G.A Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 On 09/08/2016 at 5:25 PM, ttc rider said: No, it's the third day with 18 cars in service concurrently, at least according to my notes. The first time that happened was on Sun, Jul. 17 and the second time was on Thu, Aug. 4. Also of note is the return of car 4400 to revenue service today, after having been in service only once in the past month (on July 26). Ive photographed 4400 back in May or June. And Ive seen it a few times in April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc rider Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 5 hours ago, TTC 9701 said: Ive photographed 4400 back in May or June. And Ive seen it a few times in April. 4400 was in service on a regular basis during the spring months. It was only on July 9 when it went off the radar for an extended period of time. It then was back in service for one day only, on July 26 before again going missing for two weeks. It has only started appearing again in daily service this past Tuesday, Aug. 9. I have no idea if the extensive downtime was due to some defect or simply a way to equalize mileage on the fleet, as I expect both 4400 and 4403 (and 4404 to a lesser extent) to have a much higher mileage than the rest of the fleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandvictory2 Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 I heard 4400 has its components striped for other trains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin3157 Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 29 minutes ago, leylandvictory2 said: I heard 4400 has its components striped for other trains Who said that? Why would they even strip 4400? Couldn't they get more from Bombardier? It's funny that 4400 is still 5 years old and is getting "stripped" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 10 minutes ago, Kelvin3157 said: Who said that? Why would they even strip 4400? Couldn't they get more from Bombardier? It's funny that 4400 is still 5 years old and is getting "stripped" The original prototype 4400 was stripped and replaced by other component for another vehicle while at Bombardier. A similar situation happened for 4402. When 4401 goes back, some of it's components would end up on another car in production (one of the 442x). Then would then upgrade 4401 to a production car and install new components when it's car body ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom1122 Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 5 hours ago, Xtrazsteve said: The original prototype 4400 was stripped and replaced by other component for another vehicle while at Bombardier. A similar situation happened for 4402. When 4401 goes back, some of it's components would end up on another car in production (one of the 442x). Then would then upgrade 4401 to a production car and install new components when it's car body ready. In the case of 4401, it will get refurbished components from 4402 once it goes back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 3 hours ago, Tom1122 said: In the case of 4401, it will get refurbished components from 4402 once it goes back. No, 4402 was stripped long time ago. I heard the components is in one of the cars that have been in TO that arrived back in 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin3157 Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 4423 was on 510 today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 47 minutes ago, Kelvin3157 said: 4423 was on 510 today And the last few days too. You're late! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin3157 Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Just now, Xtrazsteve said: And the last few days too. You're late! Hey hey not that late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 6 minutes ago, Kelvin3157 said: Hey hey not that late The 7th day in service, that's a full week. Not late news at all..... back in the 1800's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfitz Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 9 minutes ago, Xtrazsteve said: And the last few days too. You're late! No, rode it twice on 509 on Sunday, not 510. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Just now, nfitz said: No, rode it twice on 509 on Sunday, not 510. Ha! You got me. I meant it was in service for the last week. I didn't checked the tracker yesterday and when I checked before it was always on the 510. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andythagiant Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 4404 has derailed at the intersection of King and Bathurst. Picture of it from Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Apparently this took more than half the day to get cleaned up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum118 Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 1 hour ago, Shaun said: Apparently this took more than half the day to get cleaned up. At 6:15, 9 hours later and not going to set well with most people and reinforce the call to get rid of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noahrp24 Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 It looks like they had jacked up the vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandvictory2 Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 yup. I don't think they can use a crane as the overhead wire is pretty low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallspy Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 You don't crane a low-floor streetcar if you can help it. All of the modules needing to be supported, and all that. They have special equipment that they've purchased that is specifically designed to move and rerail a car in a situation like this. But considering how much practice that they've had with the cars now, I'm very interested to find out what caused the amount of time required. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 Did one wheel pick the switch causing it to derail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom1122 Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 A political cartoon featured the cause of 4404's derailment was Donald Trump was driving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum118 Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 One reason going around is: Broken bearing in the articulation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streety McCarface Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 Greetings, I am new here and am looking forward to streetcar related discussions. I have a quick question: Peter Witt, PCC, CLRV, ALRV or Flexity? Why? For me, I'll have to go for the PCC because it is one of the most nostalgic streetcars to ride on. Also, there are some streetcar videos from my youtube channel if anyone is interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed T. Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 4251 and another ALRV, both signed 501 NEVILLE PARK, eastbound on Dundas at Lansdowne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilRedDave Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 20 hours ago, drum118 said: One reason going around is: Broken bearing in the articulation There is no truth to this statement at all. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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