioned timber carriage in Victoria, and only the third carriage in the state to be air-conditioned. The remaining two intact air-conditioned dining carriages in Victoria are made of steel and are full dining cars not composite buffet/sitting cars like Taggerty. Description Summary The Taggerty Buffet Car is a |
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