Re: "Little" and "Big" cars (was: Re: Melbourne 881 971 in depot)

I've always thought our (Seattle's) W2 were very nice riding cars.
[sent at 16:23 Pacific Daylight]

At 10:40 AM 4/18/02 , you wrote:

In a message dated 17 April 2002 @ 0633 PST, "IS Edit"
<[email protected]> wrote:

<[snipped]>

We used to refer to them as big cars and small cars, the small ones being

the

W-2s which were narrower inside and had much less room in the driver cabs.

By the time I drove for the M&MTB both the big and small cars were

basically

standardised, anyway. Little cars had K-35 controllers (mostly) and big

cars

had RC controllers. Little cars rode like shitwagons mostly and the big

cars

had nice suspension.

Oh, I don't know about the W2s "little cars" riding like shitwagons.  While
I've never ridden a W5-7 class "big car" I, and most other motormen who
operate our W2, 496, are amazed at how smooth it rides--especially compared
to our other vintage cars such as Car 1 and New Orleans 952.  The W2's MCB
trucks and smaller wheels make it seem like it glides.

Milantram

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