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FS Class Economy Saloon No.MFS 2137 at the NSW Rail Museum, Thirlmere

The S type carriage stock was a type of steel passenger carriage operated by the New South Wales Government Railways from 1935 until 1989.

History

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Between 1935 and 1937, Clyde Engineering built 35 first class BS carriages with 42 seats and 86 second class FS side corridor carriages with 64 seats at its Granville factory.[1][2]

Over the years, they operated on services from express passenger and mail trains to branch line services. Withdrawals commenced in the 1970s but some lasted until the late 1980s on mail trains to Dubbo, Moree and Tenterfield and Interurban services to Newcastle, Bathurst, Goulburn and Bomaderry.

During the period spanning 1974 to 1982, eight were gutted internally and fitted with suburban throw over seating and Beclawat windows for use on interurban services. These received the IFS and MFS classifications. As of June 1986, 32 remained in service with the State Rail Authority.[1][3]

Surviving S type cars

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Number Original code Owner Location Notes
FS 2021 FS ACT Heritage Rail Holdings Canberra
FS 2023 FS ACT Heritage Rail Holdings Canberra
FS 2082 FS ACT Heritage Rail Holdings Canberra
FS 2140 FS ACT Heritage Rail Holdings Canberra
BVS 2166 IFS BSR BS ACT Heritage Rail Holdings Canberra
FS 2128 FS Cowra Caravan City Cowra
FS 2125 FS Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum Dorrigo
FS 2110 FS Private Christmas Creek, Queensland
FS 1652 2101 Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre Goulburn Roundhouse
FS 1653 2102 Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre Goulburn Roundhouse
FS 2098 FS Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre Goulburn Roundhouse
FS 2148 FS Hay
FS 2139 FS Bennett Rd, Londonderry
FS 2029 FS Lachlan Valley Railway Eveleigh Railway Workshops
FS 2091 FS Lachlan Valley Railway Eveleigh Railway Workshops
FS 2126 FS ACT Heritage Rail Holdings Canberra
FS 2133 FS Lachlan Valley Railway Eveleigh Railway Workshops
FS 2088 FS Mangrove Mountain accommodation Christian camp
FS 2129 FS Darwin River
BD 331 FS Katherine
BD 332 FS Katherine
FS 2016 FS Transport Heritage NSW NSW Rail Museum, Thirlmere Transferred to Thirlmere on 12 October 2020.
FS 2022 FS NSWPR Marulan
HFS 2084 FS Thirlmere Purchased by Transport Heritage NSW in the ARHS ACT Auction in 2017. Body sold for private use. Bogies, draw gear and other parts kept for spares.
FS 2124 FS NSWPR Marulan
FS 2134 FS Canberra Railway Museum Purchased in the ARHS ACT Auction in 2017. Destroyed in fire 6-10-19
FS 2120 FS "Krinklewood", Pokolbin Holiday cottage
FS 1651 2100 East Coast Heritage Rail Eveleigh Railway Workshops
FS 2130 FS Lachlan Valley Railway Rothbury
FS 2093 FS Transport Heritage NSW NSW Rail Museum, Thirlmere
FS 2122 FS Transport Heritage NSW Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot
FS 1655 2104
FS 2018 FS Tuggeranong
FS 2010 FS Pilbara Railways Historical Society Port Hedland
FS 2138 FS Pilbara Railways Historical Society Port Hedland
FS 2141 FS Pilbara Railways Historical Society Port Hedland
FS 2143 FS Pilbara Railways Historical Society Port Hedland
BS 2032 BS Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum Dorrigo
EBS 2076 BS Northwest Coach Builders NSW Rail Museum, Thirlmere Restored by NWCB.
BS 2164 BS Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre Goulburn Roundhouse
BS 2033 BS Northwest Coach Builders Lithgow Stripped of spare part to restore EBS 2076 and scrapped.
BC 329 BS 2079 Adelaide River for use as Information Centre
BC 330 BS 217 Adelaide River for rebuild as exhibition room
BS 1684 2152 Hunter Valley Railway Trust Rothbury Currently under restoration at Rothbury.
GMS 1 RBS 2161 BS 2170 Northwest Coach Builders NSW Rail Museum, Thirlmere Converted to a lounge & observation deck carriage by NWCB.
XBS 2162 BS Hall Holiday cottage
XBS 2158 BS East Coast Heritage Rail Eveleigh Railway Workshops Transferred to Eveleigh 5 March 2014
XFS 2015 FS East Coast Heritage Rail (Under lease to Lachlan Valley Railway) Eveleigh Railway Workshops
XFS 2014 FS Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre Goulburn Roundhouse
EFS 2090 FS Transport Heritage NSW NSW Rail Museum, Thirlmere
BSR 2031 BS Chumrail Pty Ltd Rothbury
MBR 2078 BS East Coast Heritage Rail Eveleigh Railway Workshops
RBS 2153 BS Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum Dorrigo
RBS 2160 BS Lachlan Valley Railway Eveleigh Railway Workshops
HFS 2017 FS Transport Heritage NSW NSW Rail Museum, Thirlmere
MFS 2028 FS Lachlan Valley Railway Eveleigh Railway Workshops
MFS 2096 FS East Coast Heritage Rail Eveleigh Railway Workshops
MFS 2121 FS Lachlan Valley Railway Eveleigh Railway Workshops
MFS 2145 FS East Coast Heritage Rail Eveleigh Railway Workshops
MFS 2137 FS Transport Heritage NSW NSW Rail Museum, Thirlmere
LIV 1865 2173 BS RBS Southern Shorthaul Railroad Bendigo

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Preservation

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Many were sold to preservation organisations with East Coast Heritage Rail, Canberra Railway Museum, Lachlan Valley Railway and New South Wales Rail Transport Museum (now NSW Rail Museum) all having operational examples. Four were purchased by Hamersley Iron in Western Australia for use with their preserved British steam locomotive 4079 Pendennis Castle.

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Carriage Review" Railway Digest December 1986 page 394
  2. ^ Stokes, HJW (1984). Railways of the Canberra and Monaro Districts. Canberra: Australian Railway Historical Society, ACT Division. p. 57.
  3. ^ "Carriage Review" Railway Digest November 1986 page 351
  4. ^ Surviving NSWR passenger cars
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