In January 1992, it operated its first tour with single deck stock across the CityRail suburban network, the last of which were about to be withdrawn.

[2] In 1997, a number of SETS members voluntarily resigned with a new board taking on the job of electric preservation.

The remaining members of SETS would follow the private operation of owning rolling stock whilst the members that resigned would start a new organisation Historic Electric Traction (HET) with its primary objective of SRA owning the rolling stock whilst HET would be the care takers of it; a partnership of sorts.

[4] It has since expanded its collection with 85 and 86 class locomotives, one Bradfield and two Suburban power cars acquired from RailCorp and the only complete Sydney Monorail set.

From 2003 to 2009, SETS operational electric locos and interurban cars were housed at Hornsby Maintenance Depot.

A line up of eight red set carriages have been left at Chullora awaiting collection and moved to a secure location for future restoration.