Re: Red Rattlers be damned!

[Martin Barr-David <martbd@optushome.com.au>]

about 1991

fatboy wrote:

>  I was qualified to drive Red Rattlers in 1987  when do you think they were
> withdreawn from service in N.S.W....................
> "Rail Roamer" <leadscout@one.net.au> wrote in message
> 3a6d0323_4@news01.one.net.au">news:3a6d0323_4@news01.one.net.au...
> > Re: TAIT = RED RATTLERS. These cars were well before 1984 f.u.i.t.b.a.t.
> And
> > hey guess what I'm not Mexican either. So it looks as though your
> geography
> > is just as poor as your maths.
> > Lighten up a little, it's a hobby we all enjoy.
> > No-one needs to 'piss off'.
> >
> > "Roy Marshall" <marsh@zip.com.au> wrote in message
> > 3A6CFDED.5A5C1899@zip.com.au">news:3A6CFDED.5A5C1899@zip.com.au...
> > > Did you ever ride in any of the old wooden Bradfield cars when you lived
> > > in Sydney? Maybe not or you would have seen the similarity to Taits in
> > > seeing the wooden panels move in different directions..
> > >
> > > Cheers Roy
> > >
> > > Roger Lloyd wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 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
> >
> >