Re: T-C-C-T

["David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au>]

"Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > The Sprint this afternoon had two L sets back to back with the driving
> > trailers at the terminal ends.
>
> The Sprint was the same a couple of weeks ago.  The general phobia of
driving
> trailers as terminal cars on 4+ car sets appears to have been overcome in
the
> last couple of years, hardly the norm but not anathema either.
>
> Chris
>

Going back many, many years (in the 60s) I remember the rare sight of an
eight car single deck set being headed by a wooden driving trailer.  That
would be considered a little dangerous in today's railway.

Regards

David Bennetts