Benny wrote: I referred to people bickering about words.With all due respect, I didn't see anybody "bickering". Rather I saw an interesting conversation exploring how different terms are used in railways in different parts of the world.
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Benny wrote: I referred to people bickering about words.With all due respect, I didn't see anybody "bickering". Rather I saw an interesting conversation exploring how different terms are used in railways in different parts of the world.
johnthefireman wrote:With all due respect, I didn't see anybody "bickering". Rather I saw an interesting conversation exploring how different terms are used in railways in different parts of the world.Ok, no problem, I was wrong, sorry.
ExCon90 wrote: The seats were ok, about the same as in any other cars in similar service.Surely you travelled in a refurbished coach. Originally the first series of piano ribassato had urban bus style seats and the second series was not far better. But the worst problem was the cramped seats, with no space for legs (and italians are not tall as yankees).
NorthWest wrote:While somewhat tangential to the main FS discussion private Ferrovie Nord Milano had 4 E.610s that were similar in styling to the E.424s and E.636s, but with trucks more familiar to the American railfan. They were built at around the same time and had similarly long lives, lasting from 1949 to 2010!Class E 610 of Ferrovie Nord Milano were four locomotives built after WW2 with a similar body to the contemporary FS locos but without the baggage room, a completely different electrical scheme and Commonwealth trucks. FNM requested the same electrical part of their E 600 locos from 1928 so the two classes had the same power (1050 kW) and performance. The two classes, used for passenger and freight services, were finally retired in the first half of 2000s.
Benny wrote:Must have been refurbished, since I didn't notice anything different from other cars used in local service (it might have been in the 70's or 80's); I would certainly have noticed bus seats!ExCon90 wrote: The seats were ok, about the same as in any other cars in similar service.Surely you travelled in a refurbished coach. Originally the first series of piano ribassato had urban bus style seats and the second series was not far better. But the worst problem was the cramped seats, with no space for legs (and italians are not tall as yankees).
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