V sets turn 50

[Campbelltown busboy]

The first V set was commissioned into service as F111 in 1970 witch was a 4 car set that would of been most likely with a consist made up of 2 DCF power cars and 2 DTF trailers. The V set has been in service for 50 years and it sounds like the V sets will run for 51 years before the last revenue service for the V set

[tonyp]

They were a class act, never to be repeated. Except for mobility-impaired people though, which was the problem.

[Campbelltown busboy]

They were a class act, never to be repeated. Except for mobility-impaired people though, which was the problem.

Nobody was thinking of mobility and the rights of the handicapped back in the late 60s and early 70s as there wouldn't of been a DDA or any type of document to recognise the rights of people with any type of handicap to use public transport safely

[Swift]

The V (U) set, the Range Rover, America's GM RTS bus, the Leyland National, the Boeing 747 jumbo jet, the Bell 206 Jetranger helicopter and the Concord. All remarkable late 1960s designs ready for the 70s and beyond.
I have seen the year 1969 stamped on the plate of the first V set (actually U sets) type train cars.
It was probably completed by the end of 1969 ready for 1970 launch.

[boronia]

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The first V set was commissioned into service as F111 in 1970 witch was a 4 car set that would of been most likely with a consist made up of 2 DCF power cars and 2 DTF trailers. The V set has been in service for 50 years and it sounds like the V sets will run for 51 years before the last revenue service for the V set

How long did F111 last? I can only remember them as U sets.

[boronia]

It is a shame they being run down now.

Noisy air-conditioning in the end saloons; vibrating, noisy air compressors in the power cars, failing PA systems. Things that take the edge off an enjoyable ride are becoming more common

[Nugget]

They were a class act, never to be repeated. Except for mobility-impaired people though, which was the problem.

At the time the train wasn't the problem, actually getting to the platform would preclude mobility-impaired people.

[tonyp]

I guess the discussion is about V sets - or double deck interurbans - running for 50 years as a class. The original (U) sets haven't run for 50 years. The idea for the class was kicked off by the new Liberal government in 1965, it was tendered out to Comeng in about 1967 and they spent the rest of the 1960s developing, testing and building the first trains. The first train was handed over in March 1970 and it went into revenue service on 22 June 1970. The full sixteen cars were in service by 12 October 1970.

[Campbelltown busboy]

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The first V set was commissioned into service as F111 in 1970 witch was a 4 car set that would of been most likely with a consist made up of 2 DCF power cars and 2 DTF trailers. The V set has been in service for 50 years and it sounds like the V sets will run for 51 years before the last revenue service for the V set

How long did F111 last? I can only remember them as U sets.

I read the first V set being targeted as F111 thing somewhere online

[dude]

would of been

would have been

[1whoknows]

I see the board has gone an hour into the future again - posted at exactly 8.00am

[boronia]

Yes, that is what shows on my screen. What is the problem?

Unread post by 1whoknows » Sep 9th, '20, 08:00

[Glen]

I don't think anyone has mentioned, weren't they the world's first all-double-deck production run of EMU trains?

[Campbelltown busboy]

I don't think anyone has mentioned, weren't they the world's first all-double-deck production run of EMU trains?

I would think that the government that where in power in the late 60s would of been doing double deck trials on the suburban network with a 4 car Tulloch electric double deck train witch gave them the idea of a double deck interurban train that the government of the time wanted to last for a long time

[tonyp]

The experimental Tulloch set with power cars predated the V by a couple of years (1967), but yes the first production run of a dd train was the Vs. The government of the day was Liberals.

[boronia]

The prototype Tulloch set was 8 cars, not 4.

[Linto63]

The prototype Tulloch set was 8 cars, not 4.

There were 4 prototype powercars married with 4 existing double deck trailers. Although they often operated as an eight-car set, they also did appear as four-car sets.

[Swift]

It was good that the Tulloch double deck trailers did get their own power cars if only a few and for a limited period.
They did blight the shiny stainless steel sets though.