New South Wales Tulloch suburban carriage stock
| New South Wales Tulloch suburban carriage stock | |
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C7489 and C7513 at Meeks Road in 2008 | |
| In service | 1940–1992 |
| Manufacturer | Tulloch Limited |
| Built at | Rhodes |
| Constructed | 1940–1957 |
| Number built |
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| Formation | 3, 4 and 8 carriages |
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| Operators | |
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| Lines served | All Sydney suburban except Eastern Suburbs |
| Specifications | |
| Car length | 19.098 m (62 ft 7.9 in) |
| Width | 3,189 mm (10 ft 5.6 in) |
| Doors | 8 |
| Maximum speed | 3000 series cars: 80 km/h (50 mph) (designed speed) 7000 series cars: 113 km/h (70 mph) (designed speed) |
| Traction system | 3000 series cars: 2 x Metropolitan-Vickers MV172 motors per carriage 7000 series cars: 4 x AEI149 motors per carriage Semi automatic electro-pneumatic resistance control, Series wound DC traction motors |
| Transmission | 3000 series cars: 58:18 Gear ratio. Straight cut gears. Wheel diameter 42 inch (1067mm) 7000 series cars: 74:17 Gear ratio. helical gears. Wheel diameter 36 inch (914mm) |
| Power supply | 36vDC |
| Electric system(s) | 1,500 V DC catenary |
| Current collector(s) | Single-pan diamond pantograph |
| Braking system(s) | Westinghouse, air |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
The New South Wales Tulloch suburban carriage stock are a type of electric multiple unit operated by the New South Wales Government Railways and its successors between 1940 and 1992. In their later years, they were nicknamed Red Rattlers. A term coined by 7news from the Tait trains of Melbourne that had taken the nickname in the 1950s.