VN, VSH sets

[Michael <mk@netstra.com.au>]

Hi All,

Recently I have seen an appearance of some VLP sets designated "VSH" and 
"VN". 

Further inspection yesterday on two of these sets revealed:

VSH set consisted of:
BCH-BIH-BTH-BCH-BTH - Appeared to be one SH set tacked onto two more cars 
(SH set missing the BIH car? FSH set missing the BH-BIH cars?). The first 
BTH off the complete SH set is autocoupled with the BCH of tbe broken set, 
as opposed to the drawbar couplings of the rest of the set. Cheaper? 
Easier? More flexible perhaps? [makes u wonder why they did it, maybe they 
have been taught logic??]

VN set consisted of:
ACN-BRN-BN-BZN-BTN - No comments really, nothing unusual.

It appears that a VSH can be pulled by ONE P class, a welcome change from 
the push-pulled P+SH+SH+P / P+FSH+FSH+P / P+FSH+SH+P sets

How long ago were these 5 car sets formed?

Will we see P class hauled pass. trains on the Broadmeadows line yet? :-)

Regards
Michael.