Re: Harris Trains

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

"Peter Tonoli" <peter@mail.medstv.unimelb.edu.au> wrote in message
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> james_shugg@my-deja.com wrote:
> > Sorry Andrew no photos, just the comment that I really liked the Harris
> > sets on hot summer afternoons.  Their passsenger operated sliding doors
> > could be left open when the train was moving, great for ventilation,
> > but not so good for people reading their Heralds - you probably don't
> > remember them either!
>
> Nor terribly good when you were young and misjudged the speed the train
> was slowing to at a station and got skinned knees as a result of jumping
> 9out a little too early:(

Gee, you obviously weren't concentrating!

I mastered jumping off the Taits as they rolled into St Kilda. It was the
best way to guarantee a seat on the waiting 600 bus to Elwood in peak hour!


Daniel
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