Sydney Electric Train Society Inc

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.

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.

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.

Transfer by rail of SETS rollingstock to Junee Roundhouse.

SETS removes recently acquired single deck electric cars from Chullora.

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

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.

SETS member John Horne offers to transfer one these withdrawn Melbourne electric Hitachi carriages to your property