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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
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    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.

     

    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.

     

    Gallery
    Move to Junee

    Transfer by rail of SETS rollingstock to Junee Roundhouse.


    EOI Acquisitions

    SETS removes recently acquired single deck electric cars from Chullora.

     

    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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