Re: Harris trains

["Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

Not much to say.
For the vast amount of their service life M-T-T-M for offpeak use, with
M-T-BT coupling at the eastern end for peak use.
Occasional oddities: a six-car set at Broadmeadows was either M-T-T-M-BT-M
or M-T-M-BT-T-M.
Pakenham shuttle was M-M.
The Gippsland specials were a four with two threes to make ten.
Eight-car working (two fours) became common on some routes towards the end
of life.
There was more variation in the marshalling of the refurbished sets.
This was covered in a series in RNV a few years ago.

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Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Rob Coventry <bobby@netspace.net.au> wrote in article
<3A29AAF6.53C39CD3@netspace.net.au>...
> I'm trying to find out what sort of combinations Harris trains were made
> up of in the 70's - 80's, Every picture I have seen (not many) shows 7
> car trains, yet I've seen mentioned 3 car and 4 car sets (M,T,T,M?) but
> no details. Also, did these shorter sets run on the outer suburban lines
> or during off-peak or both or what?