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Re: [Melb] Tait
- Subject: Re: [Melb] Tait
- From: "D. Lindstrom" <D_Lindstrom@Bigpond.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 21:29:40 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com)
- References: <NnOW4.3581$c5.5218@newsfeeds.bigpond.com> <392BB511.7751B658@alphalink.com.au>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:10162
Thanks. So it could be true then that some of the carriages were light by
gaslight? Did G at the start of the carriage number stand for gaslight?
David L.
"Chris Gordon" <cmgord@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
392BB511.7751B658@alphalink.com.au">news:392BB511.7751B658@alphalink.com.au...
> > Were Tait carriages ever hauled by steam locomotives before
electrification?
> > Don't yell at me for being ignorant.
> > David L.
>
> Yes, they were built for later conversion to Electric traction, but many
> spend their early years being pulled around by steam engines.
>
>
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>
> Chris Gordon
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