LRT Posted December 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 Let's start posting the flat car numbers on the S200 departures so that way there's less confusion. Thanks! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinese Daniel Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 http://www.sfexaminer.com/munis-newest-train-taken-service-passengers-fingernail-gets-stuck-door/ S200 get in problem for muni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted December 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Door issues are always a problem with new trains. Passengers need to adapt with the new doors behaviors as passengers are not used to how they work and preform. Common practice with the older cars like sticking their arm in the door and having the door reopen may not work this in the same way with the new cars so that passenger got a rude awakening getting her finger pinched! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallspy Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 4 hours ago, LRT said: Door issues are always a problem with new trains. Passengers need to adapt with the new doors behaviors as passengers are not used to how they work and preform. Common practice with the older cars like sticking their arm in the door and having the door reopen may not work this in the same way with the new cars so that passenger got a rude awakening getting her finger pinched! That goes both ways. The doors may be set up for a "logical middle ground", when that point is not in fact conducive to proper operations at that facility. That may be the case with San Fran. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted December 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 13 hours ago, smallspy said: That goes both ways. The doors may be set up for a "logical middle ground", when that point is not in fact conducive to proper operations at that facility. That may be the case with San Fran. Dan Operator has capability of turning off the "photocell" located on the top of the door.. so if there's somebody standing in the doorway the door will close without sensing anybody... relying on the pressure sensitive door edges for the doors to reopen. On another note is Indonesia getting the S200 Calgary spec car? Or is this just a photoshop rip off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 #2431 in service on the Red Line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Delete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallspy Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 On 12/16/2017 at 2:07 AM, LRT said: Operator has capability of turning off the "photocell" located on the top of the door.. so if there's somebody standing in the doorway the door will close without sensing anybody... relying on the pressure sensitive door edges for the doors to reopen. It's not just the photocells though. Sensitive edges, closing speeds and forces, all of those things need to be calibrated - and together - for the specific situations in the locale that they will be operating in. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted December 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 2 hours ago, smallspy said: It's not just the photocells though. Sensitive edges, closing speeds and forces, all of those things need to be calibrated - and together - for the specific situations in the locale that they will be operating in. Dan We had issues with the amount of load on the doors by people holding them opened and that would actually pop the breaker. Then... the operator automatically would manually close the door without resetting the breaker. On the S200s not resetting the breaker would cause the train not to move. That was later recalibrated and adjusted... doors now bounce open if excessive load is detected without blowing the breaker. Operators are now trained to check the breaker ( if the "CB fault" appears on the TOD screen) and reset if necessary. Huge learning curve by the operators electro-mechanics and rail control. These car seems to be running much better than before that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinese Daniel Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 One car unload today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted December 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 3 hours ago, Chinese Daniel said: One car unload today. Cool! Did you get the unit number or the flat car number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinese Daniel Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 1 hour ago, LRT said: Cool! Did you get the unit number or the flat car number? Sorry I did not, Because i was in a moving train to downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted December 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 15 minutes ago, Chinese Daniel said: Sorry I did not, Because i was in a moving train to downtown. No biggie....I'm on holidays so unfourtunatly I'm unable to report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTrainDude Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 2 hours ago, LRT said: Cool! Did you get the unit number or the flat car number? It’s 2435. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1604 Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 4 of the last 5 consists I've ridden have been having issues with their signage. Side destination signs not working, interior signs getting stuck and turning off or not updating at all, announcements not playing correctly, etc. Also spotted 2434 EB on the avenue earlier, out of service. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted December 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 20 minutes ago, 1604 said: 4 of the last 5 consists I've ridden have been having issues with their signage. Side destination signs not working, interior signs getting stuck and turning off or not updating at all, announcements not playing correctly, etc. You know that's something I wanted to mention for quite a while now.... they are aware of the issue and apparently on this past Monday some big cheese was supposed to fly in and see what the issue was and come up with a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
School Bus 101 Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 27 minutes ago, 1604 said: 4 of the last 5 consists I've ridden have been having issues with their signage. Side destination signs not working, interior signs getting stuck and turning off or not updating at all, announcements not playing correctly, etc. Also spotted 2434 EB on the avenue earlier, out of service. I've also noticed that the time displayed in all of the consists I've ridden has been off considerably (i.e. when it was 2:50PM, the sign would display 4:24PM) but the clock was not stuck in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake M Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 18 hours ago, 1604 said: 4 of the last 5 consists I've ridden have been having issues with their signage. Side destination signs not working, interior signs getting stuck and turning off or not updating at all, announcements not playing correctly, etc. Also spotted 2434 EB on the avenue earlier, out of service. Can't forget about SaddletowneSADDLETOWNE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted December 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 53 minutes ago, Blake M said: Can't forget about SaddletowneSADDLETOWNE Oh yeah! I let them know! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted December 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2017 Anybody notice on the new station signage that the little train in the lower left corner is a Series 9? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianTransitTycoon Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 After a lengthy wait (over 6 months actually XD ) here is a video of the S200 on the Blue Line. [i had to find time to get it edited and uploaded. Blame Uni. for that.] 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinese Daniel Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Some people was Savage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted January 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 19 minutes ago, Chinese Daniel said: Some people was Savage. Very common problem.. I've seen this many times.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted January 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 It's been awhile since I have worked in the south but by the sounds of things I haven't missed out on too much series 9 stuff.. So the last car delivered was 2435 and today car 2436 is being unloaded (as we speak) A bunch of door issues have been causing delays the last few days with some of these 9s on the Blue and Red lines but otherwise they seem to be "running not too bad". Here's a pic of car 2436 being unloaded today (on flatcar GBRX9293) so I guess we can say we're now past the halfway point of deliveries of these things. Not sure when it arrived so if anyone noticed this thing sometime this week please post it! Enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 Our next car arrived at the pad at some point this afternoon (#2437???). Did not get the flat car number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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