1702 (Formerly Photos)

[Kenneth and Tracie Josephson]

HRBran99 at aol.com wrote:


> 1702 had a strange 'whine' when the power was applied. It did ride level and
> true. Perhaps it had truck rebuilding done at some point in its life. It did
> last until scrapped around 1981.

Two questions:

Do you recall 1730 (the Sunburst Car) being particularily noisy going around
curves during the 1979-80 period? If so, bad wheels or ?

Also, why was a true 1700 scrapped while there were still air cars on the
property? Was it wrecked or did some fatal flaw reveal itself?

Ken J.