Re: [Melb] Tait

["John Wayman" <trecker@optusnet.com.au>]

Weren't the Gs used as BTs, ie as brake trailers? Hence they never became
Ts. (Brake trailers had a particular function, and were used back in the
days of  7 car trains),

Cheers
John Wayman

"Stuart Thyer" <s.thyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au> wrote in message
news:8ghkat$j3a$1@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au...
>
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> In article <qtWW4.3787$c5.5747@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>, "D. Lindstrom"
> <D_Lindstrom@Bigpond.com> wrote:
>
>
> >What I find interesting about this, is that I recall quite clearly
noticing
> >that I was getting into Tait carriage number G1 at Highett station
(sometime
> >between 1980 and the end of 1982).
> >David L
> >
>
> G remained the class number for these cars, even after the
electrification.
> G cars survived all the way in to preservation. There are two examples
> retained by Steamrail's electric arm, Elecrail. They are electrically lit.
I
> don't know why they left them numbered G while there were similar cars
> classified as T (for trailer), perhaps they were gas lit for some time
after
> electrification and were still listed as G in case they were required for
> non-suburban travel.
>
>
> Stuart Thyer
> Photographer
> University of Melbourne