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New South Wales Tulloch suburban carriage stock
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Tulloch Limited· from 1940· withdrawn class of electric train in New South Wales
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Single deck electric train at Beecroft (cropped): https://search.records.nsw.gov.au/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=ADLIB_RNSW116126855&context=L&vid=61SRA&lang=en_US&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,c· Public domain
what is it?
The Tulloch suburban carriage stock are a type of electric multiple unit formerly operated by the New South Wales Government Railways and its successors between 1940 and 1993, serving the Sydney suburban network. They were nicknamed Tullochs after their Manufacturer by enthusiasts. In their later years, they, along with the Standard and Sputnik stock, were nicknamed "Red Rattlers".
who runs it
base stats
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 86 years ago, in 1940.
- 19.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 53 years (1940–1993).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1940
- in service from
- 1940
- retired
- 1993
- status
- retired
- number built
- 74
- kind
- Electric multiple unit (EMU)
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Tulloch Limited
- 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
- 1,500 V DC catenary
- formation
- 3, 4 and 8 carriages
- length
- 19.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q19876223, Wikipedia: New South Wales Tulloch suburban carriage stock (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.