Set S28 is a silver 4-car double-deck suburban train which formed part of over 500 carriages originally built for Sydney’s rail network between 1972 and 1980.

Entering service under the Public Transport Commission, the order for the S Set came following the successful trial of the first double decker carriages, known as the “Tulloch” carriages. The design was immensely successful, with more than 500 carriages being built over 8 years, and becoming the basis of three generations of electric rollingstock in the Sydney metropolitan area, including the air-conditioned K sets, and the C sets which introduced chopper control.

Their success was largely thanks to their versatility and adaptability to a variety of passenger services, seeing them in services across the whole electrified network, from Kiama and Port Kembla in the south, to services between Newcastle and Morriset in the north. During their history, S sets operated on all Sydney lines.