The first family of passenger carriages on the W.A.G.R. had its origins in a group of 7 compartment composite carriages originally built for the M.R.W.A. These were sold to the W.A.G.R. in 1892 and formed the first vehicles in class AC. The similar AD class brake composite started out as a contemporary build for the GSR and both types were soon taken up by the W.A.G.R. An all first (class AE) and an all second (AF) were developed for country use and originally had one compartment with access to a lavatory. All of these carriages were quickly displaced from main country services in the 1890s and then entered a long period in use as suburban passenger carriages. They were never entirely superseded until the coming of the railcars but then became available for conversion for other uses. The table below summaries these carriages. Unfortunately I have only few poor photos one of the carriages in this group

Number	Old no	TYPE	old class	to VW	Written Off
5062	199	AE	AE	1952	1961
5063	173	AF	AF	1952	1985
5064	194	AE	AE	1952	1977
5073	195	AE	AE	1961	1987
5075	135	AF	AF	1961	1963
5078	33	AC	AF	1961	1976
5079	107	AD	AD	1961	1976
5135	168	AF	AF	1969	1995
5136	162	AE	AE	1969	?

VW5135 (ex AF168) was the only one of these I managed to photograph. It survived with many of its original features intact until well into the eighties until, at presumably its last major repair, it was completely mutilated.