Re: The deterioration of NSW Rolling Stock

[telljb@ozemail.com.au (< Tell >)]

dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage) wrote:
>Why would you want to subject everybody to the underfloor noise? It's hard
>enough to sleep on the XPT as is without engines under the floor.
>

Did you ever ride the fully imported US domestic Budds
as used by CR/ANR/AN.?

Any pretenders manufactured in Australia were CRAP
alongside these things.

They were quiet.!  You had a job to hear the wheels
crossing the rail joints.  Not to mention aircon that
was years ahead of anything in Oz back in the 50/60's.


----Terry Burton