I cried watching this... I had so many memories in this train, in fact it was the first sydney train I ever boarded. This is an icon and will always be remembered. R.I.P S sets
This S-set trains were my favourite train in Sydney. I went on these since I was a child. Now they are gone 😭 now I’m 43 years old and I still miss them
@@funnygrin3848 yeah there is a 4 car s set at flemington yard. Theres also a 2 car cityrail one that has stayed there and hasn't been refurbished since 2005, letting us see the Cityrail livery as well as 2 cars of the train. So in total there are 6 cars saved equivalent to making an R set.
Here's a bit of history, the trailer car adjacent to machine breaking up the car, was involved in the Cronulla hit up when one empty 8 car set was being shunted into the siding where there was another 8car set stored, the impact was so hard one car telescoped into the one in the video, I thought it would be written off due to the damage, but it was rebuilt at Gonnian Newcastle, if you look at the roof section you can see where the join is between the two different STAINLESS STEEL sections, about one third of the car was rebuilt, sorry cannot remember the car number, but it was a problem at Mortdale MC after its rebuild, it suffered water leaks due to the mismatch between the old and new roof sections, the sealant used in the repair failed.
14 carriages, 3x 4 car operational sets, for emergencies and heritage preservation. 2 cars for static display (C3805, first silver set car, is one of them) the rest all got scrapped, due to asbestos issues.
There's T4949, the unique Comeng-built carriage with the Goninan fluting next to the Goninan carriage that's getting destroyed there. Unfortunately T4949 is scrapped despite being a uniquely built carriage due to the Como train derailment I think.
@@HarishDharmapalan oh. I remember there was a carriage that was rebuilt due to the Como Bridge derailment which has the unique reversible seating and some different looking exterior detailing. What car was that and has it been preserved or scrapped?
@@jdouble-l19978 T4949 was found to not be overly historically important to be put into preservation. Yes it's unique due to accident damage, but it wasn't the only one.
@@LettuceTrains Also, given limited storage space to keep the heritage fleet, we just can not afford to 'preserve' absolutely every car that is for some reason 'different'. This also risks making future rail fans thinking the fleet was all made up of odd mismatched cars. Unless a one-off had some significant historical story attached to it or it was a major step change in new technology, they should be let go. I believe Sydney Trains has nominated a set of cars that reflect each major subtype of the class and be an accurate representation of the fleet to be transferred to heritage for preservation.
@@MatthewGeier I think so far the list is C3805, T4150 (these were retired back in 2012-2013 when the A sets came into service), possibly C3861 (maybe?), C3912 and C3986 (at least one of these or both), C3765, C3001, D4002, T4101, T4921-T4962 range car, T4968 or T4983. That would cover pretty much every key contract (Or sub contract). A couple of those are infact significant as the first or last of their contracts
It seems strange they are just destroyed like that, all the bits would be all mixed together with broken glass etc, why weren't they just pulled apart and the bits recycled that way, the reverse way they were put together.
The grass hill shown at the beginning of the video with the apartments and the old DickSmith warehouse in the background is actually an old WW2 bunker. Built to store armaments that the railway factory was producing.
Cant remember if i already put a comment but sadly missed s sets, some preserved of course but many memories, took me on the first eastern suburb railway services when i was 5 years old in 1979, i wonder if the original windows were still around to refit a preserved set. If i could get souvenirs from this scrapyard, would be one of the electric fans for the lower deck ventillation, one flipover bench seat, one roof rotary vent, and one red white marker light. Jm
I'd like to see more preservation but it's unrealistic to think that they can all be preserved. As you'd know, even carriges, let alone locomotives, are, much harder to crunch up than planes & ships often don't have a long lifespan ether, the scrap value of ships is high. Off to Bangladesh & head straight for the beach, full throttle now!
The S in “S set” stood for sweat box. I remembered when these sets came out replacing the red rattlers that had been up graded with auto doors. The windows wouldn’t open and the doors the same. The only relief from the hot humid Sydney summers was to open the end doors to let air flow through.
Not yet, but the next S sets are as follows: S67 - 3018-4118-4157-3748 S69 - 3955-4925-4162-3957 S104 - 3021-4938-4018 That is what I know of at this point.
I gotta missed the S Sets trains it a sad day for silver sets I remember the suburban silver sets but sometimes we all had to move forward to future sometimes all Trains & buses & trams & Ferraris had to retire from service.
