Re: Red Rattlers be damned!

["Rail Roamer" <leadscout@one.net.au>]

Wasn't the original question of which state had the term first? In which
case it was Melbourne.


"Bob Merchant" <bob.merchant@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> If I recall correctly, the term "Red Rattler" as applied to Sydney's red
> single deck suburban stock was coined by the press.  I do not recall just
> when, but it would have been after they started to fail in service...
>
> Incidentally, the term "Bradfield" for the early single deck motor cars
(not
> the Leeds cars) was not used until after the appearance of  Keenan and
> Clark's  book "First Stop Central" published by the AETA in 1963.
>
> Before that, they were known as Donkeys or Wooden Motors (despite the
metal
> sheathing), or by their old class letters EBB, etc.  And their woodwork
did
> move considerably when in motion so that you had to be careful not to get
> your clothing caught.
>
> Regards,
> Bob Merchant
>
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