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Re: [Melb] Tait

Subject: Re: [Melb] Tait
From: Roderick Smith <rodsmith@werple.net.au>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 22:32:45 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Rail News Victoria
References: <NnOW4.3581$c5.5218@newsfeeds.bigpond.com> <392BB511.7751B658@alphalink.com.au> <1XOW4.3610$c5.5198@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>
Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:10174

Probably.  These carriages could be removed from suburban trains and used for
short-distance country trains.  AFAIK they were dual lit after
electrification.  VR still had gas-lit carriages into the early 1960s.

"D. Lindstrom" wrote:

> 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?

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Regards
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

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