Just seems such a waste. Can't they be turned into homes for the homeless or given away to people to convert into other projects. I'm not looking forward to when the V sets end up like this.
I totally agree. It is said that they are going to commence withdrawing them from December of 2022. I am not looking forward to that and will most likely genuinely cry over it.
How many of these we painted over and over i side and outside. Standing last carriage to look for cops because we had no tickets. Popping driver compartment doors to go sit in and paint and how many roles we done in them.. s sets rip.. i see u still amok kos haha
Me on the outside: "Farewell, old friends..." My mind: "its starting... oh god... no... NOOOO!!! please!! don't do it! Noo!!' NOOOO!!! PLEASE STOP!!! NOO😭😭😭😭 WHYYYYYYYYY😭😭😭😭😭 DON"T DO ITT!!! PLLEEEEAAAASSSEEEE"
They could’ve kept the S set train and made them into a restaurant have two carriages as dining area and the two ends One as a kitchen and the other to serve alcohol and beverages only four carriages all up to make it into trackside restaurant
@@MrNdk76 I wanna chomp up them trains and smash them into tiny little pieces. Maybe on my lunch break I will walk around in the carriages with a hammer and smash out the windows and cut up all he seats with a box cutter. At night I can dream of slaying trains and then in the morning I can wake up and actually do it!
@Joel PACKETT I'm motivated by this disapproval. I'm considering to purchase a train carriage, maybe a Hitachi. I will torture it daily with different tools and make videos to share with you all.
scraping the trains makes me sad and they only said that they would keep one of those trains why not keep all and use them on the line with new aircon Me like old electric trains hate new and new hate city rail and the people for doing this
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I cried watching this... I had so many memories in this train, in fact it was the first sydney train I ever boarded. This is an icon and will always be remembered. R.I.P S sets
painful
Don’t worry you will see the s set is expo
It's almost painful to watch. So many good memories on those trains. :(
agreed
yea
like the comeng but for sydney
I feel saddened that they getting broken up for scrap. I appreciate saving the carriages for reuse.
Poida, please play nice
R.I.P S sets 1972 - 2018 & 2019 😭
yes 😢
Carriages can be reused for so many things... You can turn them into cafes, or homes. Its like tearing down a perfectly good house.
Farewell s sets you will always in remain in Sydney's heart
This S-set trains were my favourite train in Sydney. I went on these since I was a child. Now they are gone 😭 now I’m 43 years old and I still miss them
I remember riding a S-set in 2017 when I was 8 years old.
And Then In 2019 The s sets are now gone forever 😭😭😭😭
I was only 6 when my line scrapped the s sets completely in 2013
@@tedsertori9282 that must've been the eastern suburbs & Illawarra line
@@StGeorgeRegionGarbofan yep
Nah, there are still some standing in 2022 at Flemington. I saw them with my own eyes the other day. They look like they are in mint condition
@@funnygrin3848 yeah there is a 4 car s set at flemington yard. Theres also a 2 car cityrail one that has stayed there and hasn't been refurbished since 2005, letting us see the Cityrail livery as well as 2 cars of the train. So in total there are 6 cars saved equivalent to making an R set.
Here's a bit of history, the trailer car adjacent to machine breaking up the car, was involved in the Cronulla hit up when one empty 8 car set was being shunted into the siding where there was another 8car set stored, the impact was so hard one car telescoped into the one in the video, I thought it would be written off due to the damage, but it was rebuilt at Gonnian Newcastle, if you look at the roof section you can see where the join is between the two different STAINLESS STEEL sections, about one third of the car was rebuilt, sorry cannot remember the car number, but it was a problem at Mortdale MC after its rebuild, it suffered water leaks due to the mismatch between the old and new roof sections, the sealant used in the repair failed.
I did notice the line on the carriage you’re talking about
The cheapest sealant that money could buy no doubt.
@@gunrunner-1873 yes, it was something used in the building trade, the acid used in the wash plant made short work of it .
This is heartbreaking to watch this,thankyou for so many wonderfull memories RIP S sets.
I think you forgot to mention that an unknown amount of cars are being put into heritage preservation (4 or more cars)
14 cars
14 carriages, 3x 4 car operational sets, for emergencies and heritage preservation. 2 cars for static display (C3805, first silver set car, is one of them) the rest all got scrapped, due to asbestos issues.
