Re: Red Rattlers be damned!

["f.u.i.t.b.e.t" <fuitbet@yahoo.com.au>]

The Standard sets were called rattlers when i was qualified to drive them
back in 1984,when I was at East hills depot.
So we did not pinch it from the Mexicans so piss off.
The rattlers also had compartment doors that slid open and shut when the
driver caned it too hard around corners!!
"Roger Lloyd" <rogerlloyd@optusnet.com.au.nospam> wrote in message
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> 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
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