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Re: Vic Tangaras
- Subject: Re: Vic Tangaras
- From: "Michael Walker" <walker@hotkey.net.au>
- Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 00:23:15 +1100
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>Hey, the Hitachi was the pinnacle of Victorian Railways design for suburban
>trains!
>
>They are the link to that era before the Met and V Line stuffed up the
>railways in this state.
>
>Revere and cherish these icons of a bygone era, the National Trust may
>classify them and you may be stuck with them forever!
>
In seriousness (and call me a crank or eccentric by all means) but if and
when they are scrapped, I would like to see at least one set preserved for
old times sake. I think it was sad that no operational Harris trains were
preserved.