This is strangely relieving to hear. Thank you.
I miss the S Sets very much
I remember catching those s sets all the time, really sad to see them go
tilting me that the drone isn't showing the painted side, i can see a MERSKE
ik. I was stoked to see merske on the train. He is one of my favourite writers
There's T4949, the unique Comeng-built carriage with the Goninan fluting next to the Goninan carriage that's getting destroyed there.
Unfortunately T4949 is scrapped despite being a uniquely built carriage due to the Como train derailment I think.
No it was repaired of a shunting incident at Cronulla in the late 90s
@@HarishDharmapalan oh. I remember there was a carriage that was rebuilt due to the Como Bridge derailment which has the unique reversible seating and some different looking exterior detailing. What car was that and has it been preserved or scrapped?
@@jdouble-l19978 T4949 was found to not be overly historically important to be put into preservation. Yes it's unique due to accident damage, but it wasn't the only one.
@@LettuceTrains Also, given limited storage space to keep the heritage fleet, we just can not afford to 'preserve' absolutely every car that is for some reason 'different'. This also risks making future rail fans thinking the fleet was all made up of odd mismatched cars. Unless a one-off had some significant historical story attached to it or it was a major step change in new technology, they should be let go. I believe Sydney Trains has nominated a set of cars that reflect each major subtype of the class and be an accurate representation of the fleet to be transferred to heritage for preservation.
@@MatthewGeier I think so far the list is C3805, T4150 (these were retired back in 2012-2013 when the A sets came into service), possibly C3861 (maybe?), C3912 and C3986 (at least one of these or both), C3765, C3001, D4002, T4101, T4921-T4962 range car, T4968 or T4983. That would cover pretty much every key contract (Or sub contract). A couple of those are infact significant as the first or last of their contracts
It seems strange they are just destroyed like that, all the bits would be all mixed together with broken glass etc, why weren't they just pulled apart and the bits recycled that way, the reverse way they were put together.
The cars were stripped
Cost prohibitive
This is T4105 being scrapped, along with the rest of it's set, which was S139
Wow I didn't know that
The grass hill shown at the beginning of the video with the apartments and the old DickSmith warehouse in the background is actually an old WW2 bunker. Built to store armaments that the railway factory was producing.
End of an era.Sydney will never have a train without air conditioning again.
That's good
Cant remember if i already put a comment but sadly missed s sets, some preserved of course but many memories, took me on the first eastern suburb railway services when i was 5 years old in 1979, i wonder if the original windows were still around to refit a preserved set. If i could get souvenirs from this scrapyard, would be one of the electric fans for the lower deck ventillation, one flipover bench seat, one roof rotary vent, and one red white marker light. Jm
Hey sydney anonymous could you do these 2 same videos with the c sets which are due to be scrapped at chullora in in the couple of months. thanks
"What do you do?" "I destroy trains for a living" "okay thanks gladys"
I'd like to see more preservation but it's unrealistic to think that they can all be preserved.
As you'd know, even carriges, let alone locomotives, are, much harder to crunch up than planes & ships often don't have a long lifespan ether, the scrap value of ships is high. Off to Bangladesh & head straight for the beach, full throttle now!
Why do they have to be scraped :(
no aircon
Too old
@@alexthompson5275 Maybe conservation them is so expensive, and better solution is scrapping these trains like Sweaty Sets or Choppers.
The S in “S set” stood for sweat box. I remembered when these sets came out replacing the red rattlers that had been up graded with auto doors. The windows wouldn’t open and the doors the same. The only relief from the hot humid Sydney summers was to open the end doors to let air flow through.
The same thing is happening to the Qr emu trains
On 17 July they sent another 24 cars to Chullora for scrap
Why did I just.watch a whole video with a train being scrapped
Respect the silvers
😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😥😥😥 STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IIIIt!!
Me exactly
Me too exactly
I gonna missed the greatest silver sets trains but sometimes we gonna move forward to future.
The s sets are the Sydney version of the QR emus
The difference is the old EMUs here in Queensland were air conditioned the Sydney S-sets weren't
Ahh good times, treaking home from the city on these in summer and peeling yourself off the seats on days 30deg C plus!
