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6th January 2012
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SETS Calendar 2012
Sat 31st March 2012
South Coast Chopper Tour
Sat 28th January 2012, 1:30pm
January General Meeting
Ferry South Steyne,
Darling Harbour
(moored adjacent to the Pyrmont Bridge, outside Harbourside.)
 
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Under The Wires

April 2010 Issue · Locomotive 4620 & the Wentworth Falls Accident
· The Powerhouse & Rogans Hill Tour
· Dreams of an Electric Train Tour
Under The Wires is available at:
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· Berg's Hobbies, Parramatta
· Casula Hobbies, Liverpool
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Welcome to SETS on the Web.
We hope you enjoy your visit and trust that you will find something of interest to you. There will always be something new for electric train enthusiasts here so please bookmark our site and come back often.

 

SETS Tours and Events
South Coast Chopper Tour
Saturday 31st March 2012
A trip to Kiama and Port Kembla in a Chopper set

Please note the revised date

 

News
Leeds Forge Book New Book
The Leeds Forge Cars C3101 - C3150

The definitive study of Sydney's iconic single-deck suburban power cars has now been published in book form by SETS members Roy Howarth and Glenn Ryan. This hard covered book of 152 pages explores the history of the Leeds Forge plant in the UK, the construction of the cars and includes a photographic profile of each of the fifty cars. The book includes numerous black and white and colour photographs of the cars.

Price: SETS Members $50, Non-members $59.95 (please quote your SETS membership no. when ordering). 10% of the sale proceeds go to SETS.

Copies available at SETS bi-monthly general meetings or through mail order via the publishers, Bow River Publishing.

 

The SETS Fleet
C3237 Fleet Acquisitions

SETS now has been granted custody of heritage single-deck suburban car C3237 and former yellow single-deck shunters C3650 & C3660! Please help us preserve a piece of history with a donation towards their transfer.


5022 The SETS Fleet

View the history and current status of the vehicles in the SETS Fleet. This section includes updated information about the Electric Multiple-Unit passenger cars, plus details of electric locomotives 4615 and 8606.

 

Library

Trackfast Commercial
NSWGR Centenary Leaflets

Reproductions of a series of double sided publicity leaflets from the Centenary of NSW Railways in 1955.


Trackfast Commercial Trackfast Television Commercial

Uncovered from the vaults, we present an original television commercial for the NSW Railways. Broadcast in NSW during 1982, it showcases the freight service provided by the then State Rail Authority.

 

Unique Opportunity
Melbourne Hitachi Buy Yourself a Train Carriage!

SETS member John Horne offers to transfer one these withdrawn Melbourne electric Hitachi carriages to your property




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