Re: Red Rattlers be damned!

["Rail Roamer" <leadscout@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
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> 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