CLRV4037 Posted February 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Apparently there are ALRVs on the 509 this weekend. I saw 4216 IIRC last night at Fleet and 4214, 4224 and 4244 appear to be out today according to the Sammdot tracker. Is this going to be a regular thing, or is it just because of the NBA thing this weekend? Starting this period up to 6 runs on 509 are now in the 50 series intended for low floors. ALRVs will operate on 509 LFLRV runs when LFLRV are not available, which will be for a while yet. Minimum 2 LFLRV on 509. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3G Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Neat, thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc rider Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 ALRVs will operate on 509 LFLRV runs when LFLRV are not available, which will be for a while yet. Minimum 2 LFLRV on 509. But for the time being, is that the best use for the ALRV's though? When Spadina was still officially "high-floor" and not enough new streetcars were available to cover all of the LFLRV-designated runs, they had CLRV's assigned to those runs instead. The ALRV's only starting showing up on Spadina last month, when the route officially converted to "low-floor only". It makes sense to now run the larger ALRV's on Spadina, since every ALRV technically replaces a Flexity, and there are only a maximum of 14 runs in service, instead of 21, which used to be the case before the official "low-floor" conversion. But why have ALRV's on Harbourfront? The only thing that changed this board period was the run number assignment. The total number of runs in service at any given time is not changing, there may be 6 LFLRV runs now, but in practice there are still 2 LFLRV's assigned to the route, so you're simply increasing capacity by replacing CLRV's with ALRV's. Meanwhile, there are now lots of CLRV's on 501 Queen running on ALRV headways, to compensate for the ALRV's displaced from 501 onto 509/510. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 This board is strange. We'll see if the ALRVs should on the 509. I was surprised to see a couple of them on the 509 in the evening. They also got the artics on the 29's too on Sundays. That haven't happened in months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soo8513 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Feb 16 AM: sammdot shows 4417 at Roncesvalles CarHouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandvictory2 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 There maybe fewer runs on 509 hence the alrv comes in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc rider Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 There maybe fewer runs on 509 hence the alrv comes in Nope, same number of runs as during the previous board at all times of the week. Anyway, the discussion is probably moot. There were no ALRV's at all on the 509 today. Perhaps it was just a two-day experiment for future reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 Nope, same number of runs as during the previous board at all times of the week. Anyway, the discussion is probably moot. There were no ALRV's at all on the 509 today. Perhaps it was just a two-day experiment for future reference. There was the NBA all star weekend where they expected more riders to take transit on the 509 but the weather probably drove people off the streets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom1122 Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 Any idea if 4402 is still in Aurora or has it made it to Hillcrest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallspy Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 Any idea if 4402 is still in Aurora or has it made it to Hillcrest? 4402 is currently in Thunder Bay. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfirenet Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 Any idea if 4402 is still in Aurora or has it made it to Hillcrest? Considering that none of the Flexitys have or will pass through Aurora when travelling between Toronto and Thunder Bay, it's fair to say that it was a glitch in the system. Edit: Well, the Bala sub does clip the south-east corner of Aurora. So it's possible that one might if there is a derailment south of Parry Sound. But, seeing as there hasn't been any recently, my comment about it being a glitch in the system still stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dowlingm Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Feb 16 AM: sammdot shows 4417 at Roncesvalles CarHousetesting on College: https://twitter.com/sean_yyz/status/700097657654550528 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witenite Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Saw the 4417 pulling in roncesvalles today at around 7pm with a ton of car house people riding inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Saw the 4417 pulling in roncesvalles today at around 7pm with a ton of car house people riding inside So that's how they do the sandbag weight test now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallspy Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Considering that none of the Flexitys have or will pass through Aurora when travelling between Toronto and Thunder Bay, it's fair to say that it was a glitch in the system. Edit: Well, the Bala sub does clip the south-east corner of Aurora. So it's possible that one might if there is a derailment south of Parry Sound. But, seeing as there hasn't been any recently, my comment about it being a glitch in the system still stands. On top of that, it is impossible to track the units while they are in transit. The batteries are disconnected while in transit, so the GPS system is deactivated as well. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soo8513 Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 does not the M-1s travel CP from Thunder Bay to West Toronto and thus on the MacTier Sub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallspy Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 does not the M-1s travel CP from Thunder Bay to West Toronto and thus on the MacTier Sub Generally, yes. Should the CP line be rendered impassable, there exists the option to route it to Toronto via CN, however. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfirenet Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 On top of that, it is impossible to track the units while they are in transit. The batteries are disconnected while in transit, so the GPS system is deactivated as well. Dan Well, there's always the possibility of a "You dun goofed!" situation when it comes to disconnecting the batteries for shipping. But we're getting deep into a highly unlikely set of circumstances to come up with an alternative explanation to a simple glitch with that one. does not the M-1s travel CP from Thunder Bay to West Toronto and thus on the MacTier Sub They do and to add to what Dan said, it is theoretically possible for one to travel down the Newmarket sub so that it passes through the heart of Aurora. However, the circumstances required for that to happen are so unlikely that you would be laughed at if you considered it beyond a simple thought experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 We know one thing, 4402 (or the TRUMP unit) was recently powered on somewhere around Ontario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed T. Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 We know one thing, 4402 (or the TRUMP unit) was recently powered on somewhere around Ontario. I was under the impression that TRUMP communicated on a particular frequency specific to the TTC system, to a TTC specific receiver that can make sense of the signal. In that case, powering up a streetcar in some random Ontario location won't do anything because its signal won't make it to any receiver to be picked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTCNLFBT Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 4417 entered service on 510 this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3G Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Speaking of 4402, when it comes back, will 4401 have to go back for modifications as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dowlingm Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Speaking of 4402, when it comes back, will 4401 have to go back for modifications as well?Yes. That's why it is not doing service runs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3G Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Makes sense, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16 McCowan Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 Looks like we got bedbugs on this streetcar! http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/ttc-responds-to-online-photo-of-bedbug-on-streetcar-1.2786177 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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