Suburban Red Rattlers
Terry C.
TWO car single deck suburbans as used to run on eg Carlingford line
I have the info for the four & eight car sets
Thanks in advance
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Terry C.
David Johnson
Do you have info for the three car sets? Y1 Y2 Y3 ?
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sets.
They are green with yellow (?) lettering.
Brett
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The Railway Rasputin II.
bf0...@hotmail.com wrote:
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> The N.S.W.R.T.M. has some pre-WWII target plates for (I think) 2 car
> sets.
>
> They are green with yellow (?) lettering.
>
> Brett
>
He was talking about the Y sets? They had black with white figures.
But yes you are correct about the green/ yellow targets.
I don't think the RTM has any but couldn't say for sure.
rgds
Hunslet
"Terry C." wrote:
> Does anyone know the lettering and colour of the targets plates for the old
> TWO car single deck suburbans as used to run on eg Carlingford line
G'day.
I regret to say that all the respondents have been incorrect for the era
enquired about.
The details are spelt out in the "Working of Electric Trains" book, which
contained the regulations for the guidance of employees working in the
electrified area. I am looking at the issue in force "from 1st February 1943
and until further notice". Regulation 73 on pages 55 & 56 cover "metal
targets to show the manner in which electric trains are divided and coupled".
In the single deck era, it should be remembered that trains consisted of eight
car sets, which were normally divisible into two 4-car blocks. These trains
carried red target plates with white lettering, with one four car block being
the A block and the other, the B block. eg - M7A and M7B, with the
appropriate plates being placed on each block.
If the train was not divisible, the target plate was painted with a blue
background with white lettering, with the "A" and "B" being omitted, eg - M7.
This was displayed on each end of the eight car set only.
If the train was divisible into two car sets, the target plates were painted
with a yellow background and black letters. The plates were carried on each
two car set, being M7 A/1 and M7 A/2, then M7 B/1 and M7 B/2. In the late
1950s and early 1960s, the two car sets were normally Flemington's F29 & F30.
If one of the four car blocks containing two car sets was not divisible for any
reason, that block only carried a green target plate on the front and rear cars
only and would be simply M7B. The divisible four car block would still carry
the yellow plates on each two car unit.
The method of targeting electric trains has changed over the years and is now
different to the single deck era.
Hunslet.
Terry C.
Thanks to all
Terry C.
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