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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
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10-02-2017, 12:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-02-2017, 12:04 PM by trainspotter139.)
They buried it in a bunch of the cars there to hide it or something. Still there. Gary took a picture and posted it on Facebook. I ran into him when I went up to check Lancaster.
10-02-2017, 02:15 PM
(10-02-2017, 12:02 PM)trainspotter139 Wrote: They buried it in a bunch of the cars there to hide it or something. Still there. Gary took a picture and posted it on Facebook. I ran into him when I went up to check Lancaster. I hope it is adjacent to the line that the VIA train will be on tonight... Can't wait to see car #2! Coke
10-02-2017, 02:17 PM
I like the rotated network map because it now fits very nicely into the ad spaces on current GRT buses.
Wouldn't it be nice if we had this on all buses, and based on the route, you could light up in yellow the next ION station you would be stopping at (for any intersecting routes), going from yellow (ahead) to flashing yellow (next stop) to solid green (get off here)?
10-02-2017, 02:23 PM
When I was up there they had a freight consist on the adjacent line
Does anyone have any idea what time it will go up?
What time is the normal freight train that goes up? Last time for 501 it was 8:13pm.
10-02-2017, 03:32 PM
(10-02-2017, 02:41 PM)Canard Wrote: Does anyone have any idea what time it will go up? In the last few months it has gone up anywhere from maybe 7-8 PM to 11-12. I haven’t tracked it carefully enough to be more precise or to know if there is any pattern. Best approach is just to do laps up and down the Spur Line Trail 
10-02-2017, 08:14 PM
Saw the 502 today at 2:30pm at Lancaster and Victoria crossing while I was filling up at the Shell gas station.
10-02-2017, 09:20 PM
(10-02-2017, 08:14 PM)519 Wrote: Saw the 502 today at 2:30pm at Lancaster and Victoria crossing while I was filling up at the Shell gas station. Just went past Willow/William St. If they handle it like the other delivery it will park overnight then get towed in to the OMSF tomorrow. Although conceivably if the car is operable they could park the flatcars on an LRT track and just drive it down the ramp under its own power. I don’t know if this is actually feasible. 
10-02-2017, 10:17 PM
I streamed the whole thing on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/81680629...539769051/ You can see me in that youtube video at 0:31 holding up my phone as I ride by.
10-02-2017, 10:26 PM
What a wonderful evening! We have got to do this again! 12 more times.
10-02-2017, 11:40 PM
No, I am not. Just copied over the video link when I saw it on the Facebook group.
10-03-2017, 07:01 AM
(10-02-2017, 10:26 PM)Canard Wrote: What a wonderful evening! We have got to do this again! 12 more times. And an additional 2 on top of that if the first vehicle is sent back to be completed! Do we know whether they’re planning to bring the staff here to finish it or if it is going back? I think the first couple of TTC streetcars actually went back to Bombardier for adjustments.
I think the latest intel is that Bombardier is actually going to try and do the rework here.
502 is on the siding just north of Randall Drive. They had some problems dropping it off last night, from what I understand. Crews are getting the ramp out and setting it up right now. The little train-robot is out, too! It’s cute.
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