BROWSING through this month’s RM (September issue), the picture on page 57 of the restored MSJ&AR green EMU carriage caught my eye. What a great job has been made of restoring this piece of history.
But, alas, it does not represent the world’s first urban railway electrified at 1500V DC overhead. I do not know where that honour goes to, but I am aware that Melbourne in Australia began planning to electrify its suburban system sometime in 1912.