Re: Half-a**ed-article on the errors of BART Technology
Author: Dr Zarkoff
Date: 03-28-2016 - 21:07
A long time ago I compared the weights in pounds per foot of a BART car with the SP red electrics. As I recall, the trailers were only slightly heavier than the BART stuff, but the motors were a lot heavier owing to the massive weight of the electrical gear. The SP cars were all steel of course, and the BART cars are all aluminum. Still, all in all, the SP cars were exceptionally light in lbs/ft for their day. The orange NWP counterparts to the SP red electrics were also steel, except for the roofs which were aluminum.