Xtrazsteve Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 5 minutes ago, Transit geek said: Not sure if anyone posted on this yet, but the Edmonton Journal reporting that the Valley Line Flexity Freedom cars are all being sourced from Kingston instead of TB - and perhaps more importantly, the first car left on time! http://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/getting-on-track-first-valley-line-lrt-train-car-sets-out-on-month-long-trip-to-edmonton Yes all Freedom vehicles are coming from Kingston. They said that when they made this bid for Edmonton. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3G Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 4483 is on Bathurst at College, I doubt a trip back to TB is in the cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum118 Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 1 minute ago, PCC Guy said: 4483 is on Bathurst at College, I doubt a trip back to TB is in the cards I just edit my comment. Odd one tracker has it one place and another some where else and thats a first. Since it arrived June 21 + 17 days about to in service, About July 8th now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3G Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 One must also keep in mind that the GPS readings are often relative, and not absolutely precise. 4041 has been tracking in some random house off Connaught all weekend. I highly doubt that's where it actually is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfitz Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 16 minutes ago, drum118 said: I just edit my comment. Odd one tracker has it one place and another some where else and thats a first. What other tracker? The only public one I'm aware of is TTC Real-Time Next Vehicle Arrival (NVAS) (http://webservices.nextbus.com/service/publicXMLFeed?command=vehicleLocation&a=ttc&v=4483&t=0) As far as I know, everything else (TranSee, Sammi, etc.) is simply using NVAS. Presumably if one of those others is wrong, it's some internal error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc rider Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 53 minutes ago, drum118 said: Don't expect any car off loaded until Wed or Thurs 4483 has been out a number of days for testing and has issues to say: Whoa!! is 4483 going back to TB?? Actually, today was the first day of on-street testing for car 4483. However, it crapped out while running northbound on Bathurst and had to be pushed by Flexity 4475 (which was in service on 511 at the time) up Bathurst Street to the first available off-route location, which happened to be Hillcrest. Not sure what happened after that, but using online tracking, I am seeing it is heading back to Leslie as I am typing this, and it is being followed very closely (perhaps towed?) by car 4475. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 57 minutes ago, 110B West Pickering said: What holiday would they actually have to slow down for? Canada day? Factory shutdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 5 hours ago, 110B West Pickering said: Two week factory shutdown, lovely. Awesome for their employees, must be terrible for Toronto This is normal for many factories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dowlingm Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 I have worked in a factory with a summer maintenance shutdown, and I by no means begrudge the workers from time off. However, Bombardier are making up for lost time while operating a second line, so I don't think it's anti-worker to wonder if some activity, even if not actual assembly, will occur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc rider Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 Does anyone know if yet another new car was offloaded at Hillcrest this afternoon? Car 4423 went up there and has been tracking for a long time on the spur track leading to the off-loading dock. It has started to head back to Leslie about 15 minutes ago. I suspect it was sent to Hilcrest either because there is a new car on property that needed to be pulled off the flatcar, or it was necessary to tow car 4486 (which has been sitting at Hillcrest since Friday) down to Leslie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin3157 Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 4423 was towing 4486 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum118 Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 4485 is tracking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc rider Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 2 hours ago, Kelvin3157 said: 4423 was towing 4486 Thanks for confirming my suspicion! When/where did you see this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin3157 Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 15 hours ago, ttc rider said: Thanks for confirming my suspicion! When/where did you see this? 19:55 near Bathurst Stn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc rider Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 5 hours ago, Kelvin3157 said: 19:55 near Bathurst Stn Thank you, much appreciated! For those keeping track of deliveries, car 4488 was unloaded at Hillcrest this morning (with Flexity 4472 used for the pull off). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dowlingm Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 4483 heading east on Queen at Sherbourne, not signed into a route, per Transsee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC Guy Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 How many 448x’s have entered service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar_AC_23 Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 2 hours ago, TTC Guy said: How many 448x’s have entered service? That question can be answered by looking at the wiki. There are three 448x units that have entered service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soo8513 Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 Will we be using this thread to note deliveries of weld-repair cars arriving back from La Pocatiere, QC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 2 hours ago, soo8513 said: Will we be using this thread to note deliveries of weld-repair cars arriving back from La Pocatiere, QC? More deliveries! Hooray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dowlingm Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 4483 just left the barns for testing. Its GPS appears all over the place when not on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC Guy Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 11 hours ago, Xtrazsteve said: More deliveries! Hooray Not properly, Bombardier made a welding mistake and most of the new streetcar we have in service have to go back for repairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum118 Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 9 hours ago, dowlingm said: 4483 just left the barns for testing. Its GPS appears all over the place when not on the road. Even when out for testing, the GPS is all over the place to having it park on X line for sometime. The GPS on this car is the worse I have seen on any cars to date. Currently showing the car on Evans Ave, west of Royal York, considering it should be in the service bay like the other 2. 4485 GPS had it in Lake Ontario for a short time. With the amount of time 4483 has been out, could spend the next 2 days getting ready for service. With the amount of work to be done to fix 4408, a good time to put it on the next flat and ship to Quebec and get them to fix the damage there. I find the travel time long, but no idea who service the plant in Quebec. I guess one is protecting their ass for the extra travel time and the whole time line. TTC should have very little problem dropping to a 10-15% ratio while these cars are repair since BBD has maintain since day one that the new fleet will spend little time in the service bay until the 10-15 year life cycle from day one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3G Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 40 minutes ago, TTC Guy said: Not properly, Bombardier made a welding mistake and most of the new streetcar we have in service have to go back for repairs Nothing gets by you, does it? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC Guy Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 2 hours ago, PCC Guy said: Nothing gets by you, does it? Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now