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Steve X said:
Once energized the OCS cables are electrified and dangerous if encountered. It is never safe to go near the OCS. Please obey signage and stay away from all overhead cables.

Are Torontoians killings themselves from streetcar OCS cables downtown too often that they need to write this? ML is always out of sync with reality.
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Are you actually criticizing Metrolinx for posting a safety message about a new piece of infrastructure? Metrolinx deserves criticism for some things, but I think it would be irresponsible to not mention the danger of high voltage wires in a public posting.
 
tsm1072 said:
Are you actually criticizing Metrolinx for posting a safety message about a new piece of infrastructure? Metrolinx deserves criticism for some things, but I think it would be irresponsible to not mention the danger of high voltage wires in a public posting.
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Its simply legalese to protect them from litigation.
 
Steve X said:
Once energized the OCS cables are electrified and dangerous if encountered. It is never safe to go near the OCS. Please obey signage and stay away from all overhead cables.

Are Torontoians killings themselves from streetcar OCS cables downtown too often that they need to write this? ML is always out of sync with reality.
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thinking this is a valid criticism is pretty out of sync with reality 🤔
 
toronto647 said:
Will be driving along Eglinton today on the surface level... Hopefully some lights are and signs are turned on (wishful thinking I think though)
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Besides some small signs that say Danger due to energized OCS nothing else has really changed. The everyday Joe has no idea what OCS even means. See pics. tried to make them as clear as possible


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whatever said:
The stops don't pull power from the catenary, do they? I'd have thought that was just for the vehicles
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Of course not. It makes no sense cause those things wouldn’t need to be run at 750V DC. They won’t be connected to the same circuit either as they don’t need to cut power to all the lighting if they ever need to cut power to the OCS.

The danger to pedestrians is the same as the live wires along the side of the road. As long as you’re not carrying a 10m metal pole upwards or driving a raised bulldozer/dump truck. You’ll be fine.
 
whatever said:
The stops don't pull power from the catenary, do they? I'd have thought that was just for the vehicles
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Neither the stops, nor the signal system, are directly connected to the OCS. They both have their own independant power sources - stations are powered by connections to the local grid, and the signal system through a UPS/battery backup at low voltage.

Steve X said:
Of course not. It makes no sense cause those things wouldn’t need to be run at 750V DC. They won’t be connected to the same circuit either as they don’t need to cut power to all the lighting if they ever need to cut power to the OCS.
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Never heard of a transformer?

Dan
 
does anyone know what wayside communications system they will use and where they will be dispatched from? Like for example will they use the vision system the TTC has been installing on buses and streetcars or will they have something else? also will all communications be thropugh Mount Denis or with Transit control?
 
Steve X said:
What about those lights running on AC power. No need to convert high voltage AC from those power lines to 750V DC to just convert back to 120V AC.
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Again: never heard of a transformer? It can do that.

Back to the Crosstown, it won't because that's a silly way to do it. But it's also certainly been done elsewhere around the planet for any number of different reasons.

Dan
 
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