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

-Murph,at South it was K35s and Big Cars,sometimes K35s were known as
Bombs,as in" what car have we got?" "we've got a Bomb,437,its a
shitheap".PB.-- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "Peter D. Ehrlich"
<norcalrr@s...> wrote:

In a message dated 17 April 2002 @ 0633 PST, "IS Edit"
<bobmurphy2@c...> 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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