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(02-26-2016, 07:09 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: (02-25-2016, 11:56 PM)clasher Wrote: Toronto is only 2 streetcars behind where they should be now, which isn't awesome but I think BBD might start getting their stuff together.
Behind where they should be according to the revised revised revised delivery schedule. According to the original schedule, they are way behind (by dozens of vehicles).
Well that explains it, I did think it was a really fast recovery they made from being so far behind.
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02-26-2016, 01:06 PM
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Yes, but remember, that doesn't automatically mean our first LRV is months behind. We don't know the Gantt chart and where our builds are being slotted in relative to Toronto's order. It doesn't extrapolate like that.
Re: Dome Footers - it's one long, solid row of poured concrete, per side. (Not individual blocks)
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(02-26-2016, 10:41 AM)timio Wrote: The pictures seemed to suggest the footings are just concrete blocks on a pile of dirt.
(02-26-2016, 01:06 PM)Canard Wrote: Re: Dome Footers - it's one long, solid row of poured concrete, per side. (Not individual blocks)
Two reaaaallllllllly long blocks, poured in place.
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Two reaaaallllllllly long blocks, poured in place, per canopy.
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(02-26-2016, 01:06 PM)Canard Wrote: Yes, but remember, that doesn't automatically mean our first LRV is months behind. We don't know the Gantt chart and where our builds are being slotted in relative to Toronto's order. It doesn't extrapolate like that.
Oh yeah I'm not too worried that we're ginna get our trains in time for opening day. I assumed some of Toronto's problems come from the customization of their streetcars.
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02-27-2016, 11:51 AM
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Up at the OMSF this morning, crews were busy (again!) re-aligning the existing freight track. I wonder why they are moving it so much; this is about the 5th or 6th time it's been shuffled around up there.
Looking North from Albert McCormic Arena, toward the OMSF. The catpoles start here, heading South.
Future Waterloo Park/Seagram/Laurier stop.
Heading South, through Waterloo Park.
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Cont'd:
The King/Victoria grade separation dome has ends now, and 306, one of GO's new Bombardier cab cars, says hi!
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(02-25-2016, 08:39 PM)tomh009 Wrote: ION LRV deliveries not to be affected by BBD cuts. As expected.
http://www.kitchenerpost.ca/news-story/6...on-s-lrvs/
Is there a copy or a video of the presentation given at the Confederation Club meeting? I don't see a copy on the Confederation Club website or the region's.
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.
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(02-26-2016, 06:12 PM)clasher Wrote: I assumed some of Toronto's problems come from the customization of their streetcars.
I don't think there's any real evidence of that. In Europe, where they've been fairly successful, there are basically no two versions alike, with variations like Linz with their 900mm gauge and 11.6% grade. Reports put it down to poor quality from the ex-Concarril plant Sahagún, Mexico. If Bombardier really felt like delivering, they could move the work to one of the proven sites in Europe (instead of laying them off) or to CCF.
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Went to Toronto today and used the beautiful afternoon to play around with a new lens and go for some FLEXITY Outlook rides on the 510/Spadina.  Whenever I ride their new trains, I think about what it'll be like, here. They're just so fantastic. The fit and finish is beautiful, they ride so well, the design is gorgeous, especially the interior... just... so good. So excited!
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The only gripe I have about them is the electric bell. Just doesn't sound the same as the mechanical ones on the CLRVs.
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It's better than the Siemens ones (which truncate the end of the sound!) but that's the first thing my other half said, too. He likes the older streetcars, and his favourite noise on them (aside from the UTDC rrrrrRRRRRRRRR chopper noise) is the bell. I personally don't like the bell as a warning at all, but I guess it's cute, nostalgic and immediately recognizable without being offensive - all good points for keeping it as a warning tone.
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Louisa D'Amato in today's Record
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Just noticed that the King/Union closure has been extended through May 2.
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