Re: Services on City Rail Interurbans

["David Martin" <d_martin@mountains.net.au>]

My friends & I didn't even have a key, but we often got ourselves a guard's
compartment. This was late 1968-9.

Brings back some memories. Timber carriages, even some which we thought
pre-dated the electric trains. Also, the very first all-double-decker; we
would rush  to catch it home from school as it was an express.

David

Derek Woodlands <kingpin1@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
37c1baa5.2789684@news.ozemail.com.au">news:37c1baa5.2789684@news.ozemail.com.au...
> 'Twas a dark and stormy night on Mon, 23 Aug 1999 12:00:31 GMT as
> billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton) took time out from
the
> neverending quest to rid the world of grues and wrote:
>
> > I spent years travelling on single deck suburban cars and could count
> > on one hand the times I ever had a chance to ride in a unused
> > "driver/guards" compartment in normal passenger service.
>
> Ahh, but it was easy if you had the key.  ;-)
>
> Back at school the most common thing made in the metalwork room was a key
to
> open train doors.  Of course, since then (I'm talking early 1970's), the
locks
> have become a lot more secure.
>
> Catchya
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