So sad I would use them for housing or offices or even convert to housing for the homeless
Yea good idea
Who else saw that brown stuff on the roof
RIP S Sets 1972-2019
Hopefully they will turn into new Waratah trains....
Any S Sets left to be scrapped as of 19th May?
Not yet, but the next S sets are as follows:
S67 - 3018-4118-4157-3748
S69 - 3955-4925-4162-3957
S104 - 3021-4938-4018
That is what I know of at this point.
2 more are getting scrapped this week
@@AussieGunzel Yep. S65 (3914-4122-4924-3921) and S145 (3039-4061-4032-3941)
@@iwenttobunnings7868 When did 4111 go?
@@SydneyMetroVlogs That would've been scrapped by now. Probably around late 2019.
a heartbreak for the s sets
This is nothing compared to V set scrapping
I hate v sets
bruh no =(
Oh no... Don’t talk about that
@@tedsertori9282 v sets best fyi
@@CampbelltownResident jokin
I gotta missed the S Sets trains it a sad day for silver sets I remember the suburban silver sets but sometimes we all had to move forward to future sometimes all Trains & buses & trams & Ferraris had to retire from service.
U know we live in Sydney my sister is sad when she see it
what wasit time of good cars cut like as made other sold of public for the use made homes
Just seems such a waste. Can't they be turned into homes for the homeless or given away to people to convert into other projects. I'm not looking forward to when the V sets end up like this.
I totally agree. It is said that they are going to commence withdrawing them from December of 2022. I am not looking forward to that and will most likely genuinely cry over it.
I wonder why they weren't sold for people to use on farms, accommodation etc
How many of these we painted over and over i side and outside. Standing last carriage to look for cops because we had no tickets. Popping driver compartment doors to go sit in and paint and how many roles we done in them.. s sets rip.. i see u still amok kos haha
umm is it me or is this a simulation of the real event, just looks way to polished picture to my eyes
I might be the only one to ask, but how did you get access?
oof I feel sick watching this get scrapped
Was SETS able to get a four car unit for preservation?
Maybe it's time to save their legacy by making these trains by lego for example?
R.I.P. S sets.
need more paint
Speed it for it to be faster!
Why scarp them when they could of made trailer homes out of them
sad to see
R.I.P___R.I.P___😂😅
I use to drive those old girls.......such a waste. Mitsubishi electrics, simple but reliable.
Me on the outside: "Farewell, old friends..."
My mind: "its starting... oh god... no... NOOOO!!! please!! don't do it! Noo!!' NOOOO!!! PLEASE STOP!!! NOO😭😭😭😭 WHYYYYYYYYY😭😭😭😭😭 DON"T DO ITT!!! PLLEEEEAAAASSSEEEE"
somehow the music made it sadder
The Comeng era is almost gone
Why?????
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They could’ve kept the S set train and made them into a restaurant have two carriages as dining area and the two ends One as a kitchen and the other to serve alcohol and beverages only four carriages all up to make it into trackside restaurant
Did any of the carriages get out into a museum or anything?
14 cars were preserved
Yep. 14 of them did - they are being preserved as a historical heritage piece.
Oh my friends graffiti on a carriage
they... shouldn’t do that
@@griffinrails why not
@@lanternnnnn one reason it’s illegal that’s the only reason that you should need. Also it is very unsafe
@@thirstydemon its fun though
Leroy.
That was me..
There not in much of a hurry, must be union speed, dead slow. Going from good cars to bad.
I want that job!!!!!
No
@@MrNdk76 I wanna chomp up them trains and smash them into tiny little pieces. Maybe on my lunch break I will walk around in the carriages with a hammer and smash out the windows and cut up all he seats with a box cutter. At night I can dream of slaying trains and then in the morning I can wake up and actually do it!
@Joel PACKETT I'm motivated by this disapproval. I'm considering to purchase a train carriage, maybe a Hitachi. I will torture it daily with different tools and make videos to share with you all.
@@mindhead_I think thats Illegal Spray Painting your own train from the rail is I’ll
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XX Intro.... Choice....
Haha
AWFULLL
scraping the trains makes me sad and they only said that they would keep one of those trains why not keep all and use them on the line with new aircon
Me like old electric trains hate new and new hate city rail and the people for doing this
They did the kept some for emergency and 1 for Heritage
We could just upgrade it with the air-conditioning