Re: Melb.Australia Rolling stock

["Rod" <berlina@bigpond.com>]

>
>The original design by Martin & King for the Hitachis included Sharfenburgs
>from the outset, but VR had only just got rid of screw couplers and they
>didn't want yet another new coupler in the fleet.
>
I think you jest!  but for the record, that's crap!  Victoria took the
plunge and fitted knuckles years before most, There were only a few wooden
bodied carriages and workman's sleepers still in service in 1962, and they
only because either they were not in revenue service, or conversion would
have been impossible because of the chassis construction. And I should not
forget the Taits either.
Except for a few lines like Eltham, they were not divided anyway!
Rod
(Kennetoria is not STUFFED!  ........yet. )