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Passenger Trains > New Talgo vs UP M9000Date: 12/07/12 16:25 New Talgo vs UP M9000 Author: Rail4Life Does the Cab of the new Talgo look like the old UP M9000 Trainset?
Date: 12/07/12 16:33 Re: New Talgo vs UP M9000 Author: GenePoon Rail4Life Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Does the Cab of the new Talgo look like the old UP > M9000 Trainset? In Wisconsin, yes. Because just as there was no Union Pacific M9000, there will be no Talgos running in Wisconsin. I think you meant Union Pacific M-10000. Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/07/12 16:34 by GenePoon. Date: 12/07/12 16:48 Re: New Talgo vs UP M9000 Author: Rail4Life I was shy a grand
Date: 12/07/12 17:27 Re: New Talgo vs UP M9000 Author: jcaestecker Does the name 'Bug-eye Sprite' ring a bell?
Date: 12/07/12 18:14 Re: New Talgo vs UP M9000 Author: railstiesballast For the 90% who won't recognize the "Bug Eye Sprite" comment.
Austin Healy 1959 (?) Sprite, 948 cc OHV engine, 4-speed manual, 4 wheel drum brakes, and loads of fun. Don Healy designed it with retracting headlights but they ended up fixed due to price considerations. In about 1962 it was changed into a different body style and marketed as a twin to the MG Midget, about a 80% scale model of the MGB. They are still raced in H Production SCCA events, and I still see one on the road a couple of times a year. I bought it in Utah while in the Army and drove it to SP jobs in Los Angeles, Watsonville, Ogden, and Tucson, where I sold it upon becoming a parent. Never broke down on the road, I tore down and rebuilt the engine and transmission at the Army base "hobby shop" a garage for G.I.s to work on their cars. Date: 12/07/12 20:16 Re: New Talgo vs UP M9000 Author: sp219 Date: 12/07/12 20:54 Re: New Talgo vs UP M9000 Author: jimB The Lucas electrical gear in the old British Leland cars must have inspired the TV show where all electric power stops working.
Jim B Date: 12/07/12 21:09 Re: New Talgo vs UP M9000 Author: kyounger Off on a tangent here...
Why do the British drink warm beer? Lucas refrigerators. Keith (former TR4 Owner) Date: 12/08/12 12:20 Re: New Talgo vs UP M9000 Author: a737flyer Amen:: a737flyer...former MG-TD, Austin Healey Sprite and Austin Healey 100/6 (HBN7) owner. Fun to drive but engeneering crapola!
Date: 12/08/12 19:20 Re: New Talgo vs UP M9000 Author: riorita Lucas, The Prince of Darkness. Their motto was 'Get Home Before Dark'.
Some funny stuff here: http://www.mez.co.uk/lucas.html RioRita, the past owner of eight British motorcycles. |