The new Comeng trains were introduced as three car sets. The three car set concept dates from 1978 when the introduction of the underground loop forced a change in the practice of East-West running.
The T cars were introduced between 1981 and 1989.
The T cars are currently numbered 1001 to 1127, 1131 to 1190, 1196 to 1199. Cars 1001 to 1039 were issued to service as T 1 to T 39 before '1000' series numbers was adopted.
Cars into service after this were 1041 to 1127, 1131 - 1190, 1196 - 1199.
Cars 1131, 1132T and 1196 were issued to service as 1067, 1068T and 1085T before being renumbered respectively.
Following a disastrous fire in 1983 that damaged 315 _M__, car 8T was partially damaged and remained at Jolimont Workshops for many years. This became a spare car. Whilst in storage it was used as a parts source and gradually stripped. Only in the late 1980's was the car returned to service numbered as 1008 T.
Photos for 'T '
FileID Description................................................AK130 T - ce, collision point, west side/empty car set, Epping, 6/2002, [sPJV]BL333 T - ce, fire damage, Thornbury, c1985, [sRAQ]AA481 T - cr, unlettered for Connex south, with 522M CE, Flinders Street, 6/3/2005, [oPJV]BI643 T - ce eXp, Jolimont Workshops, 20/4/1983, [oPJV]BI642 T - ce eXq, Jolimont Workshops, 20/4/1983, [oPJV]BQ597 T 1 - ce met, Flinders Street Yard, 6/11/1984, [oPJV]BI622 T 1 - ce vic, Jolimont Workshops, 14/10/1981, [oPJV]BQ238 T 1*- ce, unlettered, Jolimont Workshops, 3/3/1981, [oPJV]DJ597 T 2 - ce, new, not delivered, Dandenong, 30/7/1981, [oPJV]BJ020 T 2 - ce, part view, Jolimont Workshops, 14/1/1982, [oPJV]BE724 T 3 - vic, ce, Flinders Street Yard, 3/9/1981, [oPJV]BJ029 T 4 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 16/1/1982, [oPJV]BQ040 T 4 - ce vic, Jolimont Workshops, 19/3/1982, [oPJV]BJ131 T 4 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 14/1/1982, [oPJV]DJ596 T 4 - ce, class/number painted on bolster, 31/12/1981, [oPJV]DJ595 T 4 - ce, makers plate: Comeng 1980-1985, 31/12/1981, [oPJV]DJ594 T 4 - ce, moulded seats, tan fabric, 31/12/1981, [oPJV]DJ599 T 4 - ce, saloon interior to e2, 31/12/1981, [oPJV]DJ593 T 4 - ce, saloon interior to e2, 31/12/1981, [oPJV]DJ598 T 4 - ce, saloon interior, e2, 31/12/1981, [oPJV]BI172 T 5 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 17/11/1981, [oPJV]BI175 T 6 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 17/11/1981, [oPJV]DJ601 T 6 - ce, B side, vic, Flinders Street Yard, 30/1/1982, [oPJV]DJ600 T 6 - ce, eXp, Jolimont Workshops, 21/12/1981, [oPJV]BK323 T 7 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 19/12/1981, [oPJV]BI656 T 8 - ce, eXp, Jolimont Workshops, 13/4/1983, [oPJV]BI657 T 8 - ce, eXq, tail disc, Jolimont Workshops, 13/4/1983, [oPJV]BI655 T 8 - ce, smoke damage, Jolimont Workshops, 13/4/1983, [oPJV]DJ531 T 8 - ce, vic, stored, one saloon window missing, Jolimont Workshops, 8/4/1985, [oPJV]BP760 T 9 - ce vic, Jolimont Workshops, 4/3/1982, [oPJV]BP757 T 10 - ce vic, Jolimont Workshops, 4/3/1982, [oPJV]BI677 T 10 - ce vic, Jolimont Workshops, 15/4/1983, [oPJV]BP692 T 11 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 29/3/1982, [oPJV]BP695 T 12 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 29/3/1982, [oPJV]BP609 T 12 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 8/6/1982, [oPJV]BH361 T 14 - ce, Flinders Street Yard, 15/10/1984, [oPJV]BP251 T 14 - ce, Dandenong, 14/4/1982, [oPJV]BH374 T 14 - ce, white on black peel off lettering, 1984, [oPJV]BP607 T 15 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 8/6/1982, [oPJV]BP516 T 16 - ce vic, Jolimont Workshops, 17/6/1982, [oPJV]BP249 T 16 - ce, ID stamp on bolster, Dandenong, 14/4/1982, [oPJV]BP248 