The HUB type carriage stock is a type of air conditioned passenger carriage operated by the New South Wales Government Railways from April 1948 until April 2000.
Design and development The HUB set cars were ordered by the Department of Railways New South Wales in August 1943 for services between Sydney and Newcastle. Contract 3/43 let to Tulloch Limited, Rhodes for an additional 25 N type carriages, consisting of:
eight BN 1st class cars nine FN 2nd class cars eight HFN 2nd class terminal cars
The cars were to receive numbers 2212-2219 (BN), 2220-2228 (FN), and 2229-2236 (HFN) and be formed into sets 115-118. While the overall dimensions and layout of the cars remained the same, several changes were planned, including replacing the frameless droplights and crownlights with traditional timber-framed units, and the lazy-tongs droplight mechanism replaced with a more conventional counter-balanced sash system. The forced ventilation system was also to be discontinued and the cars would have conventional rooftop ventilators.
By June 1945, the contract had been increased to 27 cars and would now be air-conditioned, to be known as "H" type cars. The new order was made up of:
eight HFH 2nd class cars eight BH 1st class cars seven FH 2nd class cars four RBH 1st class buffet cars
Work on construction had begun by June 1945, however due to wartime shortages construction was delayed. By June 1946, the contract was further amended to 28 carriages and now included terminal cars with generator sets and 2nd class buffet cars. The cars were allocated numbers 2212 to 2239 and formed into four seven-car sets designated as HUB sets and numbered 116-119. The cars consisted of: four HFH 2nd class terminal cars four PFH 2nd class terminal cars with generating sets eight BH 1st class cars four FH 2nd class cars four RFH 2nd class buffet cars four RBH 1st class buffet cars The sets were formed as follows: +SetHFHRFHBHBHRBHFHPFH1162212223222202221223622282216117221322332222222322372229221711822142234222422252238223022181192215223522262227223922312219
Service life The first set entered service in April 1948 on the Newcastle Flyer. 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.Rdh 2220 - Coaching stock - Unclassed/Buffet Car Department of Environment & HeritageRdh 2233 - Buffet/Daynighter Saloon Car Department of Environment & Heritage
They ceased operating the Newcastle Flyer services in April 1988"The End of the Flyers" Railway Digest June 1988 page 215 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."Rolling Stock - Carriage Auction Results" Railway Digest October 1994 page 38 In 1996 three were returned to traffic for use on CountryLink's new services to Broken Hill and Griffith"Countrylink's 'new' Daylight Express cars" Railway Digest February 1996 page 40 before being withdrawn in April 2000."CountryLink Loco-Hauled Services Cancelled" Railway Digest May 2000 page 7
Fleet status
HUB Delivery Set Car No. Original Code Later codes 1st sale 2nd sale 3rd sale 4th sale 5th sa 116Original Number 2212 2232 2220 2221 2236 2228 2216Current/last code/number RDH RDH, Previous BHA, BHZ RDH FFHOwner/Custodian Private NSW SRA THNSW DSR&M ARHS ACT Private Lithgow State MineLocation Mullion Creek Coopernook Eveleigh Dorrigo Canberra Eaglehawk LithgowCondition Body Burnt Out/Scrapped 05/1983 Stored Exhibit Burnt Out/Scrapped 2012 Accommodation Stored 117Original Number 2213 2233 2222 2223 2237 2229 2217Current/last code/number HFZ RDH BHA OHS Previous BHA OAH, Previous RDH FHHOwner/Custodian Private THNSW Private Blue Zephyr Blue Zephyr NSW SRA PrivateLocation Lighting Ridge Eveleigh Gap Rothbury Rothbury Simsmetal Mascot Werris CreekCondition Body Stored Body operational Operational - Sleeper Scrapped 08/1987 Stored 118Original Number 2214 2234 2224 2225 2238 2230 2218Current/last code/number HFZ BHZ RDH FHH Owner/Custodian Private THNSW Private THNSW THNSWLocation Kundle Kundle Broadmeadow Menindee Broadmeadow EveleighCondition Cottage Stored Restaurant Stored Stored 119Original Number 2215 2235 2226 2227 2239 2231 2219Current/last code/number RDH BDS RDH PFZOwner/Custodian Simsmetal Mens Shed THNSWLocation Grenfell Canberra Rothbury Marrangaroo ThirlmereCondition Scrapped 08/1994 Club Room Stored Stored Restaurant Operational
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