N type carriage

N type carriage
N class locomotive hauling a five-car N type carriage set
Manufacturer	Victorian Railways
Built at	Newport Workshops
Constructed	1981 - 1984
Entered service	1981 -
Refurbishment	2007
Number built	57
Number in service	56
Formation	BG sets: ACN-BRN-BN, some sets have extra BZN and BTN cars. SG sets: ACN-BRN-BDN-BN-BN
Operator(s)	V/Line
Line(s) served	All lines
Specifications
Doors	Manual swing, 2 per side
Articulated sections	Rubber corridor connectors
Maximum speed	115 km/h (71 mph)
Power supply	Underfloor generator or Head end power
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) 3 sets to be converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge in 2010

The N type carriages are an intercity passenger carriage used on the railways of Victoria, Australia. They were introduced between 1981 and 1984 as part of the 'New Deal' reforms of country passenger rail services. Today there are seen on both V/Line long distance InterCity services, as well as shorter InterUrban services.

The carriage sets have both first class 2+2 seating, and 2+3 economy seating. Snack bar facilities are also provided on board. Originally delivered as 3-car sets, some sets were extended in length with S and Z type carriages.

Today the carriages are normally hauled by N class diesel locomotives. The carriages can use an external head end power supply for lighting and air conditioning operation, or an internal generator set. Each carriage has two swing doors per side, which were originally manually opened by passengers, but have since been converted to powered operation by the conductor. Toilets, drinking fountains and luggage areas are provided throughout each carriage set.

History

The order for the N type carriages was placed in 1977 for 30 carriages (10 sets) for use on the Geelong line, with 6 cars added to the order in 1978 for the Ballarat line, due to a by-election in the city.^[1] Under the New Deal of 1981 the order was extended to 54 carriages, and then to 57 due to cost savings during construction.^[2] They were built between 1981 and 1984, based upon the structural design of the Victorian Z type carriages built between 1956 and 1960.^[3]

In 2007 V/Line commenced a refurbishment program for their existing H type carriages and Sprinter railcars,^[4] this program later being extended to the N type carriages. In October 2007 the first refurbished N type carriage was released into traffic with the new V/Line grey exterior livery, as well as updated interior curtains and seat fabrics. Since then various complete sets have been released from refurbishment (VN4, FN6, VN12, FN13, FN14, VN17). Work continues on the remainder of the fleet.

As part of the Albury line upgrade some N carriages will be converted to standard gauge to run this service. Two sets (consisting of 5 carriages and one power/luggage van) have already been formed (SN15, SN16). Carriages for a third set (SN1) are presently undergoing refurbishment at Newport Workshops.

Coding

N type carriages are individually numbered in the 1 to 57 series. Sets were issued to traffic with three types of carriage:

ACN first class with conductors van
BRN economy class with snack bar
BN economy class

From 1995 surplus Z type carriages were upgraded to N type interiors, with the following codes but with their original Z type numbers:

BZN economy class with disabled access and toilet
BTN economy class

In 2009 a new code was introduced in conjunction with the formation of 'pure' 5-car N sets for standard gauge use:

BDN economy class with disabled access and toilet (interior similar to a BZN carriage).^[5]

Carriage sets

The N cars appear in fixed sets not altered in ordinary service. The sets are numbered between 1 and 19. Initially issued to service as 3-car sets, from 1995 additional cars of the BCZ, ACZ, BS, BZN or BTN type were attached to give longer sets. Additional cars may also be temporarily attached or detached to a set without the set code being altered.

N: 3-car set ACN-BRN-BN
FN: 4-car set ACN-BRN-(mix of 2x N/Z cars); while Z cars out of service, 1x temporary 4N set ACN-BRN-BN-BN.
VN: 5-car set ACN-BRN-(mix of 3x N/Z cars); while Z cars out of service, 2x temporary 5N set ACN-BRN-ACN-BRN-BN.
SN: 5-car set ACN-BRN-BDN-BN-BN on standard gauge. Usually includes a PCJ power van, but this is not counted in the set definition.

