New South Wales Tulloch double deck carriage stock
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The remaining 80 were fitted with manually operated doors for operation with the [[New South Wales Standard suburban carriage stock|Standard]], [[New South Wales Tulloch suburban carriage stock|Tulloch]] single deck, and even timber stock.[http://www.sets.org.au/library/index.php?id=ddht Notes on Double Deckers] Sydney Electric Traction SocietyThese last 80 carriages built were placed in the manual doors sets based at Punchbowl and Mortdale after a series of trials to test the power of the older single deck motor cars.[[File:Mixed_Electric_set_on_SHB_RR_CT_1977.jpg|thumb|Tulloch carriage in a four car S set in 1977|left]] |
The remaining 80 were fitted with manually operated doors for operation with the [[New South Wales Standard suburban carriage stock|Standard]], [[New South Wales Tulloch suburban carriage stock|Tulloch]] single deck, and even timber stock.[http://www.sets.org.au/library/index.php?id=ddht Notes on Double Deckers] Sydney Electric Traction SocietyThese last 80 carriages built were placed in the manual doors sets based at Punchbowl and Mortdale after a series of trials to test the power of the older single deck motor cars.[[File:Mixed_Electric_set_on_SHB_RR_CT_1977.jpg|thumb|Tulloch carriage in a four car S set in 1977|left]] |
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Further carriages were converted to power door operation in 1972/73 to operate with the Series 1 double deck [[ |
Further carriages were converted to power door operation in 1972/73 to operate with the Series 1 double deck [[New South Wales S set|S set]] motor carriages. After the conversions were completed, T4801-T4833 formed part of the W sets, T4839-T4895 were part of the S sets and T4834-T4838 and T4896-T4920 were operated in manual door form with Suburban and single deck Tulloch stock."Great Survivors" ''[[Railway Digest]]'' September 1998 pages 18-20 |
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[[File:CityRail-Tulloch-trailer-T4873.jpg|left|thumb|T4873 at [[Sydenham railway station, Sydney|Sydenham station]] in July 2003]] |
[[File:CityRail-Tulloch-trailer-T4873.jpg|left|thumb|T4873 at [[Sydenham railway station, Sydney|Sydenham station]] in July 2003]] |
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Originally painted Tuscan red, from 1973 they were repainted in the [[Public Transport Commission]] blue and white livery, although this livery was applied differently on some carriages with the Riviera white stripe being painted on higher up on some carriages than others before the livery was changed to Indian red in 1976, but not all cars were repainted. |
Originally painted Tuscan red, from 1973 they were repainted in the [[Public Transport Commission]] blue and white livery, although this livery was applied differently on some carriages with the Riviera white stripe being painted on higher up on some carriages than others before the livery was changed to Indian red in 1976, but not all cars were repainted. |
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