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Sydney's Suburban Standards: The Leeds Forge Cars C3101 to 3150 - A First in Australian Railway Carriage Design (BRP-01)

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Product No.: BRP-01
Title: Sydney's Suburban Standards: The Leeds Forge Cars C3101 to 3150 - A First in Australian Railway Carriage Design
Author(s): Howarth, Roy & Ryan, Glenn
Illustrator(s): N/A
Publisher: Bow River Publishing
ISBN: 9780646530116
Condition: New
Binding: Laminated Pictorial Boards
Dust Jacket: New
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Year: 2010

Features: 152 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos.

With the planned opening of the Sydney underground lines and electrification, it was proposed to build steel bodied suburban cars. As no such cars were built in Australia before, an initial 50 cars (numbered 3101-3150) were built by the Leeds Forge Company in Leeds, UK and assembled at Eveleigh.

Some of these cars were briefly used in steam hauled service during 1925 as EFA cars 2213 to 2262 before conversion to electric traction. C3101 was used in initial trials with Wooden driving trailer D4001 before the commencement of electric services in March, 1926. After 1976, C3102 was the oldest electric car in service and was specially painted in 1940's livery with buff lining until its retirement in 1989. This car is now preserved by State Rail Heritage.