Set history

Note: Colours are representative only, and do not directly correlate to liveries worn in the era.

Code	Set No.	From	To	Car E	Car D	Car C	Car B	Car A (East end)	Changes to achieve	Notes
N	01	1981-09-16				BN01	BN02	ACN03	As built
N	01					BN02	BRN53	ACN03	BRN53 ex Set #18, BN01 to Set #18
FN	01				???	BN02	BRN53	ACN03
SN	01			BN19	BN02	BN50	BRN53	ACN03	Add BN19 ex ?, add BDN50 ex ?	Standard gauge from 2011-mm-dd
N	02	1981-10-02				BN04	BN05	ACN06	As Built
N	03	1981-12-18				BN07	BN08	ACN09	As Built
N	03					BN08	BRN47	ACN09	As Built
FN	03	2007-10-17			BTN254	BN08	BRN47	ACN09
N	04	1982-02-19				BN10	BN11	ACN12	As Built
N	05	1982-03-12				BN13	BN14	ACN15	As Built
FN	05				BZN252	BN13	BRN40	ACN15
N	06	1982-04-02				BN16	BN17	ACN18	As Built
N	07	1982-05-14				BN19	BRN20	ACN21	As Built	First set with buffet
N	08	1982-06-07				BN22	BN23	ACN24	As Built
N	09	1982-06-30				BN25	BN26	ACN27	As Built	BN cars both entered service 1982-07-02
N	10	1982-10-29				BN28	BRN29	ACN30	As Built
N	11							ACN33	As Built
N	12							ACN36	As Built
N	13							ACN39	As Built
N	14							ACN42	As Built
N	15					BN10	BRN43	ACN45	As Built
SN	15	2010-01-27	Current	BN05	BN10	BDN21	BRN43	ACN45	BDN21 ex Set #07 as ACN21; BN05 ex Set #02	Standard Gauge from 2011-04-01
N	16							ACN48	As Built
SN	16	2010-01-24	Current	BN22	BN07	BDN06	BRN46	ACN48	BDN06 ex Set #02 as ACN06; BN22 ex Set #08	Standard Gauge from 2011-04-28
N	17							ACN51	As Built
N	18							ACN54	As Built
FN	18							ACN54
N	19	1984-04-06				BN55	BRN56	ACN57	As Built

Services

N sets are used on lines including:

the North-East line, to Shepparton and Albury
the Gippsland line, to Traralgon and Bairnsdale
the Bendigo line, to Swan Hill
the Geelong line, to Geelong, South Geelong, Marshall and Warrnambool

Image gallery

Interior of an unrefurbished BTN type economy carriage
Interior of an unrefurbished ACN first class carriage

Model railways

As of July 2013, only HO scale plastic models of the N-series carriages are available (although there have been brass models released in the past), produced by Auscision Models.^[6] Each set contains one each of the ACN, BRN and BN cars, plus a D louvre van thought to have run on occasion with that consist. No Z type cars, spare N cars or PCJ power vans have been made available in ready-to-run plastic.

A second run is expected to be released in June 2016, though manufacturing price increases have lifted a set to $550.00ea.

