cplchanb
Senior Member
Can we organize a protest inside the ml office to demand answers? This is scandalous
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hw621
Senior Member
Maybe time to think about decommission. What is the expected useful life of the line again?
T3G
Senior Member
Theoretically a rail car like a subway or streetcar is good for 30 years without a rebuild.
Add in one comprehensive rebuild and suddenly that number shoots up to 50-60 years. Of course, those numbers have some leeway to them.
One hopes that:
a) it's possible to rebuild these highly computerized modern machines without breaking the bank, and
b) that the countdown clock on their lifespan hasn't started yet
TheGrimSweeper
New Member
I just drove on Eglinton and saw at least 4 trains out testing.
Doing some snow testing by the looks of it.
Doing some snow testing by the looks of it.
Steve X
Senior Member
Just remember rail vehicles’ worst season is fall not winter. Leaves is what causes them to slip, not snow.
Winter could bring some troubles to switches if they aren’t heated as well as ice storms caused overhead issues
Bordercollie
Senior Member
Something called inflation.
EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
Exactly I think I read something about wet leaves getting crushed to a fine powder by the train wheels and even adding sand causes wheel slip.
nfitz
Superstar
It seems very unlikely to me that the compressive force of a train is enough to eliminate all the water from wet leaves and turn them to dust!
It's the wet leaves themselves that causes the slip. (I'd think that the coarseness of the sand would be the factor - I'd think that coarse sand should reducing slippiness).
EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
Engineers work out why fallen leaves on train tracks are so slippery
A team of engineers at the University of Sheffield has found an explanation for the extreme slipperiness of train tracks when leaves have fallen on them. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, the group describes testing the interaction of leaves with iron in their lab...
nfitz
Superstar
Wow! Fascinating! Thanks for the link.Engineers work out why fallen leaves on train tracks are so slippery
A team of engineers at the University of Sheffield has found an explanation for the extreme slipperiness of train tracks when leaves have fallen on them. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, the group describes testing the interaction of leaves with iron in their lab...phys.org
A surprisingly complex process! I wonder if changing the formulation of the steel could eliminate this problem.
bono47
New Member
After further thought; Jamaal Myers "June at earliest comment" feels like carries less weight and sounds similar to Mike Colle's uninformed speculation last month. More importantly; less than a week ago Verster spoke of RSD early in the New Year, in line with the timeline @Northern Light was quoted.
Anyone else have strong views either way?
Anyone else have strong views either way?
Richard White
Senior Member
As I said on Steve Munro's blog, I feel like the comment by Jamaal Myers and the decision undertaken by the TTC Board were a cop out. I feel as though they claim "June at the earliest" to give them some breathing room with legacy fares.
My beef with Jamaal Myers is that he is somewhat beholden to Olivia Chow and her agenda. I am an NDP'r through and through but I do feel like whoever is giving Olivia Chow advice is missing the mark.
Truthfully, I would not trust much of what comes out of the TTC Board's mouth at this point. It is misinformed, maligned garbage designed to suit their narrative.
crs1026
Superstar
But more accountable, forthcoming and definitive than anything ML or the Province have said in what, several years ?
- Paul
Richard White
Senior Member
Fair enough.
Metroscapes
Active Member
It came across as a statement that accounts for administration and operation process. The province can cut a ribbon on this, but there's the logistics of changing the bus system, getting the staffing sorted out, accounting integration, outstanding legal loose ends, etc. that we, let alone the public, don't have a full view of.