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Under the Wires: Part-05 Melbourne Suburban Electrics 'The Harris Trains' (TH-286)

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Product No.: TH-286
Title: Under the Wires: Part-05 Melbourne Suburban Electrics 'The Harris Trains'
Author(s): Sargent, Neville & Gee, Neville
Publisher: Train Hobby Publications
ISBN: 1921122196
Condition: New
Binding: Softcover
Dust Jacket: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Year: 2009

Features: 56 Pages with Colour Photos.

- Growth in patronage and extensions to the electrified suburban network after the Second World War led to a need for additional electric rollingstock.

- As part of "Operation Phoenix", 30 new electric passenger train sets were introduced from 1956 to 1959, with an additional 30 sets built from 1961-71.

- The new carriage design incorporated greater open space, double sliding doors and fully upholstered seating, coinciding with the abolition of separate first-class suburban fares in 1958.

- Painted in the same deep blue and yellow striped livery as the Victorian Railways leading country trains, the new suburban rollingstock were named "Harris trains" after former Chairman of Commissioners, Norman C. Harris.