Agram
Active Member
Yesterday I made some calls and got the news on the TR, apparently it has always been the plan that the train goes back to Thunder Bay and be put back on the assembly line. This is a brand new train design so along the way things change, you perfect something by making it over and over. Its just like a first year production car, the first year always sucks but by the time they reach year 3-4 the car is perfect. So just because this train is slated to go back don't be sad or disappointed its just how things are done. I believe the reason why they braught the train down to Kingston is because up in Thunder Bay they do not have a real track and wanted to assemble the train and see how it works and iron out any kinks. As of now there is one unit which is built and are half way on the 2nd unit. But my prediction for the public to ride still stands it will be late '10 or early '11, thats just the way things are done. It takes a while to test these trains, every scenerio has to be taken in place. There might be a slight problem down the road as the original supplier for the doors has gone out of business, not sure if they are being taken over or if Bombardier is making plans with another manufacturer.