🚀 go-pugleaf

Phil Kane > wrote in message ...
>On Thu, 03 Dec 1998 13:14:25 -0800, Stash810@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
>> BART is noisy, a proven by the original lines that run on els or at the
>> surface. Therefore, to avoid ruining the quality of life of Peninsula
>> residents, it seems logical to put the whole mess underground (or as
>> much of it as possible).
>>
>> BART's original claim of quiet trains has proven to be bogus. They are
>> also a hazard which can lead to hearing loss.
>
>  The first fiteen years of my life were spent in the shadown of
>  the Livonia Avenue Elevated (IRT) line in Brooklyn, followed by
>  three years of going to school not more than 50 yards from the
>  Third Avenue Elevated line in Manhattan (all in New York).
>
>  You wanna' hear LOUD?  The IRT's Low-V trains, the BMT's
>  Standards, and the Third ASvenue El trains were NOISY.  BART is
>  whisper-quiet compared to them.



 You mean a EL made out of stell on jointed rail is noiser than a EL made
out of concrete and welded rail, you have to be kidding me!