09-04-2016, 09:06 AM
(09-04-2016, 08:21 AM)Canard Wrote: The Baseline Service Plan schedule reminded me. They name the trains T-1, T-2 etc. which is likely just something temporary for their document. But what kind of numbering will our trains actually have? I realize this is maybe a little foamer to even wonder this.But I'm mildly curious. I think our buses have 5-digit numbers, but there are lots of them. Is there any pattern or logic to the numbering of the buses? Like are the first three digits a contract number and the last two are the buses within that contract or something like that?
I just don't want to see "1", "2" etc on the side. We would look so Podunk for that. Unless it was gigantic and Helvetica and like was larger than the LRV itself...
Too much coffee - time for a ride along the line!
I think the T-1, T-2 etc. are trip or run numbers, similar to the flight number for an airline. Buses have them also, but they aren't the four- or five-digit numbers permanently painted on the buses, which identify the vehicle. I believe the four digit numbers in the windshield are the run number.
When we start running two-car trains, I would expect each two-car train that appears at a location on the line to have a single T- number and consist of two vehicles each with their own vehicle number. Furthermore, in the event a vehicle broke down, the T- numbers would not change but some T- number would actually consist of a different vehicle or vehicles than if the vehicle weren't out of service.
I do like the idea of the vehicle numbers being giant.