Re: Red Rattlers be damned!

["fatboy" <smokeybear64@yahoo.com>]

Question: What's the best view in Victoria?

Answer: The view in the rear vision mirror as you head
north over the Murrey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Regards An Ex Mexican..........................
"Rod [comtrain]" <freight_man@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> It has taken a hundred years {to the day...}
> for those of you  who choose to live North of the Murray, to regain your
> composure, and try to regain your standing in this great Country of ours!
> After all, it did not take the "New Immigrants" long to desert Botony Bay,
> and spread all over this continent.
>
> Those of us in Victoria still remember where that first Parliament in 1901
> [despite the fact that most of the Ceremonies today completely ignored the
> fact]
> was held, and stayed for many years.[in Melbourne, the only place that had
a
> suitable building]
> All the power of the money was in Melbourne, where all the Industrial
> strength of this Country still lies.
> All Head Offices were built in Melbourne, and the Capital of Australia was
> almost Melbourne, because Sydney,
> with a Pub on every corner was just too frivolous a place to make our
> Capital. Finally after some hard bargaining,
> Canberra was set up, to stop all the Power of Government from staying
South
> .
> Sydney played catch up for the next 75 years, losing the race for Olympic
> Games, First Railway, a planned pretty city, and immigrants!
> Menzies kept Melbourne alive, but finally Whitlam, Fraser Keating [who
> scuttled the Melbourne 1996 Olympic bid]and all the other pro NSW
> Politicians mostly by sending our biggest Banks and Corporations broke,
and
> other things started moving it all back to Sydney. This probably cost
> Australia more than she could afford, but Hell now, we cannot let the poor
> old Premier State go down the gurgler,  now can we!
>
> Chin up New South Welshmen!
> but their is just one thing you can never take away from a
> Victorian...............
> The sheer pleasure of leaving your State and coming over the Murray and
HOME
> AGAIN!
> and for this resident of Wodonga, its a pleasure I partake of  as little
as
> possible!
> Cheers
> Rod [comtrain]
> > > > As an expat NSW railfan living in Victoria for the past 28 years, I
> > object
> > > > to the NSW press and some misguided railfans calling the old single
> > decker
> > > > electric cars "red rattlers". This is a term unfortunately stolen
from
> > > > Victoria where it was used (quite correctly) to describe the Tait
cars
> > on
> > > > the Melbourne suburban system - believe me, they did rattle and
shake!
> > > They
> > > > had two sliding doors for each compartment (one each side) and loose
> > > fitting
> > > > windows and, like the old P class Sydney trams, really required some
> > form
> > > of
> > > > diagonal bracing to stiffen them up. When they started to move, the
> > > > underframe moved first and the roof followed, if you get what I
mean.
> By
> > > > comparison, the Sydney Leeds type cars were steel bodied and gave a
> firm
> > > and
> > > > solid ride and DID NOT RATTLE!!! With their high seat backs they
were
> > more
> > > > comfortable than Tangaras and newer stock.
> > > > Roger Lloyd
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Hey shut your mouth, don't talk about the "red rattlers" like that,
> > typical
> > > Victorian's always having a whinge about Sydney just because we "take"
> > your
> > > words, just cause Sydney had better single deck suburbans than in
> > Melbourne!
> > >
> > >
> > If Sydney's single deckers were so good amigo, why did you gringoes
> replace
> > them???
> >
> >
>
>