New South Wales Tulloch double deck carriage stock

what is it?

The Tulloch double deck carriage stock are a class of electric multiple unit (EMU) carriages built by Tulloch Limited and operated by the New South Wales Government Railways and its successors between 1964 and 2004. They were nicknamed "Tullochs" and "Tulloch double deckers". They were the first double deck rolling stock built for the New South Wales railway network and are widely accredited for setting the standard design of later electric rolling stock.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 113 km/htop speed
• weight 32.2 tin working order
• seats 132passengers
• built 124made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 57 years ago, in 1969.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏19.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 132: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• ⌛Served for 41 years (1964–2005).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1969

in service from

1964

retired

2005

status

retired

number built

124

kind

Electric multiple unit (EMU)

traction

electric

origin

🇦🇺 Australia

builders

Tulloch Limited

designer

Roy Leembruggen (trailers)

operators

New South Wales Government Railways, New South Wales Public Transport Commission, State Rail Authority of New South Wales, CityRail

top speed

113 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

1500 V DC Catenary

formation

4 carriages M-T-T-M

length

19.5 m

weight

32.2 t

capacity

132 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.