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Re: [Melb] Tait

Brian Dunn <bdunn@pcug.org.au> wrote in message
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> Dear Iskra historians

Iskra?

> Forgive my iiggorance, but were not the dog box sparks hauled by steam
> locos around the suburban system prior to electrification?

Yes.  IIRC the swingdoor cars were canverted from loco hauled suburban cars,
electrification of these cars meant a new underframe & an extention by one
compartment.  Again IIRC the old underframes were then used for the PL's.

> The swing door Taits, I always believed, were built in the 1920s, after
> electrification had been, for all intents and purposes, completed.

See CG's post.

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