Re: [Syd] Original S10

[The Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

3804 is at Thirlmere it is the one from elcar.
4799 is the only converted power car still remaining.
The other 2 powercars were converted but never made it back into
service.

rgds

Rod Gayford wrote:
> 
> What happened to one that was stuffed and mounted outside Elcar?  I thought
> the RTM received theirs prior to Elcar closing so there may be two survivors
> plus the one converted to a trailer.
> Cheers
> Rod gayford
> 
> "Bob Merchant" <bob.merchant@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> eCzz4.280$oD3.1096@newsfeeds.bigpond.com">news:eCzz4.280$oD3.1096@newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> > Bill is right, the four motor cars were test beds for various
> manufacturer's
> > electrical equipment and bogies.  They served their purpose...
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bob Merchant
> >
> > "Bill McNiven" <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> > k%qz4.47273$3b6.199858@ozemail.com.au">news:k%qz4.47273$3b6.199858@ozemail.com.au...
> > | >"trendy rechauffé" wrote:
> > | >>
> > | >> The original 4 Sydney Tulloch double deck motor cars only lasted a
> few
> > | years
> > | >> before they were stored and in some cases converted to trailers. I'd
> > say
> > | >> some of those cars were used less that the 4d.
> > | The Railway Rasputin II wrote in message
> > | <38CE28F6.2EE03CDF@fastlink.com.au>...
> > | >3 out of the 4 were converted but only one of these made it into
> traffic
> > | >now getting arround as T4799. The other two, according to my souce,
> were
> > | >converted but were scrapped.
> > | >3804 is at the RTM.
> > |
> > |
> > | OK.  The Tulloch 8DD set entered service late in 1968, and was gone by
> > about
> > | 1975.  For much of the time, only two or three of the power cars were
> > | available for service, and some strange compositions like 6DD + 2 Comeng
> > | ("sputnik") single-deck cars ran around.
> > |
> > | C3801 and C3803 became T4797 and T4799, and T4799 is still around.
> > Sometime
> > | around 1984, the futility of these conversions became apparent, and
> C3804
> > | was offered to the RTM.  BTW, 3804 was the first double-deck power car
> to
> > | operate in the world.  The trailers (T4839, T4840, T4843, T4844) from
> S10
> > | also seem to be still around.
> > |
> > | Even though these cars were definitely experimental prototypes, I think
> > they
> > | lasted longer in regular service than the unlamented Melbourne 4D.  In
> any
> > | case, 5/8 of the set is still in service over 30 years later!
> > |
> > | Rgds
> > |
> > | Bill
> > |
> > |
> > |
> >