LRT Posted June 17, 2017 Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 I guess this would be a good place to post your scout sightings. She's all done up and she looks great! Expect some kind of a news release or something... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 What is 'The Scout'.. ??? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 U2AC #2101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted June 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 Yes! An Edmonton connection! 2101 ex 3001. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it today. WOW! This car deserves its own thtead now. Stay tuned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinese Daniel Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 Scout for Track problem？ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsgeek540 Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 5 hours ago, LRT said: I guess this would be a good place to post your scout sightings. She's all done up and she looks great! Expect some kind of a news release or something... Scout was highlighted at Supertrain at the Calgary Transit booth. Several Photos and videos of scout in action as well as detailed information posters as to what scot does were featured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyC62 Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 12 minutes ago, Gsgeek540 said: Scout was highlighted at Supertrain at the Calgary Transit booth. Several Photos and videos of scout in action as well as detailed information posters as to what scot does were featured. Yep, I posted photos of the posters here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 4 hours ago, M. Parsons said: U2AC #2101 Thanks. I knew what 2101 was, I just was unfamiliar with it being called 'The Scout'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexle Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 Scout spotted out in the wild today (from Twitter): 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted June 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 Just left Tuscany station! (1312) get your cameras ready! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 21 minutes ago, LRT said: Just left Tuscany station! (1312) get your cameras ready! Heading all the way to Somerset? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexle Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 Another pic from Calgary Transit's twitter feed that I somehow missed: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted June 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 40 minutes ago, Nick B said: Heading all the way to Somerset? Unfortunately I didn't know where it was going but I just found out that it's on its way to saddletowne probably there by now Well since its public now here's a pic of The Scout 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvarushin Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 "who this" lol. The wrap around livery is really cool. I really like the look of it and look forward to seeing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1604 Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 Some neat info about it on the website: http://www.calgarytransit.com/scout 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1604 Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 https://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2017/07/05/calgary-transit-scout-train-rail-inspector.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Calon Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Will the Scout ever be outfitted with an on-board generator or battery packs to be able to travel through de-energized sections of track? For example, to inspect new builds (extensions to the two existing lines) and repaired sections prior to being turned on? As well, any guess whether Scout will be able to inspect the future Green Line? (I have my doubts for this - there will be different clearance diagrams for that line, and to the best of my knowledge, would require trucking the car from one line to the other owing to no physical connections...) Jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted January 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Jon Calon said: Will the Scout ever be outfitted with an on-board generator or battery packs to be able to travel through de-energized sections of track? For example, to inspect new builds (extensions to the two existing lines) and repaired sections prior to being turned on? As well, any guess whether Scout will be able to inspect the future Green Line? (I have my doubts for this - there will be different clearance diagrams for that line, and to the best of my knowledge, would require trucking the car from one line to the other owing to no physical connections...) Jon I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thager Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 9 hours ago, Jon Calon said: Will the Scout ever be outfitted with an on-board generator or battery packs to be able to travel through de-energized sections of track? For example, to inspect new builds (extensions to the two existing lines) and repaired sections prior to being turned on? As well, any guess whether Scout will be able to inspect the future Green Line? (I have my doubts for this - there will be different clearance diagrams for that line, and to the best of my knowledge, would require trucking the car from one line to the other owing to no physical connections...) Jon They can couple it to a high rail truck to move it through de-energized sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Calon Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 13 hours ago, thager said: They can couple it to a high rail truck to move it through de-energized sections. Sure it can be moved, but will it still have enough juice running the instruments? I'll admit, the instrumentation probably doesn't require near the power required as the traction motors but that's still a lot of electronics. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted January 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 With the amount of new hardware and software that thing's running it would probably go dead in 10 minutes. I know for a fact that a SD160s batteries would die in about that time without overhead power then the brakes would kick in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted January 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 The Scout is also designed to operate at track speeds to simulate revenue operations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Calon Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 10 hours ago, LRT said: The Scout is also designed to operate at track speeds to simulate revenue operations. IIRC, the U2-AC's had a higher top speed than the rest of the fleet. Is that correct? And since it's not coupled to any other equipment not able to handle higher speeds (at least without causing damage to traction motors...), is it able to actually achieve those speeds on straight track? Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted January 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 36 minutes ago, Jon Calon said: IIRC, the U2-AC's had a higher top speed than the rest of the fleet. Is that correct? And since it's not coupled to any other equipment not able to handle higher speeds (at least without causing damage to traction motors...), is it able to actually achieve those speeds on straight track? Jon The AC U2s had speedometers that went up to 100 KPH but limited to 80kph. I do know that they used to have more power than the rest of the U2 Fleet but later dummy down to work with the SD 160s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTrainDude Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Jon Calon said: IIRC, the U2-AC's had a higher top speed than the rest of the fleet. Is that correct? And since it's not coupled to any other equipment not able to handle higher speeds (at least without causing damage to traction motors...), is it able to actually achieve those speeds on straight track? Jon The speedometers go up to 100km/h, as opposed to 80km/h on the rest of the U2 fleet, but the overspeed was still set at 80km/h. I used to drive 101 & 102 as a deuce on weekends back in the day - they had good zip, but very uncomfortable to drive. And they were the last ones in the fleet to have tape decks for announcements; Edited January 17, 2018 by CTrainDude Not fast enough!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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