Re: Red Rattlers be damned!

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

 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
>
>