The seating arrangement in Car 3102 reflects the practicality of Sydney’s early electric trains. Simple, functional, and built to endure. The green vinyl seats, still bearing the PTC NSW insignia, have softened with time, their surfaces dulled by the passage of countless passengers.
The timber armrests, smoothly curved and shaped for comfort, speak to a level of craftsmanship long since abandoned in modern train design. The chocolate and cream interior, a signature of Sydney’s suburban fleet from 1926 to the late 1950s, remains intact, though its vibrancy has faded. The floor, once scrubbed clean between services, is now marked with scuffs and stains, each one a quiet reminder of a train that once ran daily without pause.
Though 3102 now rests in the Eveleigh Paint Shop, its past lingers in the worn edges of every seat, the gentle lean of the old upholstery, and the way the light falls through the windows, illuminating a carriage that once carried the pulse of a city.