Re: [Melb] Tait

[Chris Gordon <cmgord@alphalink.com.au>]

> Forgive my iiggorance, but were not the dog box sparks hauled by steam
> locos around the suburban system prior to electrification?
> The swing door Taits, I always believed, were built in the 1920s, after
> electrification had been, for all intents and purposes, completed.
> 
> Agree.Disagree?

Disagree, the tait cars were built from 1915 onwards, Electrification
started in 1919 and basically finished in the late 1920s so there was a
period of time where the tait cars were steam hauled.  There is also a
photo of a steam engine pulling tait carriages somewhere (maybe on the
net).

> > > 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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