Re: Air Conditioned RUB Sets

Roderick Smith (rodsmith@werple.net.au)
30 Apr 1998 14:29:54 GMT

I am not sure about pre 1956, but from that date there was certainly no
cross use of Riverina Express and Central West RUB sets:
Riverina Express used two RUB sets with OBS carriages.
Melbourne - Sydney Daylight Express used two RUB sets with OBS carriages.
Central West Express used a HUB set.
AFAIK the Central West RUB sets used OFS carriages; these were transferred
to Brisbane Limited Express. Central West was cut back to Orange, using a
single HUB set transferred from South Coast Daylight Express (which became
Budd cars).
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Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor


Allan Brown <ajbrown@easy.com.au> wrote in article 
> I have completed construction of an air conditioned RUB set to represent
> the Riverina Express. It carries fixed and lettered nameboards on the
> side of the OBS carriage.
> I have since been told that the Riverina Express was not named in this
> manner, as the cars substituted as the Central West Express on
> occasions. Can somebody please confirm. Did this apply to any of the
> other named trains?