The HUB type carriage stock was a type of air conditioned passenger carriage operated by the New South Wales Government Railways from April 1948 until April 2000.
The HUB set cars were ordered by the Department of Railways New South Wales in 1943 to operate services from Sydney to Newcastle. Originally the contract was for an additional 25 N type carriages, but due to wartime restrictions construction was delayed and the contract was amended with the carriages being altered to air conditioned and an additional 3 cars added to the order.[1] The contract was awarded to Tulloch Limited, Rhodes who built the 28 carriages numbered 2212 to 2239 between 1947 and 1949, and formed into four sets of seven carriages. Each carriage was 19.83 metres (65 ft 3⁄4 in) in length.[2] The cars consisted of:
- eight first class cars coded BH
- four first class with buffet coded RBH
- four second class coded FH
- four second class with buffet coded RFH
- four second class with guard coded HFH
- four second class cars with power generating equipment coded PFH.[1]
The 4 sets coded HUB were numbered 116-119, with each set originally consisting of HFH, RFH, BH, BH, RBH, FH and PFH.[1] The first set entered service in April 1948 on the Newcastle Flyer.[3] One briefly operated the Riverina Express before being transferred to the South Coast Daylight Express and them in 1956 to the Central West Express to Orange.
From the 1970s, the HUB sets ceased operating as fixed formations and the carriages were operated with RUB and stainless steel rolling stock on services throughout the state.[4][5]
They ceased operating the Newcastle Flyer services in April 1988[6] and many were withdrawn as a number of locomotive hauled services ceased in the early 1990s. Some remained in service with CityRail on Southern Highlands services to Goulburn until replaced by Endeavour railcars in 1994.
Most were auctioned in August 1994 with the State Rail Authority retaining five.[7] In 1996 three were returned to traffic for use on CountryLink's new services to Broken Hill and Griffith[2] before being withdrawn in April 2000.[8]
Fleet status
edit| HUB Delivery Set | Original Code | HFH | RFH | BH | BH | RBH | FH | PFH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | Original Number | 2212 | 2232 | 2220 | 2221 | 2236 | 2228 | 2216 |
| Current/last code/number | RDH, Previous BHA, BHZ | FFH | ||||||
| Owner/Custodian | THNSW | DSR&M | Lithgow State Mine | |||||
| Location | Eveleigh | Dorrigo | Canberra | Lithgow | ||||
| Condition | Stored | Exhibit | Accommodation | Stored | ||||
| 117 | Original Number | 2213 | 2233 | 2222 | 2223 | 2237 | 2229 | 2217 |
| Current/last code/number | HFZ | RDH | BHA | OHS Previous BHA | OAH, Previous RDH | FFH | ||
| Owner/Custodian | THNSW | Blue Zephyr | Blue Zephyr | Private | ||||
| Location | Lighting Ridge | Eveleigh | Gap | Rothbury | Rothbury | Werris Creek | ||
| Condition | Body | Stored | Body | operational | Operational - Sleeper | Stored | ||
| 118 | Original Number | 2214 | 2234 | 2224 | 2225 | 2238 | 2230 | 2218 |
| Current/last code/number | HFZ | BHZ | FHH | |||||
| Owner/Custodian | THNSW | THNSW | THNSW | |||||
| Location | Kundle Kundle | Broadmeadow | Menindee | Broadmeadow | Broadmeadow | |||
| Condition | Cottage | Stored | Restaurant | Stored | Stored | |||
| 119 | Original Number | 2215 | 2235 | 2226 | 2227 | 2239 | 2231 | 2219 |
| Current/last code/number | RDH | BDS | RDH | PFZ | ||||
| Owner/Custodian | Mens Shed | THNSW | ||||||
| Location | Grenfell | Canberra | Rothbury | Marrangaroo | Thirlmere | |||
| Condition | Club Room | Stored | Stored | Restaurant | Operational |
Gallery
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Buffet area of RDH 2233 in December 2012 -
Passenger section of buffet car RDH 2233 in December 2012 -
FH 2230 at Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot in December 2012 -
Interior of FH 2230 in December 2012 -
PFZ 2219 at Maitland in April 2014
References
edit- ^ a b c Cooke, David (2003). Coaching Stock of the New South Wales Railways. Eveleigh Press. ISBN 1-876568-01-1.
- ^ a b "Countrylink's 'new' Daylight Express cars" Railway Digest February 1996 page 40
- ^ Flyer. Sydney: New South Wales Rail Transport Museum. 1970. p. 17. ISBN 0 909862 16 8.
- ^ Rdh 2220 - Coaching stock - Unclassed/Buffet Car Department of Environment & Heritage
- ^ Rdh 2233 - Buffet/Daynighter Saloon Car Department of Environment & Heritage
- ^ "The End of the Flyers" Railway Digest June 1988 page 215
- ^ "Rolling Stock - Carriage Auction Results" Railway Digest October 1994 page 38
- ^ "CountryLink Loco-Hauled Services Cancelled" Railway Digest May 2000 page 7