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Right, this was all supposed to be done before substantial completion.
Quote:(iii) Demonstrated System Operation – Stage 1 LRT
A. After completion of the Operating System Acceptance Tests, and as a prerequisite of Certification of Substantial Completion for the Stage 1 LRT System, Project Co shall conduct a full demonstration of the LRT services.
B. This demonstration shall be called the "Demonstrated System Operation – Stage 1 LRT System" and shall involve day-to-day operation of the System in accordance with the Region-approved System Operations Plan. During the DSO, the System shall be operated continuously (without interruption), as though in passenger service (without passengers), in strict accordance with all operations and maintenance policies and procedures, until the System Service Availability specified in the Schedule 15-3 Article 3 Section 3.6 has been achieved over a consecutive 5-day operating period. Furthermore, the "Demonstrated System Operation - Stage 1 LRT System" shall include the demonstration of all routine and emergency procedures associated with operation of the Stage 1 LRT System.
Quote:3.6 System Service Availability Levels for Substantial Completion Certificate
(a) As a prerequisite to the issuance of the Substantial Completion Certificate for the System, the DSSPF, computed in accordance with this Article, shall average at least 0.9200 for a period of 5 consecutive weekdays of demonstration train service during the System Demonstration.
Quote:(ii) The Daily Scheduled Service Performance Factor (DSSPF) is determined by the following formula. DSSPF = (Actual Train in Service Points/Scheduled Train in Service Points).
(iii) Where:
A. Since Train in Service points are assigned for on time departure and on time arrival, the total number of points that can be earned per train trip is two points.
B. DSSPF shall be calculated on a daily basis and the daily totals shall be summed up and divided by the number of days in the Scheduled Service Plan for the month to determine the overall SSPF for the month.
C. Actual Train in Service Points are the summation of the daily Earned Departure Time Points and Earned Arrival Time Points earned by each train as per the tables below.
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D. Any train trip that is canceled prior to entering revenue service or is taken out of revenue service earns no Departure or Arrival Time Points. Any train which fails to complete any part of its normal scheduled service train trip, such as missing an LRT Stop, earns no Departure or Arrival Time Points.
E. Project Co is required to provide train service at any time when service is scheduled and at least partial service, when possible, even if no points are earned for that train trip.
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514 has been loaded up with “Bombardier Officials,” and the burn-in has begun!
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I always said we'd hear about burn-in testing here first 
Have you got any details or is it just radio chatter?
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Just radio chatter, and a friendly hello wave from the team as they rolled past.
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03-09-2019, 08:21 PM
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So has PAC been given to 514 then? I mean is this a dry burn in or the required 600km burn in?
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03-09-2019, 10:31 PM
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I overheard a few messages, like:
“We are waiting for BT to start our burn in”
“BT officials are now all on board, 514 ready to start burn in!”
etc. - and the operator was being ultra-polite and super-professional; even moreso than usual.
I have no inside knowledge; I’m afraid you will have to form your own conclusions. If burn-in began today in the afternoon I do not think it is reasonable to assume they were able to complete 600 km of running by the time they returned to the yard 2 hours later. 
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(03-09-2019, 10:31 PM)Canard Wrote: I overheard a few messages, like:
“We are waiting for BT to start our burn in”
“BT officials are now all on board, 514 ready to start burn in!”
etc. - and the operator was being ultra-polite and super-professional; even moreso than usual.
I have no inside knowledge; I’m afraid you will have to form your own conclusions. If burn-in began today in the afternoon I do not think it is reasonable to assume they were able to complete 600 km of running by the time they returned to the yard 2 hours later.
I wouldn't be surprised if it was just a simulated burn in exercise. Real burn-in should be as continuous as possible ending only at normal service end times.
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Thank you for the replies.
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(03-09-2019, 11:46 PM)Square Wrote: Thank you for the replies.
Yes, thanks to all those who have contributed to this thread! Hopefully not much longer now.
I have a friend that got a job as a train operator -- exciting times for him. I had debated going for this myself, but didn't want to give up my seniority and OMERS. Had this been a OMERS job, I'd have been all over it, as I have always wanted to drive a train (subway like device).
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Are these the auto greaser units or something else? https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.5014746,-...312!8i6656
Saw a work crew working on a bunch of them all along Northfield on Friday.
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(03-11-2019, 11:32 AM)avernar Wrote: Are these the auto greaser units or something else? https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.5014746,-...312!8i6656
Saw a work crew working on a bunch of them all along Northfield on Friday.
Yep, they are track lubricators.
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Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System - the pension fund for municipal employees in Ontario.
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(03-11-2019, 01:12 PM)jamincan Wrote: Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System - the pension fund for municipal employees in Ontario.
Sick days, 12 stat days (or 13, depending on the year), and pension makes up for the lower pay rates. Not to mention good health benefits. I am pretty sure that the train operators get all that except a good defined pension, which is impossible to get these days.
Ever since I was a little kid I wanted to drive the red rocket or subway. Never expected K-Town to get a hybrid of such, but here we are. If I was younger and/or without OMERS, I would have applied. Wouldn't have meant that I would have gotten it, but my friend is seriously pumped about 'driving the train'. He just started last week, or the week before.
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03-12-2019, 01:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-12-2019, 02:29 PM by Bob_McBob.)
https://goo.gl/maps/RrqVTEdwjqK2
You can watch the Streetview car chase 505 now.
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Along with an idiot on the tracks 
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