Detailed Look: Auscision HO Scale Tangara / Sydney Trains T-Set, Guest Starring NSW TrainLink V Set 

Thank you very much! I'm trying to get trains I love from all over the world, and the ones in OZ are a heckofalotof fun! I really appreciate you stopping by!

So.. Dumb question, but just to be sure, you're actually talking about some guy or gal with a uniform, badge, and some sort of weapon?

@@DoctorHobby they aren't like security guards or police moreso like a driver / person who communicates when to leave the station

@@DoctorHobby The guard operates the doors, & tells the driver when it is safe to depart the platform. The guard is also a contact point for customer service (answering questions, provide first aid, announcements, deal with passenger disturbances, assisting wheelchair users etc) In a safeworking operation point of view the guard is responsible for faults & failures on the train between the floor & roof. The driver is responsible below the floor & above the roof. The guard will also assist the driver when it comes to manually winding electric points on the tracks, & dividing the 8 car T set into 2 x 4 car blocks. THe guard does have a railway uniform but no weapon.

1988 the Tangara's arrived for the State Rail Authority. While Goninan's were building the G sets, the Victorian Government put an order in for 1 demonstration set called the 4D which stood for Double Deck Development and Demonstration. This train was a spin off of the G sets but it was different in so many ways. It was lower, tapered in on the sides of the bottom deck, it had a different train management system to be "compatible" with Melbourne's ComEng train sets. What the Victorian Government should have done was get atleast 2 4 car sets built and kept the Tangara power and train management system. Victorian's hated the 4D because of the dwell time at stations.

they also run the t8 lines but not as often

Im guessing they are the VSets i see lined up at the back of a workshop heavily graffitied at Auburn.

​@@dieselhorse3824 Yep

Thank you, kindly! It does, indeed! But I still don't understand what the guards compartment is.. is there a security guard in there or something?

@@DoctorHobby In Nsw and Queensland railways the role of the guard is to make sure passengers can get on and off the train easily and signal the driver when the train is due to leave the station. In Nsw they open and close the passenger doors, on older rolling stock of the first 3 generations of Sydney trains they also made the announcements of the services stopping pattern. So the guard is part of the train crew

Me too! They’re tons awesome!

Ah, cool.. but what is a "guard's indicator" actually for?

The gaurd sits either in the middle or the rear of the train making announcements and controlling the doors for passengers.

The guards indicator tells you were the guard is so if you need help you go to the cabin we’re the light is.

@@DoctorHobby When a train is at a station the guard is the one that whistles to announce the train will depart (He/She has a black box up on the station that will light up to let him/her know it's safe to blow the whistle)... He/she also rings a bell that is heard inside the drivers cabin at the front of the train... The driver then closes the doors (Stand clear, doors closing), a second bell rung by the guard will ring in the front cabin to indicate the platform is safe for the driver to depart... The guards actually play a crucial role in the operations of (Sydney) trains... I'm not sure how they do it in the other states such as Victoria as many things are different between the two states (That's a story for another day) 😂🤣 The blue light on the train itself is just to indicate that the guard is using the end door at the back... Hope this helps ☺

@@Royal_BloodLust Your information is so wrong. What black box are you referring to, a guards indicator light? That is a white repeater light in a black box & when illuminated shows the guard that the signal in front of the train is not indicating stop. It's only indirectly related to a guard blowing a whistle & not every platform has one. The driver doesn't operate the doors, the guard does. The guard & driver communicate using various bell signals from the old days before intercoms between train & driver. The guard gives 1 bell to depart, 2 bells means emergency stop (such as passenger trapped in the doors). In an 8 car T set (2 x 4 cars) the guard is always positioned in the leading crew cab of the 5th position carriage. This was due to concerns if the scharfenberg coupler between the 4th & 5th carriage disconnects enroute & the emergency brake doesn't apply the guard can activate it.

It's a fun trainset to me sure!

So, as in, a guy with a uniform and badge who protects people riding the train?

No not really they just assist handicapped people or if a problem is happening on the platform

The blue light indicates what cab the guard is in

A guard's role on a suburban passenger train in Sydney is to Check the platform when arriving/ departing from a station, operation of the passenger doors and giving the driver the all clear to leave the station

@@tamworthtrainnut285 no I’m sure it’s the interlock light?

Looks like right around 34 inches for four of these

@@DoctorHobby Thank you for that, it is the perfect size for my layout!

I'm glad that this will be something you can run! I know you'll really enjoy the set!

@@DoctorHobby I brought it a couple of weeks back and it is awesome! I would really like to get my hands on a Auscision V-Set too, but they don’t sell them anymore.

To give you a easy way of telling you how long the T sets are, they sit comfortably on 1 metre section ofPeco flex track.

I will get more of everything, i promise! It's all so much fun that having more is definitely a plan!

Get a S, L and R Set

I preordered it from Auscision when they announced them.

I can't really remember where i bought it from now.. one of the larger Australian online train retailers.. Just can't remember which one

Auscision discontinued the V-set

@@martinlutherking6550 DAMM IT!

@@Theloco2 berg’s hobby still sells the s-set

@@martinlutherking6550 anyone have the v set?

There is no factory in Australia that could do something like this…

@@DoctorHobby A shame!

Ask.. Well, the idea is that 4 makes for a "full set," (albeit a minimal one) therefore i don't have to go and get more to make it so.

Ok

Ben T sets wont run in 6 car formations

All T/G sets will not operate as 6 car sets, only 4 or 8 cats

The V sets ran in 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 car sets in passenger service whilst out of passenger service they ran as 16 car sets between Flemington Car Sidings and Elcar at Chullora.