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Post by bobdavis on Jun 11, 2011 20:01:26 GMT -8
109 was one of the Pacific Electric "tribute" cars from the 2000 Tenth Anniversary project.
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Post by carter on Jun 11, 2011 20:31:54 GMT -8
That's too bad, silver and gray is a great color scheme. Even makes the trains look newer, somehow. Yeah, agreed. I'm usually dubious of trying to make things look "modern," but this color scheme really does things for me. I think it's the uniformity of the color. The Black/White of the current cars makes them look...clunky and dorky. But, as a wiser commenter than I said: Most people don't care as long as their train arrives quickly and takes them to their destination quickly, cleanly and safely.
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Post by crzwdjk on Jun 13, 2011 8:19:27 GMT -8
And I think the "silver" color scheme isn't that great. It was meant to make the older cars fit in with the stainless steel Bredas, but it's not actually silver at all, just gray, which is rather drab and also doesn't help the train's visibility.
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Post by thanks4goingmetro on Jun 17, 2011 0:26:20 GMT -8
I do like the grey color scheme (visibility concerns aside) and personally I do like riding on the Nippon Sharyo trains on the Blue Line for an apparently higher quality ride, even at their advanced age compared to the rattling and squeaking of the Siemens and Breda LRVs. Anyone else notice this? The Siemens wheels and brakes are way too loud and the Bredas air conditioning and squealing are crazy loud.
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Post by jeisenbe on Jun 17, 2011 1:51:29 GMT -8
personally I do like riding on the Nippon Sharyo trains on the Blue Line for an apparently higher quality ride, even at their advanced age compared to the rattling and squeaking of the Siemens and Breda LRVs. I've felt that the vehicles on the Green Line are quieter than the older trains on the Blue Line due to less wind noise coming thru the windows, though the seating arrangement seems more cramped. But I agree that the Breda LRVs don't seem very well made.
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