Pack	Era	D	Set	ACN	BRN	BN
VPS05 (2013)	VicRail orange/silver	D305	N04	ACN12	BRN44	BN11
VPS06 (2013)	VicRail orange/silver	D306	N06	ACN18	BRN38	BN17
VPS07 (2013)	V/Line orange/silver	D316	N12	ACN36	BRN35	BN23
VPS08 (2013)	V/Line orange/silver	D347	N19	ACN57	BRN56	BN55
VPS09 (2013)	V/Line orange, green, white, grey	D325	N08	ACN24	BRN34	BN22
VPS10 (2013)	V/Line orange, green, white, grey	D348	N16	ACN48	BRN46	BN07
VPS11 (2013)	V/LINE Passenger Mk1 red/blue/white	D324	N05	ACN15	BRN40	BN13
VPS12 (2013)	V/LINE Passenger Mk1 red/blue/white	D335	N13	ACN39	BRN37	BN16
VPS13 (2013)	V/LINE Passenger Mk1 red/blue/white, no bottom stripe	D339	N14	ACN42	BRN41	BN14
VPS14 (2013)	V/Line Passenger Mk2 red/blue/white	D302	N02	ACN06	BRN50	BN05
VPS15 (2013)	V/Line Passenger Mk2 red/blue/white	D322	N11	ACN33	BRN31	BN25
VPS16 (2013)	V/Line Passenger Mk3 grey/red/purple/white	D324 (V/Line Passenger Mk2 red/blue/white)	N15	ACN45	BRN43	BN10

References

↑ "Discussion on FSH21". Railpage Australia Forums. www.railpage.com.au. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
↑ Scott Martin and Chris Banger (October 2006). "'New Deal' for County Passengers - 25 years on". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)). p. 319.
↑ "Level Crossing Collision V/Line Passenger Train 8042 and a Truck Near Kerang, Victoria 5 June 2007" (PDF). Chief Investigator, Transport and Marine Safety Investigations. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
↑ "Media Release: NEW LOOK V/LINE FLEET TAKES TO THE TRACKS". www.dpc.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
↑ "Wongm's Rail Gallery - BDN carriages". wongm.railgeelong.com. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
↑ http://www.auscisionmodels.com.au/N%20Car%20Page.htm

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Melbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway Company	Pile Driver Engine (1854) First Engine - 2-2-2WT (1854) 2-4-0WT (1854) Pier Donkey No.5 - 0-4-0WT (1857) 2-4-0WT (1858), later N Class

Geelong & Melbourne Railway Company	Ariel - 0-4-0T (1855) Titania, Oberon, Typhoon & Sirocco - 2-2-2WT (1855) Hurricane & Cyclone - 2-4-0WT (1857) Goliath, Hercules, Smason & Tubal-Cain - 0-6-0WT (1855)

Melbourne & Suburban Railway Company	Hawthorn & Richmond - 2-4-0T (1860) Kew & BN#1378 - 2-4-0WT (1861)

Melbourne Railway Company	Windsor & Prahran - 2-4-0WT (1863)

Melbourne & Essendon Railway Company	Essendon (BN#458), BN#459 & BN#488 2-4-0T (1861), later SAR E Class

Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway Company	Toorak, Victoria, No.16 & No.19 - 2-4-0T (1865) 4-4-0WT (1871), later C Class Pier Donkey No.24 - 0-4-0WT (1875)

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Victorian Railways steam locomotives, W. Meikle period (1871-1877)	No.100 2-4-0 (1872) Q class 0-6-0 (1873) No.103, No.105 & U class 0-6-0 (1873) T class 0-6-0 (1874) F class 2-4-0 (1874), later 2-4-2T (1910) K class 2-4-0 (1874) G class 4-4-0 (1877) H class 4-4-0 (1877) No.162 & No.164 4-4-0 (1877)

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, S. Mirls period (1878-1890)	M class 4-4-0T (1879), later ME class 4-4-2T (1901) 'Old' R class 0-6-0 (1879) W & S class 4-6-0 (1880) Pier locomotives 0-4-0WT (1880) 'Belgian' R class 0-6-0 (1883) Locomotives for Motor service - Rowan 0-4-0T (1883) 'Old' A class 4-4-0 (1884) X class 0-6-0 (1886) N class 2-4-0WT (1886) C Class 4-4-0WT (1886) D class 4-4-0 (1887) Y class 0-6-0 (1888) 'New' A class 4-4-0 (1889) 'New' R & R^Y class 0-6-0 (1889) E class 2-4-2T (1889)

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