06-14-2018, 09:10 PM
1/2 - Thursday, June 14, 2018
Dynamic Load Testing Day! Today, LRV 505 was out, fully loaded up, going through the various curves at the system at progressively higher speeds - even higher than the design limits for each of the curves! Super cool!
I caught up with it at William, where they went back and forth about 6 times or so while I was there, before heading back up to the OMSF. There, they did the same thing through the wye - at up to 18 km/h (posted 10 km/h).
While in UpTown Waterloo, I saw lots of scares, and chatted a bit with the Police. The crew triggered the Emergency Stop on the LRV once, when heading Southbound through the curve and a motorist went to turn right on red. This wasn't entirely their fault, because the traffic signal folks had not manually activated the "NO RIGHT TURN/TRAIN" sign. Still, police gave them a very stern warning!
Another close call was a group of cyclists who were heading Northbound on King, while the train headed South. They decided to squeeze up past the line of cars waiting at the red on William, on the right side - right where the train was coming. A lot of screaming and waving of arms happened, before the LRV flew past them with them leaning and hunched over cars. This is bad. Don't do this.
Some peekchures...
Dynamic Load Testing Day! Today, LRV 505 was out, fully loaded up, going through the various curves at the system at progressively higher speeds - even higher than the design limits for each of the curves! Super cool!
I caught up with it at William, where they went back and forth about 6 times or so while I was there, before heading back up to the OMSF. There, they did the same thing through the wye - at up to 18 km/h (posted 10 km/h).
While in UpTown Waterloo, I saw lots of scares, and chatted a bit with the Police. The crew triggered the Emergency Stop on the LRV once, when heading Southbound through the curve and a motorist went to turn right on red. This wasn't entirely their fault, because the traffic signal folks had not manually activated the "NO RIGHT TURN/TRAIN" sign. Still, police gave them a very stern warning!
Another close call was a group of cyclists who were heading Northbound on King, while the train headed South. They decided to squeeze up past the line of cars waiting at the red on William, on the right side - right where the train was coming. A lot of screaming and waving of arms happened, before the LRV flew past them with them leaning and hunched over cars. This is bad. Don't do this.
Some peekchures...