I worked at North Sydney during the 70s, and travelled back to the city of
an afternoon by train.

Both s/d an d/d stock reached what seemed like excessive speeds coming down
the grade into Wynyard. No doubt the noise bouncing off the tunnels
amplified that illusion, but at times it was a "scary" ride.freefall down
through the cross overs and a full brake application as it hit the
platforms.

From:TramsDownUnder@... [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Tony Prescott
Sent: Saturday, 22 December 2012 10:54 AM
To:TramsDownUnder@...
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: NSW Government announces new Sydney tramways

--- InTramsDownUnder@...
mailto:TramsDownUnder%40yahoogroups.com , Richard YOUL <tressteleg@...>
wrote:
>

> As a teenager travelling around by train largely for fun, I found the

Sydney Underground fascinating.
>


My main memory of the single deck stock is that they'd come roaring into the
platform full tilt like a metro train and then accelerate out, not quite as
fast (because they didn't have the power-to-weight), but a long way from the
slow creep that today's Cityrail trains have been programmed for. The double
deck trains did that for a while too till the "great slowdown" occurred.

cheers
Tony P