Re: Melb destination rolls

["Ronald BESDANSKY" <ronbest@bigpond.com>]

On that subject, does anybody know how to clean cloth destination blinds?
Rust marks/water stains.

Tks & rgds

Ron BESDANSKY
Darren H. <locob67@hotmail.com> wrote in message 3852529e@nap-ns1">news:3852529e@nap-ns1...
> Greetings all,
> I was recently re-tensioning an ex Tait train destination roll (don't we
> all?) and noticed the words "Tait and 1st series Harris roll" pencilled on
> the rear of the bottom of the roll.
> This of course leads me to ask why this was written on the roll? What, if
> anything, made it different than a 2nd series Harris or a later type of
> spark? Were there different widths or something? The roll is one from the
> final years of Tait trains - has CITY LOOP, WERRIBEE etc. I assume other
> trains from this era would have similar destinations anyway, so I wouldn't
> expect this to be the reason for marking it in this way.
> While I'm at it. Does anyone know if it is possible to fix these things so
> that they don't keep scrolling off on strange angles? It seems impossible.
I
> know they often did this in service, so I'm prepared to live with the fact
> that it is authentic.
>
> Darren Hodges.
>
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