User:Chester H. Winnfield/sandbox/C3426
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In the 1960s, when the [[New South Wales Tulloch double deck carriage stock|Tulloch double deck trailers]] were introduced, it was originally decided to put them in the [[New South Wales Sputnik suburban carriage stock|single deck sets]] built by Commonwealth Engineering because of the motor cars having traction motors on both bogies rather then just one, but the older motor cars proved just as capable of taking the larger trailer cars with at least one instance of C3426 taking two double deck trailers on set “M5”.{{Cite web |title=117963: Lidcombe Up Suburban 8-car Single and Double Deck C 4326 leading |url=https://www.westonlangford.com/images/photo/117963/ |access-date=2025-10-30 |website=WestonLangford.com |language=en}} |
In the 1960s, when the [[New South Wales Tulloch double deck carriage stock|Tulloch double deck trailers]] were introduced, it was originally decided to put them in the [[New South Wales Sputnik suburban carriage stock|single deck sets]] built by Commonwealth Engineering because of the motor cars having traction motors on both bogies rather then just one, but the older motor cars proved just as capable of taking the larger trailer cars with at least one instance of C3426 taking two double deck trailers on set “M5”.{{Cite web |title=117963: Lidcombe Up Suburban 8-car Single and Double Deck C 4326 leading |url=https://www.westonlangford.com/images/photo/117963/ |access-date=2025-10-30 |website=WestonLangford.com |language=en}} |
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In the 1970s, the car was painted in the [[Public Transport Commission]] Blue and White Livery before being repainted in Indian red in 1976. In 1975, the car was refurbished with a larger guard’s compartment which included the fitting of a door on the right hand side of the car and a |
In the 1970s, the car was painted in the [[Public Transport Commission]] Blue and White Livery before being repainted in Indian red in 1976. In 1975, the car was refurbished with a larger guard’s compartment which included the fitting of a door on the right hand side of the car and a guards door on the left hand side. and fitted with Beclawat sliding windows in order to eliminate rust problems as well as receiving a new smaller pantograph.{{Cite book |title=Sydney's Suburban Standards - The Leeds Forge Cars C3101 - 3150 |publisher=Roy Howarth, Glenn Ryan |year=2010 |pages=Pages 16–21, 70, 76, 77}} The passenger compartment was repainted in a mix of green and cream to better match the new windows while the vestibules and crew compartment were painted in two-tone green. |
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=== Retirement === |
=== Retirement === |
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