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Duck
Guest
I think it's wonderful, hilarious and amazing that a driver can have a conversation with someone on the sidewalk like that. Like the train is alive or something. 
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EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
so which car do you think arrives next 44002 or 4418?
EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
I think it's wonderful, hilarious and amazing that a driver can have a conversation with someone on the sidewalk like that. Like the train is alive or something.
yeah it took me a second to realise the driver was talking to me over the external PA.
ottbike
Active Member
Probably 4418. I had assumed we would have had 4402 by now, but that is just me guessing.
the lemur
Senior Member
They don't have fuel gauges? How does that make any sense?
nfitz
Superstar
Oh wait. "arrived Ontario" 6:56 pm. Arrived Toronto Yard 9:37 pm. I thought Lambton was "West Toronto". One way or another it was tootling around the GTA somewhere last night.
ottbike
Active Member
The other flatbed is still in TB I'm guessing?
crs1026
Senior Member
ottbike
Active Member
Is it even possible to deliver a car every four days using only two flatbeds? [presuming they mean every 4 business days]
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Duck
Guest
That would be an 8-day turnaround per flatbed - so why not? Surely it only takes a day or two to travel from Thunder Bay to Toronto?
crs1026
Senior Member
Well, there's theory and there's reality. 4417 was 'released' for pickup a couple of days before CP got its stuff together and sent a yard job to pick it up. Similarly, at the Toronto end CP may take its time lining up a yard job to deliver to TTC. The same can happen when it's time to pull the emptied transporter and take it back to T Bay. CP is on a push to cut the number of yard jobs at the moment.
So, my jaded answer would be no, two won't do. But you have to have product to ship before it matters.
- Paul
nfitz
Superstar
They often sit for a couple of days before CP picks them up. Here's some recent times for round trip:
4415 - 21 days (over Christmas)
4414 - 12 days
4413 - 12 days
4412 - 21 days
4411 - 12 days
4410 - 15 days
I've never seen one get from Thunder Bay to Toronto in only 1 day. I'd say they need a minimum of 3 - and likely 4 for when there are issues, etc.
ottbike
Active Member
Yeah. Perhaps by "every four days", Bombardier means they will have one ready for CP in that timeframe, not necessarily delivered to Toronto.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Buses have to fueled each day (or night) before they leave the garage. It is assumed that each bus will be on the road for the whole day, and there should be enough fuel for stop and go traffic each day. It has been found that some buses have run out of fuel, ending up as out-of-service on the side of the road.
ottbike
Active Member
Why on earth would the manufacturer not include a fuel gauge?? They might as well not include a speed dial!