Three is good, but zero is best, Archie
On Nov 9, 2009, at 10:46 PM, STEVEN HOLDING wrote:
> 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
>
> ________________________________
> 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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