Charlie
I think the Budd cars ride better then the Bombardier cars also
I sometimes ride the Trinity Railway Express to Dallas
SJH
But only for another 3 days
Steve
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From: Charlie Vlk <cvlk@comcast.net>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, November 9, 2009 12:34:13 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Gallery Cab Car Replacements
Steve-
IIRC the accident in question left the car even if the fluting was peeled off.
The Bombardier cars are monocoupe (sp???) construction where the skin is the
car structure... . if you peel off the skin you got nothin' left except the
passenger's body parts.
Charlie Vlk
----- Original Message -----
From: STEVEN HOLDING
To: CBQ@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Gallery Cab Car Replacements
What about the car that was Wabashed by the Wabash
Peeled the side right off
SJH
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From: Charlie Vlk <cvlk@comcast. net>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Fri, November 6, 2009 1:36:51 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Gallery Cab Car Replacements
sjl asked, "If the cabs are being removed from the ex-Q cab cars, what are they
using for cab cars these days?"
The Metra Japanese designed cars that have less crash-worthiness than the Budd
cars they are replacing.
The tuition for the Naperville Wreck lessons may have to be paid for again. At
least Metra doesn't operate any of those tin-foil construction Bombardier
Canadian bilevels that the BNSF
commuter services people love so much. After seeing what happens to them when
one runs into a car, much less a locomotive, I'd never ride in one, especially
at the head end of a train.
They literally shredded apart in the two incidents in California.
Charlie Vlk
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