Harris (train) - Conversions and Disposal

Conversions and Disposal

With the exceptions of the last few carriages built, all Harris trains contained asbestos insulation. The first sets contained blue asbestos, and the later sets contained white asbestos. Due to the presence of asbestos, most were wrapped in plastic and disposed of in a tip in Clayton, south-east of Melbourne. Two motor carriages (pictured, one original car and one refurbished car) have been preserved at the Williamstown Railway Museum with two additional motor carriages retained for preservation. The latter two cars were formerly used as a works train and are painted yellow. These cars were decommissioned after mechanical problems and have been stored since 2004 pending restoration. No original Harris trailer cars remain, all trailers having been converted to locomotive-hauled H cars or scrapped. Additionally, no first series motor units were preserved, the three remaining unmodified cars being high-numbered second series M cars.