L, R & S set (CityRail)
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The R Set, S Set and L Set (Originally known as S and T Sets) is the name given to the non-airconditioned stainless steel double deck suburban trains that operate on the CityRail network in Sydney. The "R," "S" and "L" set designation is dependent on the number of carriages in a set. The carriages that operate in these sets are manufactured by Comeng and Goninan. The Tulloch trailers (T4801-T4920) introduced in 1964 have all been withdrawn since March 2004.
The Comeng fleet of carriages commenced service in 1972. The motor carriages were C3805 to C3986 and C3741 to C3765, the trailers were T4921-T4987, the driving trailers D4001-D4010, the converted driving trailers being T4011 to T4095. These were made between 1973 and 1979. Tulloch trailers T4839-T4895 were modified in 1972 for operation with the first batch of production double deck motor cars (C3805-C3857). The motor cars camshaft type, powered by 4xMitsubishi 150 kW motors, have knuckle couplings and have a maximum speed of 115km/h.
The next type were the Goninan carriages. The motor cars were C3001 to C3080 and trailer cars were T4101 to T4170. These were made in 1979. The Goninan type motor cars are have the same motors as the Comeng ones.
The "L" Sets are 2 or 3-car sets, carriages used are generally from the C3741-C3765 and D4001-D4010 series. A slackless drawbar is fitted between the motor and trailer to reduce "jerky" acceleration. These operate in local Wollongong services, and are maintained at the Mortdale Maintenance Depot. A number of "L" sets are also allocated to Flemington maintenance centre that operate on the Olympic Park Sprint Shuttle. All "L" set driving carriages are fitted with headlights.
The "R" Sets are 6-car sets with three motor and three trailer cars. However, a number of "R" sets are currently running with four motors and two trailers due to the shortage of trailers as a result of the withdrawal of the Tulloch trailers. These sets operate on all lines in the CityRail metro network except the Illawarra Line. R1 to R12 are maintained at the Mortdale Maintenance Depot and operate on Sector 2, R13 to R30 are maintained at the Flemington Maintenance Depot and operate on Sector 2,and R31 to R50 at the Hornsby Maintenance Depot and operate on Sector 3. There are 50 6-car sets.
The "S" Set are 4 or 8-car sets. These sets also operate on all lines in the CityRail metro network. S1 to S45 are maintained at the Mortdale Maintenance Depot and operate in Sector 1, S46 to S110 are maintained at the Flemington Maintenance Depot and operate in Sector 2, and S111 to S147 at the Hornsby Maintenance Depot and operate in Sector 3. On sector 3, there are occasional eight car sets made up of a four car "S" set and a four car "K" set.
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[edit] Liveries
When the first Comeng prototype cars were introduced into revenue service, they were of similar appearance to the earlier Tulloch trailers, and featured a a Tuscan livery similar to the trailers. Following the success of the prototype cas, further motor cars were ordered from Comeng. Initially these cars featured the same Tuscan livery, but from late 1972 they featured the PTC Blue and White corporate livery. In 1973, further cars were ordered, and in an unpainted stainless steel finish. These cars introduced futing to the lower side of the cars. In mid 1974, a number of the unpainted cars mentioned above were painted with bright yellow painted fronts, to help increase their visibility, following a number of safety concerns.
In 1975, the placement of the White band on the Blue and White cars was altered to the middle of the side of the cars. In all, over 430 Cityrail cars were repainted in this scheme until 1976, when it was announced it would no longer feature in repainted. Instead, future repainted cars would feature the Tuscan scheme, in a darker variety.
In the late 1979, painted Comeng cars began to have their paint stripped down, to show their stainless steel, unpainted finish. In 1988, the last car had it's remaining paint stripped.
[edit] Comeng motor cars converted to Trailers
Just after the Tulloch trailers were withdrawn from service, CityRail had a shortage of trailer carriages. To alleviate this shortage, 23 Comeng motor cars were converted into trailers. Most of the conversions were Series I Comeng motor cars (C3805 to C3857), however, a few conversions involved Series II Comeng motor cars. This work involved the removal of the yellow painted front (on some cars),pantograph, driving cab components and lights and opening up of the driving compartment for passengers. However all of the converted cars retained their motors and compressors so they do not become too light and each four car train is only permitted to have one of these converted cars in a set. The destination indicator was also retained as it would cost too much to have them removed. Most of the converted cars also had to be marshalled "elephant" style behind another motor car due to the positioning of the multiple-unit couplings, however, T4702, T4703, T4708, and T4709 were modified so they could be positioned in either direction. The latter two also had their driving compartments removed. All of the converted cars were not fitted with cab airconditioning. A large number of the carriages converted were from Flemington Maintenance Centre due to the increase of Millennium "M" sets being made available for service on sector 2.
The program was scheduled to progress to T4728, however as of October 2005 the program is discontinued.
This list of converted cars are:-
C3864 was converted to T4701 (Flemington), C3846 was converted to T4702 (Flemington), C3907 was converted to T4703 (Flemington), C3886 was converted to T4704 (Flemington), C3834 was converted to T4705 (Flemington), C3844 was converted to T4706 (Mortdale), C3895 was converted to T4707 (Flemington), C3824 was converted to T4708 (Mortdale), C3833 was converted to T4709 (Mortdale), C3815 was converted to T4710 (Flemington), C3838 was converted to T4711 (Flemington), C3909 was converted to T4712 (Flemington), C3841 was converted to T4713 (Flemington), C3854 was converted to T4714 (Mortdale), C3870 was converted to T4715 (Mortdale), C3819 was converted to T4716 (Hornsby), C3822 was converted to T4717 (Flemington), C3852 was converted to T4718 (Mortdale), C3835 was converted to T4719 (Hornsby), C3816 was converted to T4720 (Hornsby), C3859 was converted to T4721 (Mortdale), C3820 was converted to T4722 (Hornsby), C3839 was converted to T4723 (Hornsby).
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- CityRail
- Comeng L, R & S set control motor
- Comeng L, R & S set trailer carriage
- Goninan R & S set control motor
- Goninan R & S set trailer carriage
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