Re: 2 car Harris seen on Broadmeadows line

[mccallum@melbpc.org.au (John McCallum)]

In article <6f50cs$a9n$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au (Christopher_Martin GORDON) wrote:


>What harris trains are still around?  I know there are a few converted to
> contry trains.  How many where converted to 'grey ghosts' and used on the Port
> Melbourne and St. Kilda lines, and what happened to them.

>Also I saw a picture in Newsrail dated around 1987 with them sinking harris
> trains into a sluge pit in South Caulifield.  Does anyone know more about
> this?

>Thanks
>Chris

As far as I am aware, all the rebuilt Harris cars were rebuilt into the 
interurban cars. There were some of the other cars rebuilt also, although I am 
not in a position to give numbers etc. The long Harris cars were also 
converted.

John McCallum