Re: [NSW] R/S set driving trailers and converted dts, D40xx/T40xx

["Paul Jones" <dj_wiseguy2@yahoo.com>]

Just a Quetion. What opperated in the wollongong region before the
electrification. I thought it was diesel railcars and loco hauled trains.


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Paul Jones

Dave Proctor <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> Good post Glenn - cannot help with any of the clarifications you asked
for,
> BUT....
>
> The sets that operated in the Wollongong region prior to electrification
had
> diesel generators fitted into some of the cars to provide power for the
> lighting and door controls.
>
> These generators made the cars quite filthy on the ends, and it took some
> years for the grime to be completely removed.
>
> Dave
>
> Glenn J-B wrote in message <38BF9A43.599ABF61@ihug.com.au>...
> >There were originally two different types of D class trailers:-
> >
> >D4011 to D4020 - these were built minus the guard/driver doors behind the
> >drivers compartment. They can be distinguished not just by the absence of
> this
> >door but also by the upper/lower deck windows - there are 4 "and a half"
> >windows. All other D cars had only 4 normal sized windows on the middle
> decks.
> >They started their lives as trailers but were soon banned by the union
due
> to
> >lack of access. D4011 to D4014 spent a few years on the Illawarra
suburban
> >diesel hauled suburban shuttle in the early to mid 80's immediately prior
> to
> >electrication. (See below) All remaining cars are now T.
> >
> >D4021 to D4095 - I dont know how many series there were here (can anyone
> >help?) but these are the carriages that look similar to motor cars minus
> the
> >panto. They were used as driving trailers until this idea was abandoned.
> Ten
> >car in the late 80's were renumbered (anyone help here?) to D4001 to
D4010,
> >the rest remained as trailers. A except a few were converted to trailers
> and
> >reallocated to T. D4021 to D4026 spent a few years on the Illawarra
> suburban
> >diesel hauled suburban shuttle in the early to mid 80's immediately prior

> to
> >electrication. (See below). There is a piccie of one of these trains on
> >http://www.railpage.org.au/railpix/miscellaneous/index.html
> >
> >D4096 to D4099 - K set driving trailers. Converted to trailer,
reconverted
> to
> >driving trailers when sent north for the Newcastle suburban shuttles.
> >
> >Diesel hauled sets:-
> >D4011/D4021
> >D4012/D4022
> >D4013/D4023
> >D4014/D4024
> >D4025/D4026
>
>
>
>