TTC: Flexity Streetcars Testing & Delivery (Bombardier)

[TheTigerMaster]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmYrcTaatM8

What's with the brushes on the side of 4402? I'm guessing clearance testing.

Sorry, I can't embed this video.

 

[DavidH]

Missed one answer by about two seconds.

Was first to answer on one but added an extra word to my answer reflexively ("Leslie Street Barns" instead of "Leslie Barns").

 

[AlbertHWagstaff]

Originally, the CLRV prototypes had no windows that could open. The sliding windows were put in because of the lack of air-conditioning.

No, the SIG cars and production cars always had the tip-in transom windows that are located at the back and at the front. The sealed windows were retrofitted with the sliders in 1982.

 

[smallspy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmYrcTaatM8

What's with the brushes on the side of 4402? I'm guessing clearance testing.

Sorry, I can't embed this video.

Dynamic clearance testing in confined areas - making sure that the car doesn't hit anything under varying conditions (loaded/not loaded, differing speeds, for instance).

Dan
Toronto, Ont.

 

[JasonParis]

Has anyone here on UT secured a ride on June 11 via the Twitter trivia contest?
I'm going.

Details please! Or just Tweet me!

 

[drum118]

Details please! Or just Tweet me!

Invites only

 

[Voltz]

StreetcarTO has tweeted that the first production vehicle is on its way from Thunder Bay.

 

[W. K. Lis]

StreetcarTO has tweeted that the first production vehicle is on its way from Thunder Bay.

Please, no tank cars on the same train.

 

[APTA-2048]

Details please! Or just Tweet me!

@StreetcarTO will tweet two trivia questions a day until May 30. The first correct answer gets a sneak-peak ride on Toronto’s new streetcar June 11.

 

[TOareaFan]

The testing on Toronto streets has been going on for a while now.....do they ever report what, if any, issues they discovered and what the impact is or how they got over them?

 

[DSC]

The testing on Toronto streets has been going on for a while now.....do they ever report what, if any, issues they discovered and what the impact is or how they got over them?

Clearly none have de-railed and I have not seen reports of them losing poles either so I assume they are training drivers and doing fine tuning to the kinds of things we (as passengers) do not see and checking things like whether a truck can push (or pull) a disabled car. What they have NOT tested is how well they work when actually carrying fare-paying passengers (all-door loading, Presto machines etc) so I am sure there will be further fine-tuning when they finally start revenue service.

 

[ShonTron]

Clearly none have de-railed and I have not seen reports of them losing poles either so I assume they are training drivers and doing fine tuning to the kinds of things we (as passengers) do not see and checking things like whether a truck can push (or pull) a disabled car. What they have NOT tested is how well they work when actually carrying fare-paying passengers (all-door loading, Presto machines etc) so I am sure there will be further fine-tuning when they finally start revenue service.

With Spadina being a relatively short route (the Queen's Quay/Spadina loop *might* be open the time these new streetcars start operating), with fewer complications than most (such as having passengers board from a sidewalk across an active traffic lane), it is actually ideal for this real-world testing.

 

[gweed123]

I had heard talk of this happening with the new streetcars, but it's nice to see now specifically what stops will be getting the axe:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/tra...s_to_eliminate_dozens_of_streetcar_stops.html

 

[khris]

I had heard talk of this happening with the new streetcars, but it's nice to see now specifically what stops will be getting the axe:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/tra...s_to_eliminate_dozens_of_streetcar_stops.html

Weird. I don't see Queen St. @ Victoria listed as one of the stops to be removed. Originally it was one of the stops discussed to be axed.

 

[TOareaFan]

I had heard talk of this happening with the new streetcars, but it's nice to see now specifically what stops will be getting the axe:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/tra...s_to_eliminate_dozens_of_streetcar_stops.html

On the one hand, I approve of them dealing with the King University/Simcoe mess....but I stil think they should have thought outside the box and eliminated the University stops as opposed to the Simcoe ones.