[PRCo] Re: Interurban Accidents

Ken & Tracie ktjosephson at earthlink.net
Mon Sep 26 23:38:38 EDT 2005


People tell me the Breda cars are so darn noisy, you could hear them in the 
fog. The trolley coaches, in gray....well, they could probably be called a 
fleet of "silent killers."

K.

----- Original Message -----

From: "James B. Holland":

> We as drivers strongly opposed going back to that gray.       This
> photo, shot by Presidio Driver Robert Parks, was included in a letter to
> then GM Michael Burns revealing the camouflage nature of the gray
> introduced on the Breda lrvs and now onto the motor and trolley
> coaches.       There is a gray coach in the photo here!       The Only
> TrolleyCoaches to have the gray are the artic ETIs  --  the regular
> fleet are white like this!       Hope this is a mute point now that
> Michael Burns is an ex-GM of Muni, ex-Top Official of Septic, and is now
> with VTA in Santa Clara.       It Was His Idea alone to go to the gray!
>
> What you are saying above is it dassnn''tt matter what color the vehicle
> - we get accustomed to same and ignore it and hit it!       This is
> underscored by those who Have To See Lowered Gates at RR crossings yet
> choose to go around the same.





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