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RE: Toronto transit projects - KevinL - 11-30-2018 I also trust that the legal teams at the Zoo and City have made sure the agreement has clauses relating to such impacts; anything detrimental to the zoo's functioning or to public safety would be clearly verboten. RE: Toronto transit projects - MacBerry - 12-15-2018 (10-21-2018, 10:41 AM)KevinL Wrote: It's clear the Presto installation on the TTC has been a failure on multiple fronts. Metrolinx’s new #Presto iPhone and Android app now available in beta Unfortunately NFC trip payment isn't included in Presto's #Android app yet https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/12/13/metrolinx-launches-new-presto-iphone-android-app/ The app is designed for Presto card users in the greater Toronto area, as well as Hamilton and Ottawa, Ontario. It allows users to quickly view, manage and load their transit card on the go directly from their smartphone. Adding funds to the app is easy, money can be loaded in increments of $10, $20, $50 or a custom amount. RE: Toronto transit projects - Canard - 12-28-2018 The Kitchener GO line goes right by the Eglinton Crosstown's MSF. It's really coming along! I only caught a quick glimpse (before I realized what I was looking at), but it looks like all the main buildings are up, yard track in, and caternay installed, too. (As a side commentary, I would propose that only now is Metrolinx actually able and ready to take delivery of vehicles, for all their bellyaching about the delivery schedule.) RE: Toronto transit projects - ijmorlan - 12-28-2018 (12-28-2018, 08:26 AM)Canard Wrote: The Kitchener GO line goes right by the Eglinton Crosstown's MSF. It's really coming along! I only caught a quick glimpse (before I realized what I was looking at), but it looks like all the main buildings are up, yard track in, and caternay installed, too. Good to hear! It would be interesting to know how things would have turned out if Bombardier had not had its problems. Would Metrolinx have gotten their act together, without the ability to hide behind somebody else’s delays? Or would we still be on the same schedule, just with Bombardier fully in the clear? RE: Toronto transit projects - KevinL - 01-08-2019 RE: Toronto transit projects - bgb_ca - 01-08-2019 So they finally took delivery of one? Is this one of the prototypes or another one? RE: Toronto transit projects - Canard - 01-08-2019 No, it is not one of the pilots. It is a new vehicle. RE: Toronto transit projects - KevinL - 01-08-2019 Very weird to see a non-rail delivery! RE: Toronto transit projects - ijmorlan - 01-09-2019 (01-08-2019, 11:45 PM)KevinL Wrote: Very weird to see a non-rail delivery! That’s a pretty impressive trailer. Must have been quite a sight travelling down the 401! I’m guessing the delivery spur isn’t ready yet. I know they installed (or re-instated, not sure) a delivery spur at Hillcrest for delivering the new streetcars, and I believe the Eglinton OMSF is supposed to have a delivery spur. So I think most of the vehicles will be delivered by rail. RE: Toronto transit projects - Canard - 01-09-2019 For us, maybe. For everywhere else in the world, this is completely normal. We are the abnormality in this method of delivery. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tram+delivery RE: Toronto transit projects - Canard - 01-11-2019 RE: Toronto transit projects - ijmorlan - 01-12-2019 (01-09-2019, 11:56 AM)Canard Wrote: For us, maybe. For everywhere else in the world, this is completely normal. We are the abnormality in this method of delivery. Any idea why? I would have thought that in places where trains are more prevalent it would be more, not less, likely for an LRT system to be convenient to a railway line. RE: Toronto transit projects - KevinL - 01-12-2019 You don't just want the system convenient, but its facility. If there's 5km of LRT track between the heavy rail line and the OMSF, that's a tricky tow. RE: Toronto transit projects - ijmorlan - 01-12-2019 (01-12-2019, 08:42 PM)KevinL Wrote: You don't just want the system convenient, but its facility. If there's 5km of LRT track between the heavy rail line and the OMSF, that's a tricky tow. That is a good point to some extent, but given that LRVs can tow each other it doesn’t seem like that big a problem. How is it different from an LRV being disabled during normal operation near the offloading point? Also remember that some systems seem to be able to pretty much drive the vehicles off the delivery flatcar — our approach of treating them as cargo for a time is not universal. RE: Toronto transit projects - drum118 - 01-13-2019 Its cheaper to not only ship Metrolinx cars by truck, but also faster. CN has to pickup the flat in Kingston to take it where it put onto a train to Toronto. It then is taken from CN Toronto yard to CP Lambton yard, to be turn over to CP. CP picks up the car and take it to Agincourt Yard. It then put on a local switcher to be delivery to Metrolinx yard. This is what took place for TTC 4572 in Dec and it took 11 days for this to be done. It cost money to interchange cars. It takes only a day to ship by truck. As far as I know since it can't be seen first hand, CP MacTier sub is on detour due to a new bridge for it being built over Eglinton using Metrolinx connection south of Black Creek that is used by CN to get to CP Lambton yard. Until the tracks are place on the new bridge, the track to Metrolinx yard can't be used at this time. As for being ship by truck in Europe. it has to due to tunnels width & height, curves and track gauge, as well where it going. Huge different between Europe and NA how freight trains operate. The longest freight train I saw was 40 cars that were about 40' long. Not every country operates on the same gauge to the point wheels have to be regauge or loads transfer to another car. My passenger train from France to Spain had to change gauge at the boarder as well between other counties. Number of countries are moving to standard gauge between various parts of Europe so trains don't do what they have being doing in the past as well being fast. Most freight trains run at 100-150 km, either electric or diesel. Lots of videos on youtube showing LRV's being ship by truck at have issues as will during the trip. Most of the new LRV's in US are 66-70' long that can fit on a lowboy flat deck that use a small ramp like ION. |