microbus Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 you mean the pantograph itself? the thing that rides on the wire/catenary? there are 2 or 3 different ones out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marriott Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 1004 has an HID now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted February 13, 2007 Author Board Admin Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 microbus - do you know if it is the lead car's trouncer that controls the announcements in all the cars? I noticed different trains have had different forms of announcing for a long time now. The two that seem to be common are: 1. two-tone chime on the outside, then switch to the inside speaker for the rest 2. both two-tone chimes and "Next Stop" on the outside, and then switch to the inside speaker for the station name. The proper way (2 two-tone chimes on the outside, and other announcements on the inside) seems to be less common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 microbus - do you know if it is the lead car's trouncer that controls the announcements in all the cars? I noticed different trains have had different forms of announcing for a long time now. The two that seem to be common are: 1. two-tone chime on the outside, then switch to the inside speaker for the rest 2. both two-tone chimes and "Next Stop" on the outside, and then switch to the inside speaker for the station name. The proper way (2 two-tone chimes on the outside, and other announcements on the inside) seems to be less common. I think they still have *bug* issues with the trouncer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microbus Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 I think it's the lead car, as that's the only one being used, but it would have to remotely tell the other ones, I would think... I'll try to find out more when I'm over at DLM... which will be within a couple of months.... They're supposed to go ding-dong ding-dong outside, then 'next stop...' on the inside... but the bugs keep crawling up inside the things and send announcements to random speakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 I think it's the lead car, as that's the only one being used, but it would haveto remotely tell the other ones, I would think... I don't think it does anything with the other Trouncers in the consist- I just plays the announcment over the speaker system, as if a operator was making PA announcement. If it did communicate with other Trouncers so that those made the annoucements themselves, I think there could be a few problems. First, there are two Trouncers in each car. Which would would the lead one be communicating with? Or would both try to run the announcements for one car? Secondly, there would need to be a means to communicate with the other Trouncers. Communication between cars is usually done through the couplers. I'm sure it would be more work than is needed to wire the Trouncers into the couplers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted February 13, 2007 Author Board Admin Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Well we live in a wireless world today, so communication probably wouldn't be too big of an issue. But when another train passes by just as the announcements are triggered, then the passing train would announce the wrong station or something. Anyway, I think the Health Sciences sign on the southbound track at Clareview is busted - it stays lit, and has been that way for a few days now. Though I didn't notice if it was like that in the afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T6H-5307N Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 I was wondering about that the other day. I saw the light on and rushed onto the platform just to find no train in sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted February 13, 2007 Author Board Admin Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Yeah, it screws up the one on the concourse level too, as that one stays lit. There wasn't even an announcement on my train this morning which pulled into that track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted February 14, 2007 Author Board Admin Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 LRV 1012 derailed at MYN. Not sure what they will be doing with it though. This is the best I could get. Too bad I don't have image stabilization! Anyway, this shows 1012 has a HID now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T6H-5307N Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 I feel your pain about not having image stabilization Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Walton Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 LRV 1012 derailed at MYN. Not sure what they will be doing with it though. Where/what is MYN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modulator Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Where/what is MYN? The signal from DL MacDonald Yard to head north onto the main line to Clareview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microbus Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 MYN stands for McDonald Yard North... MYS of course means McDonald Yard South. In both cases, it's where the yard tracks join the main tracks, and they're under Control's control from those points on. Yard tracks aren't controlled by Control at all, all switches are manual, and thrown by the motorman of the train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted February 15, 2007 Author Board Admin Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Any reason why some trains are going dead slow northbound from about where the Belvedere MES yard is to 129 Avenue? I was surprised my train at about 8:45PM was going that slow. I think at least two other trains I've ridden north did the same thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microbus Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Any reason why some trains are going dead slow northbound from about where the Belvedere MES yard is to 129 Avenue? I was surprised my train at about 8:45PM was going that slow. I think at least two other trains I've ridden north did the same thing... I was wondering myself... I've noticed several trains going about 10 km/h NB through that switch just south of 129 ave... I would guess either the frog or the switch points.. but that's only a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Yard tracks aren't controlled by Control at all, all switches are manual, and thrown by the motorman of the train. With sort of an exception of a spring switch (I believe that's what it is) near MYN... trailing movments (ie heading to the mainline in this case I believe) can go through that switch from either the straight through route, or diverging route, without having to throw the switch. I believe it's the swith from track 1 to the tracks that lead into storage portion (tracks 2, 3, 4 etc) of DLM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 I even noticed that when I went out to Alberta Hospital on February 01st. The train I was on went REAL slow at one point. I was hoping it would speed up because it was going to be a near squeak to get that Route # 184, but we made it....Whew !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microbus Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 With sort of an exception of a spring switch (I believe that's what it is) near MYN... trailing movments (ie heading to the mainline in this case I believe) can go through that switch from either the straight through route, or diverging route, without having to throw the switch. I believe it's the swith from track 1 to the tracks that lead into storage portion (tracks 2, 3, 4 etc) of DLM? Yes, there's one spring switch, but it is still operated by the motorman and not by Control.... all of the yard switches are trailable. That means that no matter what position the switch is in, if you're trailing through it, you just proceed. The switch will switch itself to let you through. Of course, most of them you can then reverse through, with the exception of the spring switch. You have to block that switch to reverse through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 So why are the trains going slow in the north end? Is there a slow order/track speed restriction there? What's up with that ? MYN stands for McDonald Yard North... MYS of course means McDonald Yard South. In both cases, it's where the yard tracks join the main tracks, and they're under Control's control from those points on. Yard tracks aren't controlled by Control at all, all switches are manual, and thrown by the motorman of the train. Yeah, only they are calling it BMYN now. B = Block Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microbus Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 BMYN is the signal... MYN is the switch area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted February 16, 2007 Author Board Admin Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 My 4-car train (the last one out for the night presumably) went regular speed through to Belvedere, so I wonder if it's fixed or whatever. The Southbound track Health Sciences indicator at Clareview is fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microbus Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 I noticed several trains this afternoon go thru that switch at normal speed, just before Belvedere NB... so I guess whatever it was is now fixed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted February 17, 2007 Author Board Admin Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 I think it might have been a power issue (ie. use minimal power there). This morning they said something about power and how a train didn't clear 524 (ie. switches north of Belvedere). No problems going through though on my afternoon trip back home. In other news, I saw 1004 with its HID in the tunnels, and I'm pretty sure 1003 had its on as well when we passed in the 95 Street tunnel. Maybe they are getting used to it now I guess. Speaking of HIDs, the only cars left to receive them are 1003, 1005, 1013, 1016, 1030, 1035, and 1037. I saw a green blinking LED northbound at the end of 66 Street tunnel. My guess is that it is like those switch indicators at University, but I didn't get a good look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 In other news, I saw 1004 with its HID in the tunnels, and I'm pretty sure 1003 had its on as well when we passed in the 95 Street tunnel. Maybe they are getting used to it now I guess. Speaking of HIDs, the only cars left to receive them are 1003, 1005, 1013, 1016, 1030, 1035, and 1037. Errr... you said that 1003 had it's HID on, yet, you note its one of the cars without it. The reason why there are few cars without the HID's... I spotted 1018, 1032 and 1033 today with HID's. I saw a green blinking LED northbound at the end of 66 Street tunnel. My guess is that it is like those switch indicators at University, but I didn't get a good look at it. There was a crew out. Sometimes they'll place a beacon as a warning that they are out on the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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