T 16 - ce, unlettered Shell 44, Dandenong, 14/4/1982, [oPJV]BO836 T 17 - ce, Flinders Street Yard, 17/7/1982, [oPJV]BO991 T 18 - ce vic, Jolimont Workshops, 2/8/1982, [oPJV]BO989 T 19 - ce vic, Jolimont Workshops, 2/8/1982, [oPJV]BI044 T 20 - ce vic, Jolimont Workshops, 2/8/1983, [oPJV]DJ532 T 21 - ce, vic, B side, Lilydale, 28/4/1985, [oPJV]BK887 T 22 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 25/9/1982, [oPJV]BK890 T 23 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 25/9/1982, [oPJV]BI325 T 24 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 9/5/1983, [oPJV]BO203 T 24 - ce vic, Hurstbridge, 18/10/1984, [oPJV]BE833 T 25 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 6/10/1984, [oPJV]AU088 T 25 - ce Vic, Flinders Street Yard, 12/9/1983, [oPJV]BI680 T 26 - ce vic, Jolimont Workshops, 15/4/1983, [oPJV]AW345 T 26 - ce vic, Lilydale, 20/11/1984, [oPJV]BI645 T 28 - uncoupled from 316M ce, Jolimont Workshops, 20/4/1983, [oPJV]BI644 T 28 - uncoupling from 316M ce, Jolimont Workshops, 20/4/1983, [oPJV]AW393 T 29 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 18/11/1984, [oPJV]DJ533 T 29 - ce, brake block worn at angle/turned block problem, 20/10/1983, [oPJV]BI669 T 31 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 14/4/1983, [oPJV]BE683 T 31 - ce, vic, Flinders Street Yard, 5/10/1984, [oPJV]BI664 T 32 - ce, Flinders Street Yard, 14/4/1983, [oPJV]BO201 T 32 - ce vic, Hurstbridge, 18/10/1984, [oPJV]BI654 T 32 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 20/4/1983, [oPJV]BI321 T 32 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 9/5/1983, [oPJV]BY491 T 34 - ce vic, Glen Waverley, 8/10/1984, [oPJV]BI649 T 34 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 20/4/1983, [oPJV]DJ534 T 34 - ce, vic, A side, new, Flinders Street Yard, 14/3/1983, [oPJV]DJ535 T 34 - ce, vic, eXq, new, Flinders Street Yard, 14/3/1983, [oPJV]AT988 T 36 - ce vic, Jolimont Workshops, 19/4/1983, [oPJV]BQ704 T 36 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 8/11/1984, [oPJV]BI308 T 38 - ce vic, Jolimont Workshops, 6/5/1983, [oPJV]12516 T 220 - t, part view, shows sleeper walkway access to doors, Exford, 10/6/2003, [oPJV]DK807 T 962 - mk, B side centre door/BS lettering, Flinders Street Yard, 30/9/1985, [oPJV]BR447 T 1004 - ce met, Flinders Street Yard, 28/11/1984, [oPJV]AU805 T 1017 - ce, car end/collision damage, Footscray, 5/6/2001, [oAXB]AP674 T 1017 - ce, in collision, Footscray, 5/6/2001, [oAXB]CS562 T 1018 - ce, Bayside, Flinders Street, 19/9/2002, [oPJV]CT753 T 1025 - ce, Lalor, 12/1996, [oPJV]DJ537 T 1041 - ce, met, new, signs PRESS ONLY, Jolimont Workshops, 10/7/1983, [oRXO]DJ536 T 1041,- ce, turned brake block/brake head damaged, 30/3/1984, [oPJV]BI112 T 1042 - ce met, Jolimont Workshops, 15/8/1983, [oPJV]BI104 T 1047 - ce met, Flinders Street Yard, 12/8/1983, [oPJV]BS913 T 1054 - ce vic, Flinders Street Yard, 11/1984, [oPJV]BQ571 T 1058 - ce met KB brake, Flinders Street Yard, 10/10/1984, [oPJV]BT129 T 1059 - ce met, Flinders Street Yard, 12/1984, [oPJV]DJ538 T 1064 - ce, tread brake bogie, hanger safeties, 29/5/1985, [oPJV]BS902 T 1065 - ce met, Flinders Street Yard, 30/11/1984, [oPJV]AW366 T 1067 - ce met, Glen Waverley, 21/11/1984, [oPJV]BR395 T 1068 - ce met, Flinders Street Yard, 11/1984, [oPJV]BQ556 T 1070 - ce met, Flinders Street Yard, 9/10/1984, [oPJV]BT161 T 1071 - ce met, Flinders Street Yard, 12/1984, [oPJV]BR446 T 1075 - ce met, Flinders Street Yard, 28/11/1984, [oPJV]BT084 T 1077 - ce met, Flinders Street Yard, 30/11/1984, [oPJV]BQ476 T 1078 - ce met, Flinders Street Yard, 19/10/1984, [oPJV]BT031 T 1082 - ce met, Flinders Street Yard, 30/11/1984, [oPJV]CT859 T 1083 - ce, Lalor, 9/1/1997, [oPJV]DB091 T 1101 - ce, unmod Bayside, Flinders Street, 10/1/2003, [oPJV]AV142 T 1102 - ce, uncoupled, night, Footscray, [sPJV]AV143 T 1102 - ce, uncoupled, repair crew, night, Footscray, [sPJV]CG275 T 1105 - ce, ANZ advert, Hurstbridge, 15/5/2001, [oGAL]CP650 T 1109 - ce, stored on ground, Epping, 7/7/2002, [oPJV]BX676 T 1114 - ce, access flap over door #1 end/stickers, 9/7/2002, [oPJV]BX677 T 1114 - ce, door and access, 9/7/2002, [oPJV]BX687 T 1114 - ce, end car wall/comm door, 9/7/2002, [oPJV]BX681 T 1114 - ce, end door Platform sticker/Comeng builders plate, 9/7/2002, [oPJV]BX694 T 1114 - ce, saloon, 9/7/2002, [oPJV]BX664 T 1114 - ce, saloon, 9/7/2002, [oPJV]BX702 T 1114 - ce, saloon, left side, 9/7/2002, [oPJV]BX669 T 1114 - ce, saloon, one side, 9/7/2002, [oPJV]BX671 T 1114 - ce, saloon, one side left, 9/7/2002, [oPJV]DB221 T 1117 - ce, burnt shell with 2 x burnt M s, Newport Workshops, 6/1/2003, [oPJV]DB228 T 1117 - ce, part view, lettering, Newport Workshops, 6/1/2003, [sPJV]DT137 T 1131 - ce met end/lettering/bogie, Flinders Street Yard, 8/10/1984, [oPJV]CV882 T 1132 - ce, met, Flinders Street Yard, 9/11/1984, [oPJV]BR277 T 1133 - ce met, Jolimont Workshops, 22/11/1984, [oPJV]11403 T 1133 - cr, bogie/brake disc surfaces, Eltham, 5/6/2003, [oPJV]11401 T 1133 - cr, brake disc surface, Eltham, 5/6/2003, [oPJV]CT755 T 1139 - ce, Lalor, 12/1996, [oPJV]BM999 T 1151 - ce part view, Camberwell, 22/2/2001, [oPJV]CT862 T 1160 - ce, Lalor, 9/1/1997, [oPJV]DL440 T 1166 - cr, bogie view of replaced disc cylinders/CDS problem, Epping, 12/11/2003, [oPJV]BP051 T 1173 - ce, Flemington Racecourse, 18/2/2001, [oPJV]DB313 T 1186 - ce, end part modified, on dolly bogies, Newport Workshops, 6/1/2003, [oPJV]DB216 T 1186 - ce, part end windows/on shops dollies, Newport Workshops, 6/1/2003, [oPJV]DB891 T 1635 - xt, part view, centre door/camera/taped cables, Epping, 21/1/2003, [oPJV]DU448 T 1907 - mk, behind fence, Epping, 25/10/2003, [oPJV]DG752 T 1930 - mk, POTS: speed/distance, Eltham, 23/6/2003, [oPJV]DE915 T 1949 - mk: lettering/centre door/brake unit, Epping, 5/5/2003, [oPJV]DH574 T 1964 - mk, flooring/ribbed, at centre door, 25/7/2003, [oPJV]DU446 T 1968 - mk, behind fence, Epping, 25/10/2003, [oPJV]DD637 T 1971 - mk, part view, lettering/brake gear/centre door, Epping, 6/3/2003, [oPJV]CX029 T 1978 - mk, interior to e2 from centre doors, Burnley Sidings, 2/11/2002, [oPJV]CX030 T 1978 - mk, interior, e1 from centre doors, Burnley Sidings, 2/11/2002, [oPJV]CX035 T 1978 - mk, undergear/car centre to bogie, Burnley Sidings, 2/11/2002, [oPJV]12349 T 2010 - mk, POTS device/SCART plugs, Epping, 8/6/2003, [oPJV]12348 T 2010 - mk, underframe/ladders/POTS device, Epping, 8/6/2003, [oPJV]CX009 T 2010 - mk, saloon to e1 from centre doors, Burnley Sidings, 2/11/2002, [oPJV]DC371 T 2016 - mk, drivers side access door/blanked/stripped, 11/2/2003, [oPJV]DC369 T 2016 - mk, high access panel behind driver/stripped D, 9/2/2003, [oPJV]DB240 T 2511 - nx, adapter coupler under car traverser/side access, Newport Workshops, 6/1/2003, [oPJV]
Diagrams for 'T '
FileID Description................................................AU931 T - arched roof, 401 - 424, [oPTC]AU668 T - Harris, [oD26]AK628 T - Harris, B-11, [sPJV]AS880 T - Harris, diagram Car T-2, 7/6/1971, [oPTC]AS883 T - Harris, T 890, three door, diagram T-5, [oPTC]AS479 T - Harris, three door 75 , diagram T-7, [oPTC]AS882 T - Harris, three door, diagram T-4, T 862, [oPTC]AS884 T - Harris, three door, diagram T-6, [oPTC]BF554 T - t, 401+, c1925, [sPJV]AU665 T - Tait, [oPTC]AU656 T - Tait, arch roof, [oD26]AS881 T - two door Harris, diagram Car T-3, [oPTC]AS480 T 632 - rebuilt, diagram T-9, [oPTC]
File c433m compiled by Peter J. Vincent, updated 15/11/2007
