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Tulloch double deck carriage stock
The driving motor car of prototype No.C3804 (built in 1968) in Tuscan Red livery at the New South Wales Railway Museum, Thirlmere
Lower deck
In service	1964–2004
Manufacturer	Tulloch Limited
Built at	Rhodes
Constructed	1964–1968
Number built	120
Successor	Millennium trains
Formation	4 carriages M-T-T-M
Fleet numbers	T4801-T4920
Capacity	132 seated
Operators	New South Wales Government Railways Public Transport Commission State Rail Authority CityRail
Depots	Flemington Hornsby Mortdale Punchbowl
Lines served	All Sydney suburban
Specifications
Car body construction	Double deck design
Car length	19.46 m (63 ft 10+1⁄4 in) over body
Width	3,050 mm (10 ft 0 in) over body
Height	4,380 mm (14 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Doors	4x2 slide 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide 32 V DC (manual door operation) 120 V DC (power door operation)
Maximum speed	113 km/h (70 mph)
Weight	32.15 t (31.64 long tons; 35.44 short tons)
Electric system(s)	1500 V DC Catenary
Current collector(s)	Pantograph
Bogies	TR type
Braking system(s)	Clasp type
Multiple working	EMU type
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

The New South Wales Tulloch double deck carriage stock was a class of electric multiple unit (EMU) carriages operated by the New South Wales Government Railways and its successors between 1964 and 2004.

History

In February 1964, the first of 120 double deck trailers was delivered by Tulloch Limited to the New South Wales Government Railways. These were purchased to replace wooden carriage stock from Sydney's suburban fleet. The first 40 were built with power operated doors to operate with the Sputnik power cars, the remaining 80 were fitted with manually operated doors for operation with the Suburban and Tulloch stock.

To operate with the four experimental double deck power cars, in 1968 a further two were converted for powered door operation. Further carriages were converted to power door operation in 1972/73 to operate with the Series 1 S set carriages (C3805-C3857). After the conversions were completed, T4801-T4833 formed part of the Sputnik sets, T4839-T4895 were part of the S sets and T4834-T4838 and T4896-T4920 were operated in manual door form with Suburban and Tulloch stock. At least one of the experimental power cars was converted to a trailer car.

Originally painted Tuscan red, from 1973 they were repainted in the Public Transport Commission blue and white livery before the livery was changed to Indian red in 1976. In order to create a consistency with the stainless steel carriages they operated with, T4852 and T4867 were repainted in an experimental silver livery. After a three-year lapse, T4872 was repainted flake grey and this was gradually rolled out to those carriages in S sets with the last completed in June 1993. The interiors were painted in two-tone green.

Those operating in single deck sets were withdrawn in the early 1990s, while those in S sets remained in service until March 2004. Over 15 carriages remain in existence, including T4916, the only surviving manual door double deck trailer. Other surviving examples are T4801, T4814, T4816, T4820, T4828 and T4830, which were used in power door single deck sets. Carriages used in S sets include T4840, T4844, T4857, T4864, T4874, T4881 and T4799. T4801 and T4814 are preserved by Historic Electric Traction and are operational in the consist of W3.

Preservation

References

1. ^ Notes on Double Deckers Sydney Electric Traction Society
2. "Great Survivors" Railway Digest September 1998 pages 18-20
3. "Tulloch Double Deck Trailer Repaints" Railway Digest August 1993 page 344
4. CityRail rolling stock requirements Christie Report June 2001
5. Costa's blueprint for fleet upgrades Sydney Morning Herald 21 August 2003
6. "Accommodation – Bungarra Alpine Centre".
7. "Sydney Trains Vlogs: Retired Australian Carriages". Sydney Trains Vlogs. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
8. Traction, Historic Electric. "Historic Electric Traction". Historic Electric Traction. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
9. "Last Stop: Mario's Place". ManSpace Magazine. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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11. G, T. (25 July 2010), Tulloch Trailer car at The Train Shed, retrieved 15 January 2023

• Double-decker EMUs
• Electric multiple units of New South Wales
• Train-related introductions in 1964
• 1500 V DC multiple units of Australia