Re: [NSW] Sydney rollingstock

["trendy rechauffé" <trendy_rechauffe@start.com.au>]

Hubert Lam <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
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> R sets are the same as S sets, only 6 cars instead of 4. All built by
Commonwealth Engineering and
> some by Goninan (and some by Tulloch :-) )
> G sets are the same as T sets, only with toilets and different seats (more
comfortable) and slightly
> different front. All built by Goninan
> C and K sets are very similar. C sets are fully air-con, and a majority of
K sets are air-con (with
> conversions taking place now). The major difference between C and K is
that C sets use chopper
> traction control (and hence the whine when accelerating). All built by
Goninan
>
> V sets are all built by Comeng and are used for intercity electric
services.
>
> that really leaves you with 4 basic types.
>
>

One point to note is that the letters have changed from time to time.

Some that I recall include:

T sets being two car double decker (1 motor and 1 driving trailer) like the
current L sets;

The first (and possibly other) K sets started out as R sets;

The original V sets were U sets just like the single deckers. In 1977, the
new carriages with vacuum toilets fitted, became V sets.

bye tr

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