Re: Boiler insulation and asbestos

[dbromage@omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

petan@ion<removethis>.com.au (petan@ion.com.au) wrote:
> The Victorians in this newsgroup might remember asbestoes laden
> suburban electric passenger carraiges being dumped in some waterfilled
> quarry years ago for the very same reason. I forget the exact details
> as I only read about it in ARHS mags.

They were the Harris trains. Removal of asbestos was hideously expensive,
and onlt the interurban H cars and a handful of refurbished Harris cars
(the Grey Ghost) were done. The rest were sealed in plastic and sunk in
the Clayton tip.

Cheers
David