[PRCo] Re: Milano

[John F Bromley]

In my experience all Milano drivers have the hand equivalent of leadfoot.
There was a reason for high maximum speed and, as far as they were
concerned, it was for their pleasure.

The same was true of PCC cars in the Hague.  If you've never ridden the back
platform on a two-car train on a 90 degree curve you have yet to live.  This
passion for speed continues on the pseudo-PCC articulateds.  Ride the rear
and prepare for crack the whip.  And, those suckers are dead quiet,
especially on the grass-covered right of way along the 8 line down from
Scheveningen.

I'll tie this in to group by saying it's too bad some Pittsburgh drivers
didn't do the same.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schneider" <fschnei at supernet.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 8:47 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Milano


>
> My first reaction in 1961 in Milano was that the critters looked a lot
like
> narrowed Philly Eighty-hundreds, right down to the green paint and the big
> route number signs..  I was later told that they looked like that simply
> because the Milano people saw the Philly cars and liked the design!  The
last
> time I saw them was about two years ago.  I was impressed then that the
> operator knew how to run them.  It wasn't a museum type operation.  It was
a
> pure whiz-bang, I've got a schedule to keep deal.  The parallel points
were on
> the controller for a purpose.   fws
>
> Greg King wrote:
>
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > Well today was the big run of the Milano, around the City Circle line
for 6
> > hrs, had a ball, hav'nt seen so many foamers in years and the public
loved
> > it, I felt like a kid on Christmas morning, anyway, to try and keep the
> > thread of the group going, have you guys ever really looked at a Milano
> > Peter Witt, emagine it with a Clerestory roof and curved top windows,
and
> > you would be very close to a Jones low floor car, even the colour is
> > correct!! You could also consider it the next in a natural progression
of
> -- Trailing quotes stripped by Listar --
>
>