Catenary
Active Member
The way his post was worded it looked like he was extrapolating forward that he wanted one more module (7+1) which, with the suspended modules and fixed bogies of FLEXITY, isn't possible from a technical standpoint. I know there are many, many different configurations from different manufacturers.
The Ottawa Alstom trains are articulated asymmetrically, which I hate (one car has 2 bogies, the rest have 1 and are trailered)
Ottawa's trains are odd, but designed to have another module added later, hence the paint scheme which looks like the car is missing a portion.
You're assuming that the modules are always the same length. They're not.
The units with two doors on the intermediate modules, for instance, and generally (but not always) longer than those with only one set of doors.
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
Exactly. A 40m car becomes a 45 m car by making the modules a bit longer.